On 2009-09-07 16:15:14 +0100, said:

In article , Roger R wrote:
The apple tree in my garden is around 50 years old.
I am unable to identify the veriety as it doesn't seem to match the well
known ones, except to say that it is an apple for eating not cooking.

I read elsewhere that pear trees can live 2-300 years, but apple trees?

50 years is old.

Is it really that old? I had a James Grieve that was 100 years old and
there are lots olf survivors of past orchards round here that must be
more than 50 years old. Perhaps it's the variety?

Has this apple tree reached the end of its life or could there be something
else wrong?

Almost certainly both. I would bet on root damage, probably due to
fungal infestation. If so, there is no hope in a tree that age.

Very probably so, unfortunately.


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