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Golden Russet Apple tree

Owner: George

Location:  Middlefield, MASSACHUSETTS/ HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, United States

Age:Planted in about 1940
Age of this tree:84 years
Soil:Peru / marlow 
Climate at this location:summer 80's winter 0's at 1600'
Pruning:not yet
Tree form:Not sure
Height:Taller than 15ft / 4m
Cropping:Not specified
Growth:Not specified
Herbicides:Un-treated
Pesticides:Un-treated

Season records for this tree

  • 2015

    Harvest: 4th week September  20kg / 44lbs
    Size: 6.0m / 20.0ft high   4.5m / 15.0ft wide
    Canker: Mild attack
    Scab: Mild attack
    Mildew: Not present
    Fireblight: Not present
    Cedar-apple rust: Mild attack
    Woolly aphid: Not present
    Codling moth: Not present
    Plum fruit moth: Not present
    Silverleaf: Not present