My Edible Fruit Trees: Golden Dorsett

Apple - Dorsett Golden

Dwarf Apple - Dorsett Golden (Grafted)

Comments: -

Plant arrived in in Feb 2020 in great condition with soil still damp. Will plant this into a pot after 1-2 weeks outside and provide updates.

May 2020 - Has been growing well so far, no issues as of yet.

Spring 2020 - Flowered 

Nov-Dec 2020 - Fruited (only left two on). Damaged by ?fruit fly, but still edible. Will try bagging next year. 

September 2021: Flowering and setting fruit again. Now in 45L planter bag.

Planted: 2020

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 10 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Tropic Sweet

Apple - Dorsett Golden

Apple - Dorsett Golden

Dwarf Apple - Dorsett Golden (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - Espaliered with tropic sweet. Have not tasted the fruit yet. Seems to ripen later than tropic sweet. Bag the fruit to protect from fruit fly.

Fruiting Months November and December

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn and Winter

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Tropic sweet

Organic Status:Certified

Dwarf Apple - Dorsett Golden

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Apple - Dorsett Golden (Grafted) ^5/10

Height 1.2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Tropical Anna

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Potash, Seasol, Worm Wee

Dwarf Apple - Dorsett Golden (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: -

   I love apples, but I'm sick of the tasteless ones sold in supermarkets, so three trees should keep us going for hopefully nearly six months of the year.

   Bought from Daleys and planted mid Nov 2017 (Gold Coast) in a garden bed next to a dwarf tropical anna (left) and dwarf tropic sweet (centre). These three form a triple planting about 45cm apart under the Dave Wilson Nursery backyard orchard concept. The entire bed has a thick layer of cane mulch. At present (Jan 2018) they are about 90cm tall, and will be pruned regularly so they grow no taller than 150-180cm.

   I fertilise with varying ratios and amounts of Dynamic Lifter or Rooster Booster, sulphate of potash, and blood and bone at the beginning of spring, summer and autumn. I also give fortnightly foliar sprays of a diluted solution of Seasol, Powerfeed for flowers and fruit, soluble sulphate of potash, and Epsom salts during the non-dormant months.

   I use a soil moisture meter, and water the trees as necessary.

   All three apple trees are very healthy and growing vigorously, and the grafts are very strong.

Planted: 2017

Height 90 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Dwarf tropic sweet and dwarf tropical anna

Pest Control: Occasional Eco-Neem spray, and copper spray during dormancy. When fruiting the fruit will be bagged against fruit fly.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Apple -Golden Dorsett ^5/10

Comments: - think the apples would like somewhere colder to live but still get small amount of fruit

Planted: 2009

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Anna

Organic Status:Organic

Apple - Dorsett Golden (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: - This is simply a fantastic tree. Very easy going, bearing enthusiastically even when not flowering in tandem with any of it's neighbours. Have an Anna, Tropic Sweet, Tropic Beauty, Ein Shemer, Ellisons Orange and Wild Granny (Diggers), but this tree really shines. Has had fruit for 2 seasons now, although the birds got to them the first year - they were my first ever apples and  earlier than I expected (November), but mid January in 2017. Still getting to know it, but I am a big, big fan. Gorgeous looking fruit that can be enjoyed crisp, or softer. (I gave one to my neighbour who said it was the first apple she had eaten in years due to her teeth). Would seriously recommend this to anyone with a non traditional apple climate. I am already looking forward to next year. Neighbouring trees growing, but do not flower simultaneously. Perhaps when they have a few more years on them, meanwhile I have this golden beauty.

Fruiting Months January, November, December

Planted: 2014

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Dwarf Apple - Dorsett Golden (Cutting) ^7/10

Comments: - i had it on a west facing wall in a large pot that had midday sun but this year it all but died 

Pollination: Hand Pollination

Apple - Dorsett Golden (Grafted) ^7/10

Fruiting Months January, September, October, November, December

Planted: 2016

Height 2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 5 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Dwarf Apple - Dorsett Golden

Comments: - WISH LIST Top of my priorities is growing apples in Brisbane. A few locals are having great success in South Brisbane. I want so badly.

Apple - Dorsett Golden (Grafted)

Fruiting Months November and December

Planted: 2014

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 1 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control:

bat safe netting

Dwarf Apple - Dorsett Golden (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - No fruit yet, I am training it over an archway so this may be making the fruiting take longer?

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Amgrow Organic Fruit Fertilizer and Composted Manure

Pest Control: Only when needed and use Beneficial Insects, have an under planting of Foxgloves

Organic Status:Certified

Apple - Dorsett Golden

Height 3 metres

Qty: 2

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Apple - Dorsett Golden

Dwarf Apple - Dorsett Golden (Grafted) ^5/10

Comments: -

Review for Sundowner Apple. Double grafted dwarf apple tree. That double graft is rather gnarly looking but it seems to be doing a good job restricting its growth. It has managed to flower and fruit with the aid of my granny smith tree. I picked off all fruit and flowers earlier today (late Nov). Still flowering now when Granny Smith has finished however there is sufficient overlap.

Problems I've had are upturned leaf curl and it slow growth. However that may be due to the potting mix I used which may not be free draining enough. Currently in 45cm pot and I plan to soon repot it into a half wine barrel. Sprayed with Burgandy mixture in late winter and it had reduced leafcurl somewhat. 

Height 120 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Granny Smith

When I Fertilise: Spring

Dwarf Apple - Dorsett Golden

Comments: - Just arrived from Daleys. (13/11/2014)

Pollination: No

Apple - Dorsett Golden

Planted: 2014

Height 1.2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Apple - Dorsett Golden

Comments: - Few fruit, very dry and pithy, prone to fruit fly and moth, removed. 

Pollination: Self Pollination

Dwarf Apple - Dorsett Golden ^8/10

Comments: -

Produces lots of fruit, have to be vigilant with bagging the fruit though.

Fruiting Months January, February, October, November, December

Planted: 2009

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 6 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Anna

Pest Control:

bagging against fruit fly, will also try organic controls soon

Dwarf Apple - Dorsett Golden (Grafted) ^7/10

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Dwarf Apple - Dorsett Golden (Grafted)

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Dwarf Apple - Dorsett Golden

Apple - Dorsett Golden

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun