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Mother Apple tree

Owner: Gil

Location:  Snohomish, WASHINGTON, United States

Age:Planted in about 2011
Age of this tree:15 years
Soil:clayloam 
Climate at this location:wet s[ping, dry summer (mediteranean)
Pruning:none
Tree form:Espalier
Height:Up to 6ft / 2m
Cropping:Medium crops
Growth:This tree grows easily here
Herbicides:Un-treated
Pesticides:Un-treated
Local pests:codling moth -CM, Apple Maggot-AM, Scab-Venturia inaequalis

Owner's comments

I thought this was a cox o.pippin sib, anyone know?

Season records for this tree

  • 2014

    Spring blossom: 20 April
    Harvest: 2nd week September  20kg / 44lbs
    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
    Good all purpose apple with a great growing character, Productive every year and few problems as it's a dull red, dry skin and not too aromatic--the ingredients that otherwise attract CM and AM