Description of the variety of dwarf apple trees Snowdrop, yield characteristics and growing regions
The apple tree Snowdrop was bred by breeders N. Mazunina, M. Mazunin and V. Putyatin. This is a delicious winter variety grown with the Vydubetskaya Plakuchaya apple tree by free pollination. In addition to good yield, this tree is also valued for its decorative effect. Since it is undersized, the distance between plants of this variety can be from 2 meters.
Features and description of the variety
The Snowdrop apple tree is a dwarf tree that needs systematic pruning. And they also put props and tie it to them. If this is not done, then the branches loaded with fruits sag.
The appearance of the trunk and skeletal branches has a light brown tint. Fruit buds are formed on fruit formations of all types, last year's increments are also included here. The leaves of the tree are saturated green with strong pubescence, their shape is oval, and the edges are with small teeth.
In the description of the fruit, gardeners mention:
- ribbing and dots under the skin;
- the mass of the fruit, which is 150 grams, and sometimes more;
- light yellow color with a slight blush;
- the presence of gloss on the skin;
- white, juicy and fine-grained pulp that is visible when cut;
- the presence of an upright powerful stalk;
- versatility of the variety, because apples are consumed both fresh and for processing.
What are the advantages and disadvantages?
The positive characteristic of the Snowdrop apple tree is its early maturity, high winter hardiness, excellent generative abilities, high drought resistance, and undemanding soil composition.
The disadvantages of the variety include its self-infertility. She should have apple pollinators growing nearby. These are the following varieties: Carpet, Land, Sokolovskoe.
Varieties of apple trees
Some representatives of this variety differ from its general characteristics, so gardeners attributed Snowdrop to apple varieties.
Dwarf winter
This is a dwarf tree of the Snowdrop variety. There are differences only in height. The maximum growth of this plant, grafted on dwarf rootstocks, is up to 1.5 meters.
Natural elite
In this apple tree, the branches creep to the ground, because it has a drooping crown. There are no other differences.
Characteristics of the Snowdrop variety
Below is a description of the set of features of the tree.
Apple tree sizes
This fruit tree only grows up to 2 meters when grafted onto seed stocks.The crown is located around the apple tree and is formed parallel to the earth's surface.
The frequency of fruiting
Plants bring their first harvest in the 3rd or 4th year after grafting of this cultivar. Young apple trees begin to bear fruit annually, and when several years have passed, periodically.
Productivity and fruit assessment
An adult tree can yield up to 80 kilograms of fruit with excellent taste.
Snowdrop apples have a sweet and sour fruit taste and presence of aroma. Evaluation of taste characteristics of the fetus 4.3 points. Fruits contain 14.4% dry matter, 9.2% sugar, 1.3% pectin, 0.8% titratable acids. There is 18.7 mg of vitamin C in apples per 100 g.
Disease resistance
The Snowdrop apple tree has good scab resistance, but you still need to take preventive measures with the help of fungicides 2-3 times.
The resistance of the tree to various diseases also increases if pruning is carried out annually and systematically fertilized. In the event of damage to one plant, everyone else is prevented.
For the fruit tree, such diseases and pests are dangerous: scab, copperhead, aphid, moth.
Frost resistance
Since Snowdrop was bred for harsh climatic zones, it can withstand frosts down to -40 ° C. Even if the roots freeze at very low temperatures, the apple tree will recover without problems.
Growing regions
Breeders bred the Snowdrop variety for fruiting in the Urals and Western Siberia. It turns out that the small height of the tree was not created by chance: it is necessary in order to hide it in a snowdrift. Of course, this plant is also grown in the southern regions. And in the Moscow region, the experimental planting of this apple tree gave good results.
Snowdrop is grown mainly in personal plots, where it plays the role of both a fruit tree and an ornamental plant, delighting its owners with delicious fruits and a beautiful appearance.
