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Crimson Crisp Apple tree

Owner: Gil

Location:  Snohomish, WASHINGTON, United States

Age:Planted in about 2009
Age of this tree:16 years
Soil:clayloam 
Climate at this location:cool, maritime
Pruning:nope, not yet
Tree form:Espalier
Height:Up to 6ft / 2m
Cropping:Medium crops
Growth:This tree grows easily here
Herbicides:Organic treatments
Pesticides:Un-treated
Local pests:scab, maggot, anthacnose

Owner's comments

Crisp for the longest time but does lose flavor in storage fairly rapidly. Voles took ouit a lot of my trees in 2014.

Season records for this tree

  • 2014

    Spring blossom: 15 April
    Harvest: 3rd week October  25kg / 55lbs
    Size: 1.5m / 5.0ft high   
    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
  • 2013

    Spring blossom: 18 April
    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 midsewason hard fleshed apple