Apple "Beauty of Sverdlovsk": description of the variety and characteristics of cultivation

Ural is associated with metallurgy and mining industry, with the defense industry. But first-class breeders also work there, and there are gardeners who are eager to enjoy delicious apples.The first, to the delight of the second, do their work in good faith.

Apple "Krasa Sverdlovsk" fully justifies its name, and it is not a simple variety or hybrid. It is known that it was obtained without crossing, but how exactly - no one can say for sure. Even active long-term searches by experts did not allow adding details to this section of the variety description. The main part of agronomists is of the opinion that the apple tree was bred from the southern variety “Jonathan” or other close to it.

This assumption is supported by apparent external similarity. The variety is different fruiting shoots every year. The branches inevitably become tibia, which brings the plant closer to Cinnamon Striped. The main area of ​​culture - the Urals and the northern part of the Volga region. Gardeners who tried to grow the "Beauty of Sverdlovsk" in the center of the European part of Russia, speak about positive results.

This winter variety is also attractive for farmers in Siberia when choosing a stanant technique. The crown is formed dense, in shape close to the ball. The branches are covered with dense bark of a dark brown shade. Waiting for the appearance of fruits can be both on twigs of various lengths, and on kolchatka. Lenticle shoots are covered with brownish bark, the leaves are relatively large, have a short sharp top.

Flowers are painted white with a pink tint. They are large and have large calyx widths. Stay lengthening and dark pink buds are characteristic. Apples are average in size, only occasionally heavier than 0.25 kg. A high quality fruit has a flat surface and a geometrically correct configuration, closer to the apex, it acquires signs of a cone.

The ribs on the apples "Krasa Sverdlovsk" are present. However, they will be noticed only with close inspection. The peel is dry and smooth, the severity of wax is small. Harvesting is done when it reaches an intermediate tone from greenish to yellow. Cream color with a strong crimson blush indicates the storage of fruits.

The concentration of all types of sugars is limited to 15%. The share of dry apple components accounts for a maximum of 10% of its mass. Vitamin C is also present in fruits, the content of which may be 18-30 mg per 100 g of the soft part. In the same mass of apple chemical analysis reveals 300-400 mg of catechins.

For all its merits, the Beauty of Sverdlovsk is not pollinated by itself, and needs special pollinating varieties. It is important to select only them, because many inappropriate varieties will only take their place in vain, absorb the strength of gardeners. Naturally, as for other apple trees (and even for plants in general) the requirement of meeting the deadlines:

• fruit formations;
• growing season in general;
• education colors.

"Beauty of Sverdlovsk" - a plant with minimal fastidiousness, but still required to comply with the basic points. It is impossible to achieve a positive result if the site for landing is chosen erroneously. It should be completely free space without the slightest clutter or objects. Strictly unacceptable landing in areas actively blown by drafts. Ideally, there should be no buildings and other trees nearby, especially old ones - they are harmful by the formation of shade and the absorption of soil nutrition.

Land for the "Beauty of Sverdlovsk" is selected with weak acidity, it should be the most fertile. If the soil is suitable for growing potatoes, you can also plant this apple tree there. A prerequisite for success is checking the root complex of seedlings, which must be purchased immediately before moving to free land. An important criterion: the sleep of the kidneys, if they are swollen, is very bad.

The pit for planting, scheduled for spring, is prepared in the fall, and if you plan to plant an apple tree at the end of the vegetative season, one month before the start of work. The length and width of the notch is 50 cm, but its depth is determined by the length of the roots. A stake driven into the middle part is chosen such that it rises 150 cm above the surface. The root system is thoroughly straightened and only then lowered into the pit. Powder earth is made to the neck of the root.

"The beauty of Sverdlovsk" can hardly be called a capricious plant. But still its growth is relatively slow, like in other apple trees. The main concerns of gardeners begin with the first spring. As soon as the trunk is planted, it is shortened by three buds to boost the development of lateral greenery. The branches of the skeleton necessarily make it shorter than the escape in the center. Watering is 10 liters of water 1 time for 7 days. Such a regime should be maintained for about 2 months. When this period passes, the interval is increased to 14-20 days, but each time they pour already up to 30 liters of water. You can wait for the regular formation of the fruit for 6-7 years after budding. If done correctly, the collection reaches 20 tons of fruit per 1 ha.

Throughout the Urals, even in its southern part, it is strongly recommended to tie up the trunk and lower buds of first-order shoots. This technique reliably prevents freezing of landings in almost any winter. Accuracy of trimming the crown is critical in:

• Perm region;
• Sverdlovsk region;
• Siberian farms.

In all three places, most gardeners prefer to form stanants. Then the snow cover is the most reliable natural protection of the apple tree. We must not forget that the awakening of the kidneys on growths is extremely slowed down, and that is why last spring processes were cut off intensively in spring. With the onset of the warm season pinch the side branches, optionally located above the third or fifth sheet. This approach is practiced in many gardens and everywhere in 2-3 years allows you to make the crown very small, moreover, giving a lot of fruits.

"Beauty of Sverdlovsk" gives almost all apples in September. If you plan to save the withdrawn fruits as long as possible, you need to remove them from the branches in the immature form. Recognizing these apples is easy, they are colored in a greenish yellow tint. The flesh is still tough and more acidic than sweet, and when tested, the presence of starch is invariably felt. Stored fruits themselves ripen, fiber will lose the original rudeness. Ripening fruits systematically increase the concentration of sugar. Fully ready to use specimens are distinguished by the subtlety of an elegant smell. The best temperature during storage from 0 to +4 degrees. The recommended relative humidity of air is approximately 80%. Observing these parameters, you can still enjoy the autumn harvest far after the New Year.

When planting, the top layer of earth should be mixed with a fertilizer. The most common recipe includes for 1 planting hole 10 kg of humus, 0.8 kg of ash and 1 kg of any mineral mixture.

When, after the introduction of a seedling, a pit is filled up, they make it in portions. The tree is shaken a bit so that all the voids between the roots are captured by the ground. Backfilling of the root neck is not recommended, because it threatens to rot. After each irrigation, the soil is fertilized with loose soil material or humus. The final watering is done 30 days before the flowering and 30 days before picking the apples.

The annual feed with manure and various composts alternates with the feeding of minerals.How exactly to produce alternation, suggests the intuition of farmers and their experience.

To overshadow the successful development of the "Beauty of Sverdlovsk" can scab. The fungus causing it becomes dangerous with excessive moisture. He experiences a cold on the left leaves, the characteristic symptoms are green with brown spots on the inner sides of the foliage.

In the spring (as soon as possible), copper oxychloride is treated; it is repeated even after the formation of fruits. The use of copper sulphate and bordeaux fluid.

Mealy dew "hits" all over the apple tree as a whole, forming a dust-like bloom. Diseased leaves, drying out, fall. When treatment is not performed, black dots are detected. The fight is made with the use of colloidal sulfur in the amount of 8 g per 1 liter of water, the reagent is applied in spring.

The worst is cancer of the apple tree. Its danger is associated with significant temperature jerks. External manifestations are either ulcers or dark growths. Sick branches can only be removed (along with the affected bark). Be sure to cut through and 20-30 mm of healthy wood, the cut is treated with garden pitch, and the whole tree is disinfected.

Studying the experience of farmers shows that:

• mastering the formation of the crown is difficult, but quite possible;
• the plant pleases with stable yields for many years;
• fruits differ in taste and juiciness;
• storage in dry cellars is allowed;
• careful fertilization and the use of mulch help to ensure the resistance in winter.

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