Blossom Dates - A Catalogue

[yummersetter]

Just to prove me wrong, five trees have started flowering today in the old orchard. The Orleans Reinette fans on wires in the new orchard are flowering, the half standards are a week off and the 20 year old standard tree in the old orchard is just tentatively opening a leaf or two. Masses of leaf growth just in a day or two - its gone green since May 1st.

Those OR half standards didn't start flowering till the 20th, the older tree is just opening - the weather stopped everything progressing. Interesting spread of flowering dates on the different forms.
First signs of leaves breaking from the buds on the Court Pendu Plat - that'll be exceptionally late, not till June sometime.

[StephenH]

Great - thanks for your hard work. Since we're doing other fruit as well, please note that my Quince 'Isfahan' is about at full flower - probably tomorrow (Sat. 25th May) rather than today (24th).

[StephenH]

Full flower on my 'Isfahan' Quince was indeed on the 25th.
27th May - flowering ended on the Bramley. Cottenham Seedling and Flower of Kent both at maximum blossom.
Please note, for the O.P., that the Quince is on Quince A rootstock - I checked my garden plan.

[StephenH]

The James Grieve finished flowering yesterday, 2nd June. The last three, Cottenham Seedling, Flower of Kent, and Egremont Russet, are hanging on to a few petals each, but will be finished soon.
Ever since it finished flowering, some time ago now, I've been examining the fruitlets on my 'Brownlees' Russet', hoping to see that they, or some of them at least, were starting to swell, which would prove that they'd set. For ages, it tantalised me - on opne hand, they weren't shrivelling and dying, but on the other hand, they weren't swelling. Now, at last, some of them definitely are starting to swell. Unfortunately, because it's too young, I can't let it bear much fruit, and after the June drop, if it has one, I'll remove all the fruitlets except one, to grow on to satisfy my curiosity. However, the swelling fruit on it bode well for the other trees. I'm now examining the Bramley and James Grieve fruitlets daily!

[FB.]

My last apple is now about 90% of flowers faded; Crawley Beauty MM106. It was full flower about the middle of last week.
Some of the earlier-flowering apples - and the pears - have quite a lot of fruitlets forming, about cherry-sized (0.5 inch / 1.25 cm). Despite quite a lack of bees and cool dull weather, the crop looks quite good at the moment - better than it usually would.

[boundtothesoil]

Hi Garden-Chris, here's a list of blossom dates 2013 so far for my trees, for your data set, using your format:-
Location:- Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
Sunset, 19yr old, MM106, 10th May 2013, 22nd May 2013, 4th June 2013.
Sunset, 7yr old, MM106, 7th May 2013, 20th may 2013, 4th June 2013.
Sunset, 7yr old, M26, 7 May 2013, 20 may 2013, 2 June 2013.
Discovery, 15 yr old, MM106, 15 May 2013, 22 May 2013, 6 June 2013.
Discovery, 7 yr old, MM106, 15 may 2013, 24 may 2013, 6 June 2013.
Discovery, 7 yr old, M26, 10 may 2013, 20 may 2013, 4 June 2013.
Winston, 14 yr old, bush (M26?), 22 May 2013, 2 June 2013, 6 June 2013.
Beauty of Bath, 16 yr old (MM106?), 10 May 2013, 22 may 2013,2 June 2013
Ellison's Orange, 19 yrs old ,standard, 10 May 2013, 26 May 2013, 6 June 2013.
Ellison's Orange, 7 yr old, MM106, 15 May 2013, 26 may 2013, 4 June 2013.
Spartan, 7 yr old, MM106, 10 May 2013, 22 may 2013, 4 June 2013.
James Grieve, 14 yr old, bush (MM106?), 10 may 2013, 22 may 2013, 4 June 2013.
James Grieve, 7 yr old MM106, 10 may 2013, 20 May 2013, 2 June 2013.
Ashmead's Kernel, 7 yr old, MM106, 20 may 2013, 30 May 2013, 6 June 2013.
Ashmead's Kernel, 9 yr old, MM106, 17 May 2013, 30 May 2013, 6 June 2013.
George Cave, 15 yr old , bush (MM106?), 15 may 2013, 24 may 2013, 4 June 2013.
Adam's Pearmain, 7 yr old , M26, 10 May 2013, 20 may 2013, 30 may 2013.
Lord Lambourne, 17 yr old, bush (?), 10 May 2013, 22 may 2013, 4 June 2013.
Lord Lambourne, 7 yr old, MM106, 10 may 2013, 20 may 2013, 4 June 2013.
Lady Lambourne, 4 yr old, Mm106, 15 may 2013, 22 may 2013, 2 June 2013.
Scarlet Pimpernel, 5 yr old, Mm106, 3 may 2013, 17 may 2013, 30 may 2013.
Katy, 7 yr old, M26, 7 may 2013, 20 may 2013, 30 May 2013.
Cox's Pomona, 7 yr old, M26, 10 may 2013, 20 may 2013, 4 June 2013.
Ida Red, 17 yr old, bush (MM106?), 7 may 2013, 20 may 2013, 26 may 2013.
Emneth Early, 20 yr old, half-standard, 20 May 2013, 30 may 2013, 6 June 2013.
Tydeman's Late Orange, 5 yr old, MM106, 20 may 2013, 30 may 2013, 6 June 2013.
Annie Elizabeth, 7 yr old, M26, 17 may 2013, 26 may 2013, 30 may 2013.

