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Epicure 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:Cornwall wet winters and warm summers
Tree form:Bush (wider at top than bottom)
Height:Up to 6ft / 2m
Cropping:Not specified
Growth:This tree grows easily here
Herbicides:Un-treated
Pesticides:Un-treated

Owner's comments

Luxton epicure i have read is one of the best early croppers giving good crops and juicy sweet apple

Season records for this tree

  • 2025

    Size: 1.0m / 3.3ft 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
    maiden tree i left one apple on to see what is tasted like, very juicy, soft and plenty of flavour. I understand will be a good cropper in August of small apples