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Connell Red Apple tree

Owner: Steven

Location:  Skandia, MI, United States

Age:Planted in about 2008
Age of this tree:16 years
Soil:clay/dirt 
Climate at this location:cold
Pruning:yes shaping
Tree form:Standard
Height:Between 6ft / 2m and 15ft / 4m
Cropping:Medium crops
Growth:This tree grows easily here
Herbicides:Un-treated
Pesticides:Chemical treatments
Local pests:catapillars

Owner's comments

tree growing great..Very good eating..large solid red apples

Season records for this tree

  • 2019

    Spring blossom: 12 June
    Green tip 5-16-19 sprayed
  • 2018

    Grouse ate many of the buds..Will still have some blossoms green tip 5-14-sprayed
  • 2017

    Spring blossom: 6 June
    green tip may 15th-sprayed...less blossoms this year than last
  • 2015

    Harvest: 4th week September  5kg / 11lbs
    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
    Plum fruit moth: Not present
    Silverleaf: Not present
    Solid red apple. very good for fresh eating.. still apples on the tree as of 10-6-15. had about 40 apples on the tree.