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Lord Burghley Apple tree

Owner: Bill

Location:  Smeeton Westerby, LEICESTERSHIRE, United Kingdom

Age:Planted in about 2011
Age of this tree:15 years
Soil:Very light 
Pruning:Formative
Tree form:Bush (wider at top than bottom)
Height:Up to 6ft / 2m
Cropping:Light crops
Growth:This tree grows fairly well here
Herbicides:Not sure
Pesticides:Not sure

Season records for this tree

  • 2018

    Spring blossom: 7 May

  • 2017

    Spring blossom: 4 May
    Harvest: 1st week October  5kg / 11lbs
    Size: 1.5m / 5.0ft high   1.5m / 5.0ft wide

  • 2016

    Spring blossom: 16 May
    Harvest: 4th week October  7kg / 15lbs
    Size: 1.5m / 5.0ft high   1.0m / 3.3ft wide
    Crop not dropping at all even towards end of October and still a little sharp. Excellent till the last eaten on December 13th.

  • 2015

    Spring blossom: 11 May
    Harvest: 4th week October  2kg / 4lbs
    Size: 1.5m / 5.0ft high   1.0m / 3.3ft wide

  • 2014

    Spring blossom: 10 May
    Harvest: 2nd week October  3kg / 7lbs
    Size: 1.5m / 5.0ft high   1.0m / 3.3ft wide