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Top 10 apple varieties
Description of the best varieties of apple trees - according to gardeners
Author: Natalya Baskova
The apple tree in the Russian gardens takes the leading place. It is ideal for our soil-climatic zone and is widespread. In Russia, 324 varieties have been zoned, not counting new varieties on the test. We present you the description and photos of the best varieties of apple trees - according to experienced gardeners.
When laying an apple orchard, the following advice is guided: 1 summer ripening tree, 1 - 2 autumn sorts of trees and 2 - 3 winter sorts of trees for storage. If the area of the plot allows, then the quantity is increased, keeping the proportion. Summer apples are consumed fresh directly from a branch, so a big crop runs the risk of simply rotting. Autumn varieties are not stored for long, but they go well for processing. Many trees of winter varieties should be planted with storage space.
Rating of the best varieties of apple trees
| Category | A place | Name | Rating | Price |
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| The best summer varieties of apple trees | 1 | Melba | 9.9 / 10 | 300 |
| 2 | Orlov | 9.8 / 10 | 780 | |
| 3 | Mantet | 9.8 / 10 | 450 | |
| 4 | Augusta | 9.7 / 10 | 550 | |
| The best autumn varieties of apple | 1 | Chosen one | 9.7 / 10 | 550 |
| 2 | Uspensky | 9.7 / 10 | 550 | |
| 3 | Zhigulevskoe | 9.7 / 10 | 550 | |
| The best winter varieties of apple | 1 | Imant | 9.8 / 10 | 400 |
| 2 | Lobo | 9.8 / 10 | 780 | |
| 3 | Bryansk | 9.7 / 10 | 550 |
The best summer varieties of apple trees
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Melba
300 (one year with an open root system)
Opens our ranking of the best varieties of apple trees Melba - a regional variety of Canadian breeding with a 120-year history, ripens in mid-August. Trees with medium vigor, with a spherical crown. Fruits are laid mainly on kolchatka, but mixed fruiting is characteristic. Apples weighing 150 - 170 g, rounded and elongated, with weak ribbing. The skin is smooth and thin, with a wax coating. The color of the ripened fruit is milky-green with a rich red-colored striped blush covering half of the apple. The flesh is white, juicy, tender, sweet and sour, there is a candy flavor. Perfectly tolerate transportation, when cooled, healthy, slightly immature apples remain for 50 to 60 days. The productivity of an adult tree is 85 - 150 kg. In severe winters, frost and frost growth are observed. In some years it suffers greatly from scab, therefore in areas with frequent epiphytotics, prophylactic treatments are used. Successfully grown in the middle zone.
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 9.9 / 10
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The best variety of apple trees for the Moscow region and the middle band. The taste of apples is wonderful, juicy-sweet. But it often freezes with me. |
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Orlov
780 (for a three-year sapling with ZKS, on a clone stock)
Russian variety of new generation with maturation in mid-August. Apples ripen gradually, extending the consumer period until the end of September. Trees grow quickly, forming a spherical crown of a medium degree of thickening. Apples are tapered, slightly sloping, with weak ribbing, on average weigh 120-170 g. The skin is glossy. The color is greenish-yellow with a blurry blush and bright red stripes over the entire surface. The flesh is creamy, dense, very juicy, aromatic, sweet and sour. Up to 100 kg of apples are harvested from an adult tree. Differs in the increased winter hardiness, fruits and leaves are not damaged by a scab. In the State Register for the Central Region, it is successfully grown throughout the Central Belt.
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 9.8 / 10
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Refers to late summer apples.After removal, another month can be stored in the refrigerator without losing taste. |
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Mantet
450 (for one-year sapling in a container)
Old Canadian variety included in the State Register. The fruits ripen by the end of July, but in unfavorable years, the dates shift by mid-August. The tree is of medium height, with a sparse crown extended upwards. Fruits are formed on kolchatka. The size of the fruit at the level of the average, weighing from 90 to 180 g, the shape is close to conical, with a slight ribbing at the top. The color of ripe apples is yellowish with a dot-striped blush on an orange-red background. The skin is thin and smooth. The flesh is white, tender, juicy-sweet with a slight sourness. Apples do not have high marketability, are intended for amateur cultivation. When overloading the harvest, the fruits become very shallow. Ripe apples are consumed immediately or within 10 days. Opposite ripening is characteristic of the variety, which is an advantage, since apples can be gradually cut off for fresh consumption. In rainy summer scab develops on the leaves. Recommended for the Middle Volga and Central regions.
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Very good grade of apples, but gentle on frost resistance. |
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Augusta
550 (for a two-year sapling on a clone rootstock, ZKS)
The new Russian apple variety is on trial, ripening falls on the 2nd - 3rd decade of August, the consumer period lasts until mid-September. Tall trees with a spherical crown. Apples are large, weighing from 160 g and above, slightly elongated, beveled, with wide ribbing. The skin is glossy, when ripe it is colored yellow-green with a blurred red blush over most of the surface. The flesh is greenish, coarse-grained, juicy, refreshing sour-sweet taste. In the years of mass distribution of scab on trees, there is a slight degree of damage to the leaves and fruits. Frost resistance is estimated as above average. The productivity of young trees at the level of 25 kg, and adults - 100 - 120 kg. The best results were obtained when grown in the Central Black Earth region. Good reviews of gardeners from the Moscow region and the Volga region.
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 9.7 / 10
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A good apple tree for the Moscow region, ripens a little later, Melba, and to taste takes first place in my collection. Apples are large, marketable, but without a bright aroma. |
The best autumn varieties of apple
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Chosen one
550 (a two-year sapling on a clone stock, ZKS)
The rating of the best varieties of apple trees continues The Chosen One is a variety of Russian selection with ripening in late August - early September. Low-growing tree with a compact rare crown. Apples are above average size, rounded, with weak ribbing. Coloring yellow with a bright red streaky cover. The flesh is creamy, fine-grained, tender, juicy-sweet with a pleasant sourness. Fruits remain until November. After removal, ready for use, do not require ripening. Recommended for the Lower Volga and North-West regions.
