Choosing Home Apple Varieties

2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38

Without a doubt, the most cherished dream of every gardener is to have a luxurious and fragrant fruit and berry garden on the site. And it doesn't matter what kind of plants it consists of, because in a garden grown by overwork, each tree is valuable and beloved akin to a small child. In Russia, one of the most common types of orchards is the apple orchard. For the careful attitude and careful care, he thanks his owners with a large harvest of delicious and aromatic bulk apples. But its benefits are not limited to this. Being in an apple orchard after a difficult week of work and city noise allows you to put your thoughts in order, calm down and relax

Many gardeners have their own idea of how their apple orchard should look like; they choose varieties according to personal criteria, taking into account the soil composition of their site and the climatic conditions of the region. But, unfortunately, not everyone has this experience, and they often make mistakes. There are about 7,500 varieties of domestic apple trees, the species grown in gardens most often. How can one not get confused in such a variety ?! Let's examine, perhaps, several common varieties, and maybe it is they who will soon settle on your site.

Summer varieties

* Papirovka - the variety is represented by medium-sized trees with a rounded crown. Fruits are rounded-conical, with pronounced wide ribs, weighing up to 85 g, have a long stalk. The skin is greenish-yellow, often with a whitish bloom, thin, smooth. The pulp is tender, loose, white, juicy, sweet and sour, with a mild aroma. Begins fruiting 5-6 years after planting. The fruits ripen in early August. The shelf life is 2-2.5 weeks. The variety is distinguished by its early maturity, high winter hardiness and medium scab resistance.

Folding

* Melba - the variety is represented by medium-sized trees with a rounded crown and branches covered with brown-orange bark. Fruits are round or round-conical, with inconspicuous ribs and a thin short peduncle, weighing up to 100 g. The skin is smooth, light green, with a reddish striped blush. The pulp is tender, white, juicy, sweet and sour, has a candy aroma. Begins fruiting 5-6 years after planting. The fruits ripen in the second decade of August. Long-term storage. Transportability is good. The variety can boast of early maturity, high yield, good taste and quality characteristics of the fruit. Among the disadvantages should be noted the tendency to damage by scab and the low level of winter hardiness.

* Early red - the variety is represented by trees with a compact rounded medium-leafed crown and branches covered with brown bark with a slight yellowish tinge. Fruits are round, flat-rounded or truncated-conical, weighing up to 120 g. The skin is smooth, light yellow, with a bright red spotted blush and waxy bloom. The pulp is tender, dense, creamy, sweet and sour, with a dessert aroma. The fruits ripen in late July - early August. The shelf life of fruits is 2-3 weeks. Distinctive features of the variety are average winter hardiness and scab resistance.

Autumn varieties

* Zhigulevskoe - the variety is represented by fast-growing trees with a wide-pyramidal or rounded crown and branches covered with brown bark. Fruits are rather large, rounded, sometimes with pronounced ribs, weighing up to 350 g, equipped with a long thin peduncle. The skin is lumpy, yellow, with a red striped blurry blush, there is a slight sheen. The pulp is tender, juicy, grainy, sweet and sour, creamy in color. The fruits ripen in mid-September, in hot summer conditions - in the third decade of August. Long-term storage. Transportability is good. The variety is fast-growing, high-yielding, relatively winter-hardy and resistant to scab. Disadvantage - often affected by the moth.

Zhigulevskoe

* Uralets - the variety is represented by vigorous trees with a pyramidal or narrow-pyramidal crown and vertical branches covered with dark brown bark. Fruits are small, rounded or truncated-conical, weighing up to 65 g. The skin is smooth, creamy, with a reddish striped blush. The pulp is juicy, lighter than the skin by a couple of tones, has a sweet and sour taste. The fruits ripen in early September. Average shelf life is 5-7 weeks. The variety is self-fertile, winter-hardy, unpretentious to soil conditions, resistant to scab.

* Autumn striped - the variety is represented by trees with a wide spreading crown with medium foliage. The fruits are large, rounded-conical, with pronounced ribs and a long peduncle. The skin is smooth, greenish-yellow or yellow with a red-orange or brownish striped blush. The pulp is loose, light yellow, juicy, sweet and sour. The fruits ripen in September. Long-term storage. The variety is winter-hardy, high-yielding, and has a negative attitude to drought. It starts bearing fruit only 8-9 years after planting.

Winter varieties

* Antonovka - the variety is represented by vigorous trees with an oval crown. Fruits are medium, round-conical, with pronounced ribs, weighing up to 150 g. The skin is smooth, yellow-green, with a subtle blush. The pulp is juicy, light yellow, sweet with sourness, aromatic. In some regions, the variety is classified as late autumn. The shelf life of fruits is 2, 5-3 months. High transportability. The variety is winter-hardy, unpretentious to soil conditions, relatively resistant to pests and diseases.

Antonovka

* Zaryanka - the variety is represented by medium-sized trees with a rounded crown. Fruits are flattened-rounded, with implicitly pronounced ribs, weighing up to 150 g. The skin is smooth, green or greenish-yellow, with a brown or red striped blush and shine. The pulp is tender, grainy, light yellow, sweet and sour, with a subtle aroma. The variety is fast-growing, high-yielding, winter-hardy. Differs in good taste and quality characteristics of the fruit.

* Moscow winter - the variety is represented by vigorous trees with a wide rounded densely leafy crown. The fruits are rather large, round, with a thick short stalk. The skin is smooth, light green, with a dark red blurred blush. The pulp is lighter than the skin by a couple of tones, juicy, loose, sweet and sour, with a rich aroma. The fruits ripen in late September - early October (depending on climatic conditions). Long-term storage. The variety is high-yielding, disease resistant.