Golden Noble Apple tree
Owner: Dave
Location: Santa Barbara, CALIFORNIA, United States
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| Age: | Planted in about 2010 |
| Age of this tree: | 16 years |
| Soil: | heavy clay |
| Climate at this location: | Warm spring, summer and fall, light winter frost |
| Pruning: | mostly summer pruning for size control |
| Tree form: | Central leader (widest at bottom) |
| Height: | Between 6ft / 2m and 15ft / 4m |
| Cropping: | Heavy crops |
| Growth: | This tree grows easily here |
| Herbicides: | Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding) |
| Pesticides: | Un-treated |
| Local pests: | Passers-by (the tree is in the front yard, no fence) |
Owner's comments
This tree is precocious, and although it is not heavily spurred it can grow large to very large apples when thinned, so the harvest is heavy for the tree's size. The branches are long, thin and flexible, and must be propped up to support the fruit if there is more than one apple per branch. This is a good late sweet apple for our warm coastal climate, ripening throughout October. (September is the most common ripening month for apples here.) This is one of three trees on M111 rootstock planted in a close group (1-1/2 to 2 feet apart), with each tree having roughly one-third of a circle for it's territory.Season records for this tree
2013
Size: 2.0m / 6.7ft high 2.0m / 6.7ft 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
Fruit size is highly variable, from small to a 1.15 pound apple this year.