Rubinola Apple tree
Owner: Cheuk
Location: Amsterdam, NOORD-HOLLAND, Netherlands
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Age: | Planted in about 2010 |
Age of this tree: | 18 years |
Soil: | poor black soil, acidy soil, clay, part wet part dry |
Climate at this location: | Zone 7a. mild sea climate, windy, hedge to slow down wind |
Pruning: | YES this is a must! |
Tree form: | Half-standard |
Height: | Between 6ft / 2m and 15ft / 4m |
Cropping: | Biennial cropping (alternate years) |
Growth: | This tree grows easily here |
Herbicides: | Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding) |
Pesticides: | Un-treated |
Local pests: | birds, wasps |
Owner's comments
Tree is a vigorous grower with strait bare branches. Very difficult to control, It is a tip bearer !!!, fruit is aromatic but not special. Same taste as an Elstar apple...But I have poor soil!, so should do better in better soil. Because of poor soil, tree is biennial. Although it gets fertilized. (april, july, october) Early apple, good cropper. Supplemental: Nice apple, just tasted one. Has some hint of oranges with a faint after taste of cherries. Nice sweet / tart flavour, with more sweet than tart. Not really interesting apple, but is packed full of vitamine C. On some apples some scab.Season records for this tree
2022
Spring blossom: 18 April
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
No real pest problems. Rubinola is my mother tree, meaning it hold all my grafts. Rubinola is blossoming for 100% all blossoms open. Light pale pinky petals.2018
Spring blossom: 25 April
2018: The tree is blossoming fully 99% of the blossoms are open. It is sooo beautiful. This year there are more blossoms on this tree than last year.2017
Spring blossom: 20 April
Harvest: 3rd week September 3kg / 7lbs
Size: 1.0m / 3.3ft high 2.5m / 8.3ft 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
Cut back this tree a few years ago and grafted rubinette rosso and laxtons epicure on it. The lower branches are the original Rubinola tree. Tip bearer, fruits are NOT scab resistant. Last year (2016)we had a biennial year, this year is full. Supp: This year (2017)the apples were very big, juicy, have a little aroma. Good harvest this year, because of incessant rains, little or no wasps(yellow jackets), lots of bird damage. Lots of monilla apple rot this year.(2017).2016
Spring blossom: 10 May
Harvest: 3rd week September 5kg / 11lbs
Size: 1.5m / 5.0ft high 3.0m / 10.0ft wide
Canker: Not present
Scab: Mild attack
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
Last year no fruits. Pruned this tipbearer very harshly to 2-3 main branches. On this tree I grafted rafzubex and Laxtons epicure. This year lots of blossom, lots of shoots coming up. Some small fruits are appearing. Very difficult tree to handle, because of fast growth, bare branches and on the tips the fruits. This tree or branches should be cut back every 2 years to get some fruit. Supp. Nice apple, just tasted one. Has some hint of oranges with an after taste of cherries. Nice sweet /