Laxton's Fortune 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: | Medium crops |
| Growth: | This tree grows easily here |
| Herbicides: | Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding) |
| Pesticides: | Un-treated |
Owner's comments
This is one of my favorites. The tree was precocious and grows very good sweet apples: hard, crunchy and very juicy. The apples are attractive, with a solid red skin. After the first two light crops it had many more blossoms this year, but because it is known as a biennial tree I thinned it heavily. The apples ripened starting in late August and continued one week into September.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: Mild attack
This harvest was much larger than the first two years.