Description of the variety of apple trees Pervouralskoye, characteristics of fruits and regions of cultivation
In the harsh Ural climate, not every apple tree is ready to grow and bear fruit. But still, there are suitable varieties of fruit trees - they were bred by breeders. One of them is the Pervouralskaya apple tree. As a result, this plant was noted as the most fruitful of all varieties of fruit trees in the Urals.
Description and features of the variety
A team of Sverdlovsk breeders managed to grow an apple tree of a variety that was not afraid of the cold climate of the Urals. This tree was created thanks to the original Persianka variety. This fruit tree gives its fruits to people every year by the end of the first autumn month, and they are stored until the warmth after winter. The fruit of this tree is appetizing and delicious.
An additional description of this variety says that the Pervouralskaya apple tree is very resistant to scab, it tolerates winter temperatures of -40 ° C well, and is resistant to droughts.
Specifications
Experienced gardeners speak very positively about the Pervouralskaya apple tree, because there are no shortcomings in this variety. The only thing that is not very positively perceived by impatient tree owners is that the number of fruits increases gradually.
Tree height
This apple tree is considered to be of medium height. At the beginning of development, its growth increases rapidly. But its average size reaches 2.5 meters. There are, of course, specimens that grew on the plain and in the absence of other competing trees nearby and reached a height of 4 meters. But this phenomenon is rare.
Crown width
The Pervouralskaya apple tree is a tree with a wide crown, which has many leaves. Its branches are medium in size, rather thick and compact, their color is dark brown. The size of the leaves is medium, saturated green with smooth leaf plates.
Fruit
The weight of apples reaches 150 g, but it happens that if the plant develops in good conditions, it grows fruits weighing up to 300 g on its crown. All fruits have a regular round shape and yellow-green color, on the sides of apples there are orange and red shades. There are barely noticeable dots under the skin of the fruit.
On the cut, apples are creamy, their flesh is fine-grained and dense. The fruit gives off a faint apple flavor. Their taste is sweet and sour and rich.
Yield
The average yield after the peak of fruiting of the Pervouralskaya apple tree reaches approximately 200 c / ha.
Winter hardiness
The breeders who bred this variety for the Ural cold climatic zone of Russia took good care of its winter hardiness. And according to gardeners, the Pervouralskaya apple tree is really not afraid of frosts, if the thermometer indicator does not fall below 40 degrees.
Disease resistance
This fruit tree is immune to many diseases. Scab of any species will not affect the variety, because the apple tree has perfect resistance to it.
Tree life
The Pervouralskaya apple tree develops in such a way that at first its vegetation is intensive, but over time it slows down.
With proper care, fruiting of this variety will last for a long time. The greatest amount of fruit can be obtained from this tree after 7-10 years, but fruits are harvested on it up to 50 years.
Features of ripening and fruiting
This variety begins to bear fruit in the 5th year of life. The amount of the harvest increases gradually, and the fruits themselves grow larger and larger. The fruit on this tree ripens every year.
From the Pervouralskaya apple tree, fruits are removed in September, and then they ripen until December, after which they are perfectly stored until the end of spring. And if the storage was correct, then even before the time of the new harvest.
After the fruits are picked and stored, chemical changes take place in them: fiber acquires a certain softness, and organic acids and starch are converted into sugars. If the apples are picked at the wrong time, the quality of the fruit decreases.
Varietal subspecies
In most cases, the Pervouralskaya apple tree grows in the form of a standard tree, its height can be up to 5 meters. But if the variety was grafted onto low vigor or apple rootstocks that grew by themselves, then such a plant will reach a maximum height of 2.5 meters.
Features of growing in the regions
Since the Pervouralskaya apple tree was bred for the regions of the Urals, it is not afraid of frost. And in other parts of the country with milder climates, this tree variety will thrive. In other regions of Russia, it will demand the same agrotechnical measures and even in smaller quantities as at home. For example: if in the Urals the root system was mulched for a tree to protect it from freezing of the soil, then in a place with a warmer winter this will no longer be necessary.
Among the mandatory procedures that are done when growing Pervouralskaya apple trees are:
- cutting annual seedlings by half a meter in height;
- the formation of four lateral shoots for the formation of skeletal branches;
- tied to a peg at the initial stage of growth to ensure their vertical position;
- regular feeding in the area of the trunk circle.
Experienced gardeners have appreciated this fruit tree and named it No. 1 among all apple varieties in the Urals. Therefore, this plant deserves to be planted on the plantations of garden lovers. And the tree, in response to their care, will generously give good harvests.
