La Puce wrote:

I'm going to get rid of my apple tree this winter - I'll try to
transplant it to the lotty but I fear it might be too big even to do
this.

I have however discovered that hawthorns are bad in the vacinity of
apple trees. I have two hawthorns within 5 metres of the tree! So it's
goodbye to my apple tree (

Very sad to loose an apple tree. You are right, hawthorne or for that
matter most of the roseaceae family, seem to be a problem, which is a
shame.

I have a tree - which too 5 years to bear fruit to identify what it
was, has suffered from scab, canker, codling and tortrix moth. Despite
my best efforts this year it produced 8 edible fruits. Turns out it is
Laxtons Fortune, so unfortunately I will be cutting it back and
grafting a something else on to the trunk.

It might be worth working your way throuogh Martin Crawford's book -
Directory of Apple Cultivars. In there he details over 3000 cultivars,
and has a column for Codling moth indicating wheather the cultivar is
susceptible or resistance to Codling moth.

There is another moth that affects apples Tortrix moth, this one can be
identified because the leaf is folded over the hole in the apple.
Again can be controlled via pheromone traps.

Clifford
Bawtry, Doncaster. South Yorkshire