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Red Baron Apple tree

Owner: JSchreiber

Location:  West Concord, MN, United States

Age:Planted in about 2020
Age of this tree:7 years
Soil:clay 
Climate at this location:hard winters
Pruning:I prune regularly to keep it open
Tree form:Central leader (widest at bottom)
Height:Between 6ft / 2m and 15ft / 4m
Cropping:Medium crops
Growth:This tree grows easily here
Herbicides:Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:Organic treatments
Local pests:codling moth and apple maggots are prime pests

Owner's comments

Footies work well if you use the thicker variety

Season records for this tree

  • 2025

    Spring blossom: 2 May
    Harvest: 2nd week September  5kg / 11lbs
    Size: 2.5m / 8.3ft high   2.5m / 8.3ft wide
    Canker: Not present
    Scab: Not present
    Mildew: Not present
    Fireblight: Not present
    Cedar-apple rust: Not present
    Woolly aphid: Not present
    Codling moth: Mild attack
    Plum fruit moth: Not present
    Silverleaf: Not present
    I use footies. No damage from any insects on apples that were covered. Minor on those that weren't.