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Spigold Apple tree

Owner: Tom

Location:  Cassville, NY / USA, United States

Age:Planted in about 2014
Age of this tree:13 years
Soil:LOAM ROCKY 
Climate at this location:VARIES, USUALLY COLD WINTERS CAN HIT -20F, WET SPRINGS, HUMID SUMMERS, CRISP AUTUMNS
Pruning:YES
Tree form:Central leader (widest at bottom)
Height:Not sure
Cropping:Light crops
Growth:This tree grows easily here
Herbicides:Un-treated
Pesticides:Organic treatments

Owner's comments

This is my first year to have fruit. It is 9/16/2017 and I haven't picked yet. There are about 12 apples, there were easily twice as many, but apples dropped in June. I tried utiing plastic bags over some of the fruit. The ones without the bags did as well as the ones with, or better in some cases. Will not use bags next year. Plan on using an organic spray thru out the growing season. I currently spray with an all purpose oil spray in winter and early spring. I love the crisp juicyness of these apples. I have a second tree, but it only had one apple. I have other fruit trees (Gala, mcoun and Mcintosh), Gala did good other two not so much.