Summer Rambo Apple tree
Owner: Tomec88@Yahoo.Com
Location: Stanhope, IA, United States
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| Age: | Planted in about 1940 |
| Age of this tree: | 85 years |
| Soil: | clay loam |
| Climate at this location: | hot summers cold winters 4b borderline |
| Pruning: | prune to keep center open and to maintain picking height |
| Tree form: | Standard |
| Height: | Between 6ft / 2m and 15ft / 4m |
| Cropping: | Not specified |
| Growth: | Not specified |
| Herbicides: | Un-treated |
| Pesticides: | Organic treatments |
| Local pests: | cedar rust brown spot |
Owner's comments
this tree is hollow,about 20 inch diameter, and it lost a major limb this winter splitting off near the ground, my estimate if age is the tree rings from a branch that started about five feet up.Season records for this tree
2016
Spring blossom: 19 April
Size: 5.5m / 18.3ft high 7.5m / 25.0ft wide
Canker: Not present
Scab: Not present
Mildew: Not present
Fireblight: Not present
Cedar-apple rust: Not present
Woolly aphid: Not present
Plum fruit moth: Not present
This old apple tree lost about one third of its mass this winter and spring. still going down hill for about the last four years. very dry this year after a very wet last year.2015
Spring blossom: 22 April
Scab: Mild attack
Cedar-apple rust: Mild attack2014
Spring blossom: 13 May2013
Spring blossom: 17 May
Harvest: 3rd week August