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Esopus Spitzenburg Apple tree

Owner: Ann

Location:  Fort Collins, CO, United States

Age:Planted in about 2003
Age of this tree:21 years
Soil:Clay 
Climate at this location:Semi-arid high desert. Property receives flood irrigation 3-4 times per summer.
Tree form:Standard
Height:Taller than 15ft / 4m
Cropping:Not specified
Growth:This tree grows easily here
Herbicides:Chemical treatments
Pesticides:Un-treated

Owner's comments

This is a graft from a 100+ year old tree at the Fort Collins Water Works site (historical site). Mulched with wood chips to drip line. Chemical weed control used about once every 5 years.

Season records for this tree

  • 2022

  • 2021

    Had a great bloom, and lots of apples on the tree. However, unable to pick any. They all, almost at once, rotted on the tree. Other apples on property did not have any problem. Very disappointing.

  • 2020

    Few blossoms. Frost killed.

  • 2019

    Fireblight: Severe attack

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  • 2009

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