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Sunset Apple tree

Owner: Darren

Location:  Penwithick, St Austell, ENGLAND, United Kingdom

Age:Planted in about 2024
Age of this tree:3 years
Soil:clay 
Climate at this location:wet winters and warm summers
Tree form:Central leader (widest at bottom)
Height:Up to 6ft / 2m
Cropping:Not specified
Growth:This tree grows easily here
Herbicides:Un-treated
Pesticides:Un-treated

Season records for this tree

  • 2025

    Harvest: 1st week October  1kg / 2lbs
    Size: 1.5m / 5.0ft high   
    Canker: Not present
    Scab: 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
    2 year old tree in 2025 one apple , nice apple. quite a lot of fruit buds in March 2026

  • 2024