Epicure Apple tree
Owner: Cheuk
Location: Amsterdam, NOORD-HOLLAND, Netherlands
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| Age: | Planted in about 2016 |
| Age of this tree: | 9 years |
| Rootstock: | Grafted on a rubinola (my mother tree) It holds all my scions. One in a container with a slow growing rootstock |
| Soil: | Container: reed compost + well-rotted manure + lime + a thirth organic compost+wormcastings+liquid fertilizer.. |
| Climate at this location: | Zone 7a, windy, lots of sun. hedge to slow down wind. |
| Pruning: | Yes, It is a vigorous grower |
| Tree form: | Central leader (widest at bottom) |
| Height: | Up to 6ft / 2m |
| Cropping: | Biennial cropping (alternate years) |
| Growth: | This tree does not grow well here |
| Herbicides: | Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding) |
| Pesticides: | Un-treated |
| Local pests: | None, has yet to crop |
Owner's comments
I have grafts of Laxton's epicure in a grafting bank tree. 2 years ago I grafted one on my rubinola mother tree and one on an M9. Both are flowering at this moment. The one on the rubinola is allowed to bear a crop. It is full with blossoms and ready to produce a crop.Season records for this tree
2022
Spring blossom: 4 May
Canker: Not present
Scab: Not present
Mildew: Not present
Fireblight: Not present
Cedar-apple rust: Not present
Woolly aphid: Not present
Codling moth: Mild attack
Plum fruit moth: Mild attack
Silverleaf: Not present
Something is nipping my leafs away! It might be a codling moth or a plum moth. Because of the bitter cold here in The Netherlands, some of the exposed branches were bare, some were dead.