Blossom - Roter Ananas

Another first - blossom buds on Roter Ananas which hasn't bloomed before. This is still very much a maiden, so I'm not sure if I will let anything set as the stem does not really have the strength to bear the weight of any fruit. This is another very late blossom, in comparison with the other apple varieties that I grow.

Powdery Mildew - apples

I grafted a single spur of Roter Ananas onto a half-standard of a different variety about 4 years ago to evaluate this variety, but every year it succumbs to powdery mildew just as the fruit sets, just about the only apple cultivar I grow which suffers. The parent variety is completely unaffected.

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