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Lord Derby Apple tree

Owner: Darren

Location:  Penwithick, St Austell, ENGLAND, United Kingdom

Age:Planted in about 2022
Age of this tree:5 years
Rootstock:MM106
Soil:Clay 
Climate at this location:Windy winter Warm summers
Tree form:Espalier
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:Nil

Season records for this tree

  • 2025

    Spring blossom: 8 April
    Harvest: 4th week September  5kg / 11lbs
    Size: 3.0m / 10.0ft high   
    Canker: Not present
    Scab: Not present
    Mildew: Not present
    Fireblight: Not present
    Cedar-apple rust: Not present
    Woolly aphid: Not present
    Codling moth: Not present
    Plum fruit moth: Not present
    Silverleaf: Not present
    always crops well here in St Austell Cornwall 2025 was a 4 year old tree. On heavy clay soil and windy location

  • 2025

    Spring blossom: 8 April
    Harvest: 4th week September  5kg / 11lbs
    Size: 3.0m / 10.0ft high   
    Canker: Not present
    Scab: Not present
    Mildew: Not present
    Fireblight: Not present
    Cedar-apple rust: Not present
    Woolly aphid: Not present
    Codling moth: Not present
    Plum fruit moth: Not present
    Silverleaf: Not present
    always crops well here in St Austell Cornwall 2025 was a 4 year old tree. On heavy clay soil and windy location