[Garden_Chris]

Hi Garden-Chris, here's a list of blossom dates 2013 so far for my trees, for your data set, using your format:-
Location:- Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
Sunset, 19yr old, MM106, 10th May 2013, 22nd May 2013, 4th June 2013.
Sunset, 7yr old, MM106, 7th May 2013, 20th may 2013, 4th June 2013.
Sunset, 7yr old, M26, 7 May 2013, 20 may 2013, 2 June 2013.
Discovery, 15 yr old, MM106, 15 May 2013, 22 May 2013, 6 June 2013.
Discovery, 7 yr old, MM106, 15 may 2013, 24 may 2013, 6 June 2013.
Discovery, 7 yr old, M26, 10 may 2013, 20 may 2013, 4 June 2013.
Winston, 14 yr old, bush (M26?), 22 May 2013, 2 June 2013, 6 June 2013.
Beauty of Bath, 16 yr old (MM106?), 10 May 2013, 22 may 2013,2 June 2013
Ellison's Orange, 19 yrs old ,standard, 10 May 2013, 26 May 2013, 6 June 2013.
Ellison's Orange, 7 yr old, MM106, 15 May 2013, 26 may 2013, 4 June 2013.
Spartan, 7 yr old, MM106, 10 May 2013, 22 may 2013, 4 June 2013.
James Grieve, 14 yr old, bush (MM106?), 10 may 2013, 22 may 2013, 4 June 2013.
James Grieve, 7 yr old MM106, 10 may 2013, 20 May 2013, 2 June 2013.
Ashmead's Kernel, 7 yr old, MM106, 20 may 2013, 30 May 2013, 6 June 2013.
Ashmead's Kernel, 9 yr old, MM106, 17 May 2013, 30 May 2013, 6 June 2013.
George Cave, 15 yr old , bush (MM106?), 15 may 2013, 24 may 2013, 4 June 2013.
Adam's Pearmain, 7 yr old , M26, 10 May 2013, 20 may 2013, 30 may 2013.
Lord Lambourne, 17 yr old, bush (?), 10 May 2013, 22 may 2013, 4 June 2013.
Lord Lambourne, 7 yr old, MM106, 10 may 2013, 20 may 2013, 4 June 2013.
Lady Lambourne, 4 yr old, Mm106, 15 may 2013, 22 may 2013, 2 June 2013.
Scarlet Pimpernel, 5 yr old, Mm106, 3 may 2013, 17 may 2013, 30 may 2013.
Katy, 7 yr old, M26, 7 may 2013, 20 may 2013, 30 May 2013.
Cox's Pomona, 7 yr old, M26, 10 may 2013, 20 may 2013, 4 June 2013.
Ida Red, 17 yr old, bush (MM106?), 7 may 2013, 20 may 2013, 26 may 2013.
Emneth Early, 20 yr old, half-standard, 20 May 2013, 30 may 2013, 6 June 2013.
Tydeman's Late Orange, 5 yr old, MM106, 20 may 2013, 30 may 2013, 6 June 2013.
Annie Elizabeth, 7 yr old, M26, 17 may 2013, 26 may 2013, 30 may 2013.

You're a star!
I'll update everyone's lists over the weekend.
I think it'd be fair to say that a lot of people's trees have finished blossoming now, so I suppose I'll be linking this thread to next years post.
Thanks for the input everyone!

[StephenH]

My Cottenham Seedling finished yesterday.

[yummersetter]

I'll never know how late my Court Pendu Plat would have flowered as this year it's only produced leaves.
I've just done a wander round and am struck by how quickly the fruits are setting and how many blossoms have turned to fruitlets, on some trees it looks as if about 80% of the flowers have set, and often before the last blossoms have faded. Now I wonder which month we'll have the June drop?

[VirginVegGrower]

I'll never know how late my Court Pendu Plat would have flowered as this year it's only produced leaves.
I've just done a wander round and am struck by how quickly the fruits are setting and how many blossoms have turned to fruitlets, on some trees it looks as if about 80% of the flowers have set, and often before the last blossoms have faded. Now I wonder which month we'll have the June drop?

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I have a high number of buds/flowers still on my quince and medlar trees, although the apples have finished and set. Never saw the blossom on the two plum trees.

[yummersetter]

Very few plums here too, one of those ' oh look there's a plum . . . oh there's another one . . .' years. My medlar's in flower too - looks alarmingly as if its covered in bindweed flowers. The quinces are over but also setting a lot of fruitlets.

[StephenH]

My 'Flower of Kent/Isaac Newton's Tree' finished today - the single spray of very late blossom, which I mentioned elsewhere, finished, the rest of the blossom having finished a week or more ago.