Belle de Boskoop Apple tree
Owner: Gil
Location: Snohomish, WA, United States
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| Age: | Planted in about 2011 |
| Age of this tree: | 15 years |
| Soil: | clay loam |
| Climate at this location: | Mediteranean Dry Summers, Wet winters, 1800GDD base 50, avg high 75 avg low 41 |
| Pruning: | none |
| Tree form: | Espalier |
| Height: | Up to 6ft / 2m |
| Cropping: | Medium crops |
| Growth: | This tree grows easily here |
| Herbicides: | Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding) |
| Pesticides: | Organic treatments |
| Local pests: | voles, codling moth, apple maggot, apple scab and anthracnose |
Owner's comments
This apple is like a fine wine, from year to year.Season records for this tree
2014
Spring blossom: 15 April
Harvest: 2nd week October 55kg / 121lbs
Canker: Not present
Scab: Not present
Mildew: Not present
Fireblight: Not present
Cedar-apple rust: Not present
Woolly aphid: Not present
Codling moth: Not present
Plum fruit moth: Not present
Silverleaf: Not present
Excellent. Wiley tree is falling all over the place on the bud-9 rootstock. Gotta get them wires up!2013
Spring blossom: 20 April
Harvest: 3rd week October 15kg / 33lbs
Size: 1.5m / 5.0ft high 1.0m / 3.3ft wide
Canker: Not present
Scab: Not present
Mildew: Not present
Fireblight: Not present
Cedar-apple rust: Not present
Woolly aphid: Not present
Codling moth: Not present
Plum fruit moth: Not present
Silverleaf: Not present
A wiley-growing vigorous tree -I have about 20 trees on Bud-9 (full dwarf rootstock), No disease, some early bites, excellent flavor and from year to year the nuance of flavors is developed through the cool season2012
Spring blossom: 23 April
Harvest: 4th week October
Size: 1.0m / 3.3ft high 1.0m / 3.3ft wide