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My favorite autumn apple variety. The tree is semi-dwarf (less than 3 meters), apples are one-dimensional and very large, of excellent taste. |
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Uspensky
550 (a two-year sapling on a clone stock, ZKS)
A good new variety of apple trees from Michurinsk. Tree of medium height, with a spreading crown. Mixed type of fruiting. The apples are large, round-oval, with a smooth skin. The color of ripe fruit is greenish-yellow with a red blurry blush.The flesh is white, tender, juicy, fine-grained, sour-sweet. Apples have table appointments. After removal stored for 2 - 3 months. The most favorable growing areas: Voronezh, Lipetsk, Tambov, Oryol, Kursk and Belgorod regions.
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 9.7 / 10
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This apple tree has a good annual fruiting. Frost growth and kidney growth was not observed. |
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Zhigulevskoe
550 (for a two-year sapling on a clone rootstock, ZKS)
Proven variety of apple Samara breeding with late autumn ripening. The tree is large, with a wide pyramidal, uncrowded crown. Fruits on kolchatka and twigs. Apples are large, weighing from 120 to 200 to 350 g, rounded, with a weak tuberosity. The skin is durable, shiny, with an oily coat. The color is yellowish with a striped blush of intense red color spreading over the entire surface. The flesh is creamy, tender, coarse-grained, sweet with a pleasant sourness. Ready to eat after 2 - 3 weeks after removal. The consumer period lasts 2.5 - 3 months (from September to December - January). It shows the average winter hardiness, in the years with severe winters there are frost holes. The scab is not affected, suffers greatly from the moth. Recommended for Central, Central Black Earth regions, the Volga region and the North Caucasus.
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 9.7 / 10
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I remove the apples slightly immature, if overexposed on a branch, they are poorly stored. Apples are high quality and tasty. |
The best winter varieties of apple
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Imant
400 (two-year sapling with ZKS, on a seed stock)
A promising variety of apple trees of Belarusian breeding with late winter consumption. The tree is medium thick, with a compact, rounded, sparse crown. At 70% dominated by the chain-link type of fruiting. Apples are large, weighing 180 - 200 g, round-conic, wide ridge, variegated. The skin is dense, medium thickness, with a waxy coating. Coloring is green with a purple cover of a violet shade. The flesh is creamy with a greenish tint, dense, pricking, very juicy, fine-grained, harmonious sweet-sour taste. Fruits stored 7 - 8 months. Winter hardiness in different regions is estimated as high or medium. When frosting growth of the tree is quickly restored and bears fruit well in the current year. This variety of apple trees is successfully grown in the suburbs and many areas of the Central strip.
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 9.8 / 10
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For me, the variety comes first in taste among winter ones, only the unattractive color confuses. |
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Lobo
780 (three-year sapling with ZKS, on a clone stock)
Early winter variety of Canadian selection of apple trees. The young crown is vertical, but with age it becomes wide-round and rather sparse. Mixed type of fruiting. The tree lends itself well to shaping, it is recommended for growing a “slender spindle” on a dwarf rootstock. Apples large 150 - 250 g, rounded conic or flattened, slightly ribbed. The peel is smooth, with a strong waxy bloom of gray color. The color is yellowish-green with a blurry, striped, crimson blush, when removed, the surface becomes burgundy. The flesh is snow-white, tender, fine-grained, juicy-sweet. Fruits remain until March. Zoned in the Central Chernozem zone, actively grown throughout the Middle Belt. Under the conditions of the Lower Volga region, it manifests itself as an autumn variety with a short storage period.In the suburbs is characterized by winter-hardiness.
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 9.8 / 10
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I leave the apples on the tree until the first days of October. They do not crumble and significantly get in weight. Quarter harvest weighing 300 grams or more. |
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Bryansk
550 (a two-year sapling on a clone stock, ZKS)
The State Register is introduced as an early winter variety, but gardeners consider it to be late autumn due to the short storage period. The tree is of medium height, quickly reaches its normal size. Forms a spherical crown with an average degree of thickening. Fruiting mixed type. Apples are large, weighing from 150 to 300 - 400 g, rounded, with a slight ribbing. The skin is thin, glossy. Coloring greenish with a dark crimson cover over the entire surface. The flesh is white, juicy, sweet with a slight sourness and strong aroma. Grafting a crown of an adult tree bears fruit for 2 years. Fruits are not affected by scab, but are susceptible to fruit rot. Apples are intended for fresh consumption in autumn or for short storage (until December - January) in the refrigerator. By the end of storage the fruit pulp becomes friable, taste decreases. The declared characteristics of the variety are maximally disclosed in the Central region. Good adaptive properties extend the distribution area in the middle zone.
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 9.7 / 10
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Apples are high-quality, intensely colored. The tree is prone to crop overload: the branches even break under a large number of large apples. |
Apple tree is a tall tree, requiring a lot of space for development. To restrain growth, they use a competent formation and stunted stock. For amateur gardens, seedlings are grown on high-growth and semi-dwarf rootstocks (54-118 and MM106). For industrial plants with intensive technology use clonal dwarf rootstocks. When a small area is available, you can expand the assortment of apple trees by grafting in the crown instead of planting individual seedlings. At country forums it is easy to find a gardener who will bring a cutting and will make an inoculation. This service is paid, but does not cost more than a sapling. Another way is to learn how to inoculate yourself (cuttings are often given free of charge). Have a good harvest!
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Updated: 06.07.2018
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