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Northern Spy Apple tree

Owner: Menzel

Location:  Snohomish, WA, United States

Age:Planted in about 1920
Age of this tree:105 years
Soil:Glacial till 
Climate at this location:8a/8b
Pruning:Rehabilitating from pruning neglect; Winter/Summer pruning
Tree form:Standard
Height:Taller than 15ft / 4m
Cropping:Light crops
Growth:This tree grows fairly well here
Herbicides:Un-treated
Pesticides:Un-treated
Local pests:Apple Maggot

Owner's comments

Half-dead (main trunk), but healthy canopy growth.

Season records for this tree

  • 2024

    Spring blossom: 5 May
    Harvest: 3rd week October  80kg / 176lbs
    No pruning this season
  • 2023

    Spring blossom: 13 May
    Harvest: 3rd week October  45kg / 99lbs
    amateur pruning...1st season of recording...previous years only 40 apples harvested every year.