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Cox's Orange Pippin Apple tree

Owner: Richard

Location:  Swansea, United Kingdom

Age:Planted in about 2018
Age of this tree:8 years
Soil:Thin gritty loam over shale 
Climate at this location:1400mm rain p/a, damp most days good Septembers
Pruning:Espalier
Tree form:Not sure
Height:Up to 6ft / 2m
Cropping:Biennial cropping (alternate years)
Growth:Not specified
Herbicides:Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:Un-treated
Local pests:Don't really have any

Owner's comments

2024 was a bumper crop prior to that biannual crops and very light