Apple "July Chernenko": description, planting and care

The apple variety "July Chernenko" is early summer. He was bred when crossing varieties "Anis Scarlet" and "Papirovka".From them, the apple tree received such positive qualities as good winter hardiness, high yields and rich coloring of fruits.

The fruits of the apple tree are summer, they are poured with juice and ripen in July. Ripe apples are kept on a tree, do not fall to the ground. Harvest should be in several stages.

The period of consumption of the collected fruit is short. If you store them properly, using a dark, cool room for this, they will lie for about a month. This variety is most often consumed fresh, but is sometimes used to make jams or compotes.

Apple trees are cross-pollinated crops. This variety is pollinated with insects. The best pollinator varieties for this apple tree are Medunitsa and Kvinti.

Any gardener chooses a fruit crop, taking into account not only the taste, but also the attractive appearance of trees and apples. The trees "July Chernenko" are very high, they can grow to five meters. The crown is quite thick, resembles an oval. The branches are sent up.

The shoots are small, heavily pubescent. Sheet plates are oval, bright, voluminous, smooth, serrated along the edges. Large inflorescences are white.

Consider a brief description of the variety.

• Apples are small, rounded. Young fruits have a green color, and when ripe, poured pink blush.
• The peel of the fruit is not too thick, smooth, without rough edges. The flesh is white, not very soft.
• Apples have an interesting sweet-sour taste, a lot of juice.
• The variety is characterized by very high yield. After planting, four years must pass, then the first fruits appear on the apple tree.
• A ripe apple weighs an average of one hundred grams. One apple tree can gladden a gardener with 50 kilograms of fruit.
• As mentioned earlier, ripe apples will not crumble, as they are firmly held by the stem. Harvest must be collected at the end of July. As the fruits ripen not at the same time, harvesting takes place in stages.
• Apple trees bear fruit once a year; if the tree is old, the frequency may decrease.

This variety is able to survive even the coldest winter, so it is extremely popular in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. If the climate is very harsh, strong frosts began, it is necessary to feed the plants in a timely manner so that they remain healthy and resistant to diseases. Recently planted seedlings are fed several times a year, and in severe frosts their trunk is carefully wrapped. This prevents the tree from freezing.

Apple trees like moist and loose soil, as in the spring they accumulate a lot of useful substances that help them to develop properly and actively. The root system is involved in this process, allowing plants to absorb nutrients from the soil. If the gardener does not water the tree well, the process is suspended and the apple tree can be depleted. Therefore, care should be taken to ensure that the crop has enough water.

Planting is an extremely important stage, therefore it is necessary to use useful recommendations and planting rules so that the plant can become strong and healthy. First, you should choose the optimal place (although the variety is extremely unpretentious to this), then decide on the time of planting.

A few more recommendations that will help to perform the landing properly.

• "July Chernenko" need to be planted from late September to mid-October. It is necessary to prepare everything a week before the process begins. To seedlings actively developed, for them should be prepared pits (about sixty centimeters in depth and one meter in width). The soil in the pits is fertilized and loosened.
• When planting plants should pay attention to the root neck. It should be at ground level.
• After planting, the culture is abundantly watered with water, since the soil must tightly envelop the root system.
• For landing it is better to choose open places that are well lit.

To care for fruit crops is quite easy. It should start in March, and finish the work - in November. There are several stages of plant care, depending on the season:

• in the spring, it is necessary to carefully examine the trees, get rid of damaged and infected branches, heal wounds, if any;
• in the summer, it is important to regularly water the crop, clean the land around it, carry out treatment of parasites;
• In autumn, the trunk of an apple tree should be whitened and wrapped up, and also should be fed to the plant so that it receives the amount of nutrients it needs.

This variety is not very resistant to various diseases, so there are diseases that are extremely dangerous for him. To get rid of such problems, you should know exactly what you need to handle trees.

• For powdery mildew or cytosporosis, the infected plant must be sprayed with copper chloroxide.
• If the tree is sick with a scab, the Topaz tool will help get rid of the disease.
• Inexperienced gardeners are most often faced with a bacterial burn. It can be defeated by destroying the lesion and disinfecting the plant.
• An incurable disease is fruit rot. If the apple tree is sick, you need to make sure that the disease does not spread and does not infect other plants. Infected fruits should be collected and discarded.

Not only diseases, but also insects are able to weaken the crop and lower its yield, and sometimes even destroy the fruit:

• To destroy the green aphids, you should spray the plant with a solution that includes soap;
• karbofos solution will win;
• the apple moth will not be able to attack the crop if the gardener uses chlorophos solution;
• the leaf-worm is a dangerous parasite, which is rather hard to fight, but nitrophen solution is able to destroy the insect;
• So that the tree does not attack the codling moth, you should spray it with a solution of chlorophos.

Experienced gardeners who grow this variety for years, claim that this apple tree is a great option for breeding on the farm. It is extremely unpretentious, grows well, grows quickly, has ripe and juicy fruits, which are eaten by both children and adults. They can be consumed fresh or canned.

Some believe that "July Chernenko" - the best variety of all possible, since his apples are not only incredibly tasty, but also very useful. There are reviews confirming that apples can not be stored for longer than one month, as they begin to lose their presentation and deteriorate.

The fruits ripen pretty quickly. Gardeners consider that the only disadvantage of the variety is that apples are not capable of ripening at the same time, so you have to harvest two or sometimes three times a season. There are many opinions, but most of them are positive.

If you adhere to the above recommendations and take good care of the culture, it will please the owner with tasty, sweet apples for many years. You will learn more about how to grow an apple tree in the following video.