Cox's Orange Pippin Apple tree
Owner: Tim
Location: Upper Hutt, New Zealand
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| Age: | Planted in about 1990 |
| Age of this tree: | 37 years |
| Soil: | Clay |
| Climate at this location: | Wet but mild |
| Pruning: | Has been pruned haphazardly over the years |
| Tree form: | Bush (wider at top than bottom) |
| Height: | Between 6ft / 2m and 15ft / 4m |
| Cropping: | Medium crops |
| Growth: | This tree grows fairly well here |
| Herbicides: | Un-treated |
| Pesticides: | Un-treated |
| Local pests: | None |
Owner's comments
Tree is located in a chicken run: chickens keep the grass and weeds around it under control and provide the fertiliser. Crops well some years, not so well others. Maybe due to my pruning regime.Season records for this tree
2025
Harvest: 2nd week March 15kg / 33lbs
Size: 2.5m / 8.3ft high 3.0m / 10.0ft wide
Canker: Not present
Scab: Mild attack
Mildew: Not present
Fireblight: Not present
Cedar-apple rust: Not present
Woolly aphid: Mild attack
Codling moth: Mild attack
Plum fruit moth: Not present
Silverleaf: Not present
First 28 apples picked 9 March, 3.722 kgs. 1 to 2 weeks earlier than usual. Second pick 20 March, 4.299 kgs. Third and final pick 31 March, 43 apples, 6.032 kgs. Total picked crop (excludes fallers and fruit eaten on the tree by birds) 14.053 kgs