Stella Apple tree

Owner: Martin

Age:	Planted in about 1990
Age of this tree:	38 years
Soil:	Light aluvial silt
Pruning:	Pruned into an arch with Apple ( Blenheim Orange) providing other half
Tree form:	Bush (wider at top than bottom)
Height:	Between 6ft / 2m and 15ft / 4m
Cropping:	Heavy crops
Growth:	This tree grows easily here
Herbicides:	Un-treated
Pesticides:	Organic treatments
Local pests:	Aphids, Birds, blackbirds and starlings in particular

Fruit is picked under ripe - before the birds get the lot. Tree is too big for netting. I still get a fair quantity.