Dorsett Golden 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 |
Owner's comments
This is a very early flowering and ripening apple tree from the tropics (Bahamas). It is self-fertile, precocious and heavy-bearing. By my tastes it is not a great apple but it is a good one for the time of ripening which is late June into July. Tart-sweet taste, good texture and fairly juicy so far. 2014: protracted ripening season (late May to mid-July) with later apples somewhat sweeter than usual. Good texture and juiciness. It is still not a great apple, but it's the only one I have ripening this early.Season records for this tree
2014
Spring blossom: 1 February
Size: 2.0m / 6.7ft high 1.5m / 5.0ft 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
Apparently due to our unusually short and warm winter this year's crop started blossoming in mid-January and finished in early March. The harvest has been spread out from very late May until July, with 5 apples left on the tree on July 2. As always, apple sizes range from huge to very small.2013
Harvest: 1st week July 4kg / 9lbs
Size: 2.0m / 6.7ft high 1.5m / 5.0ft 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