Yellow Bellflower Apple tree

Owner: Rene

Location: Portland, OR, United States

Age:	Planted in about 1800
Age of this tree:	224 years
Rootstock:	Oldest known grafted apple in Oregon
Soil:	Unknown
Climate at this location:	Portland is USDA hardiness zone 8b (with average low temps of 15 to 20 F degrees) or 9a (average lows from 20 to 25 deg
Pruning:	Has two co dominant main stems and is propped.
Tree form:	Central leader (widest at bottom)
Height:	Taller than 15ft / 4m
Cropping:	Medium crops
Growth:	This tree grows fairly well here
Herbicides:	Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:	Not sure
Local pests:	insects, scab

Owner's comments

For more info see: https://oregontic.com/oregon-heritage-trees/dosch-yellow-bellflower-apple/ and https://www.homeorchardsociety.org/growfruit/apples/all-about-the-apple-called-yellow-bellflower/ Reverend Albert Kelly planted an orchard here on his homestead in 1850. The trees were bought from the pioneer Luelling and Meek Nursery in Milwaukie- the first grafted fruit tree nursery on the west coast. Colonel Henry E. Dosch purchased the property in 1886-87 and restored the health of the neglected orchard. In 1976, the Home Orchard Society declared this tree the oldest, living, grafted apple tree in the Western United States.