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Winter Banana Apple tree

Owner: Jerry

Location:  Point Reyes Station, CALIFORNIA, United States

Age:Planted in about 1960
Age of this tree:65 years
Climate at this location:Mediterranean
Pruning:summer and winter pruning
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:Organic treatments
Local pests:gophers, codling moths

Season records for this tree

  • 2020

    Spring blossom: 28 March
    Harvest: 2nd week October

  • 2019

    Spring blossom: 12 April
    Harvest: 4th week October

  • 2018

    Spring blossom: 29 March
    Harvest: 1st week October

  • 2017

    Spring blossom: 27 March
    Harvest: 4th week September

  • 2016

    Spring blossom: 10 March
    Size: 2.0m / 6.7ft high   3.5m / 11.7ft wide

  • 2015

    Spring blossom: 24 March