Homegrown Heddibles's Edible FruitsUpdate: 986 days 19hrsComments: -
Kept to 2.5 metres high by summer & winter pruning, if it is a dwarf it's the tallest in the world!
A lovely, hardy, prolific tree, it produced a fabulous crop two years after it was planted. It grows vigorously in Spring and Summer, so we keep it pruned to a manageable 2 metres or so to enable us to reach the fruit and haul the netting over it.
The apples, bred in Australia in the 1800s, are perfect for cooking (they make the very best apple pies, apple sauce, jams and jellies), baking, treating diarrhoea (grate the fruit, skin and all and eat it - the pectin sets both jam and poo!) or eating fresh. Tart and sweet at the same time they are very refreshing and make the mouth tingle with pleasure.
Fruiting Months February, March, April
Planted: 2007
Height 2.5 metres
Qty: 1
Fruit Harvest: 4 kilograms per Year
First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot
Sun/Shade: Full Sun
Water Given in: Autumn and Spring
Pruned By: 20% in
Pollination: Cross Pollination
Cross Pollinator Variety: Ballerina Waltz, Jonathan
Fertiliser or Organics Used: Chook manure, compost, blood
When I Fertilise: Spring
Pest Control:
No pests noted so far, touchwood.
Organic Status:Organic
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