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Jonagold Apple tree

Owner: Peter

Location:  Swaffham, NORFOLK, United Kingdom

Age:Planted in about 2021
Age of this tree:102 years
Soil:Was Clay in Kent, now sandy in Norfolk. 
Climate at this location:Windy and slightly cooler than Kent
Pruning:Tree has been grafted with an English Golden Delicious and moved successfully last year from Kent.
Tree form:Not sure
Height:Up to 6ft / 2m
Cropping:Heavy crops
Growth:This tree grows easily here
Herbicides:Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:Organic treatments
Local pests:Codling Moth, aphids and woolly aphid.

Owner's comments

I moved from Kent to Norfolk, bringing a selection of my smaller fruit trees with me. Although fairly large, this one had special sentimental grafts of an English Golden Delicious on it, so I cut the main Jonagold tree back heavily and brought it anyway. It survived last year and I'm hoping it will produce more growth I can graft from. It will be a bonus if it crops as well as it did too.