Typical east coast weather, can be dry'ish summers and cold winters when north easterly winds
Pruning:
Pruning as for mature cropping trees.
Tree form:
Half-standard
Height:
Up to 6ft / 2m
Cropping:
Not specified
Growth:
Not specified
Herbicides:
Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:
Organic treatments
Local pests:
Aphids
Season records for this tree
2023
Spring blossom: 16 May Inconsistent pollination between these two adjacent trees culminating in one with little fruit the other a reasonable amount, but nowhere near as much as last year. Both had similar amount of blossom.
2022
Spring blossom: 15 May
Size:
2.0m / 6.7ft high Latest of all four varieties, (also latest cropper so not surprising). As with the others looks to be a good cropping year on this variety. Doesn't appear to be troubled by aphids, or indeed other pests.
