Description and characteristics of the Williams Pride apple variety, how often it bears fruit and growing regions
Fruit trees that bear fruit in the summer months are not very popular with amateur gardeners. But experienced farmers pay much more attention to them. They know that such varieties yield valuable fruits that are distinguished by a high concentration of useful trace elements and a rich flavor range.
The Williams Pride apple tree is a bright representative of the early maturing species. Her unpretentiousness and sweet taste of apples earned her the fame of a plant that can decorate any garden.
Description of the variety
The Williams Pride apple tree is a varietal tree and the result of painstaking work of American breeders. To obtain a culture with the necessary set of properties, they successively crossed 8 popular types of apple trees. The result of this work is a new species.
To describe it, the following is important:
- Produces a rich harvest of high quality fruits.
- Not afraid of typical "apple" diseases and pests.
- Early ripening, bearing fruit every year, albeit with different intensities.
The visiting card of the Williams Pride variety has become its fruits themselves, and specifically their color. Deep cherry, almost purple, with a light silver coating, they transform any garden and any table with their look!
This type of apples can not only be eaten in the summer season, replenishing the supply of useful trace elements in the body. They are also suitable for home or industrial cooking! Due to the structure of the pulp of the fruit, they are used to make jams, jams and compotes, and are also harvested in dried form.
Pros and cons
Like any product of genealogical work, the Williams Pride apple tree gained the right to exist due to its positive qualities. Although she has some disadvantages.
Advantages of the Williams Pride variety
- Gives a bountiful harvest that ripens in several stages. This allows you to harvest all the fruits in the best possible way.
- Resistant to typical diseases of its kind. Absolutely immune to powdery mildew fungi and Porsche.
- The fruits have a dense structure and a strong skin. Thanks to these properties, they retain their attractive appearance for a long time.
Weaknesses
- Apple fruits are poorly stored. For a month and a half, they must be processed.
- The trees grow up to 5 meters in height and have a wide, spreading crown, which makes harvesting difficult.
Main characteristics
Apple tree Williams Pride is one of the most popular crops of its kind. The reason for the high demand that she enjoys lies in her personal qualities.
Dimensions
There are two types of this tree:
- Medium height. In adulthood, its height reaches 5 meters.
- Dwarf. The trunk grows up to 3 meters high.
The size of a fully formed crown reaches 4-5 meters in width.
Yield
Williams Pride is a high-yielding apple variety. An adult tree 5-7 years old per season produces up to 70 kilograms of fruit. In the future, this figure increases. But how much depends on how well the culture receives quality care.
The frequency of fruiting
The tree bears fruit annually, which is inherent in its genealogical structure. As for the timing of fruiting: since the variety was bred recently, this issue has not been sufficiently studied.
Winter hardiness
The Williams Pride apple variety was originally conceived as winter-hardy. Therefore, for its breeding, only those tree species that have taken root well in the northern and central regions of the United States were used.
As a result, the new species has inherited the ability to tolerate low temperatures without negative consequences.
Disease resistance
Culture not only inherited from its “ancestors” the ability to resist parasites and various diseases, but also developed it. As a result, she turned out to be immune to such common diseases as:
- powdery mildew;
- porsche;
- cancer.
Fruit assessment
The taste of apples of this variety can be described as sweet, wine, with a slight sourness. On a 5-point system, it is rated at 4.7. This takes into account the beneficial properties of the fruit.
Ripening and fruiting
Apple tree Williams Pride begins to bear fruit at 3-4 years of age and reaches its prime by 10 years. It is at this age that the tree enters its most productive phase.
The apple tree blooms early, which in many regions of the central zone of Russia is an obstacle to its cultivation. At this time, there are still spring frosts, which can ruin the entire crop.
Apples ripen in July-August, along with the equally popular variety White filling. The fruiting period lasts about one and a half months. During this time, the fruit is removed 2-3 times.
Distribution regions
The culture was bred by breeders for cultivation in the middle zone of the USA and Eurasia. Due to its high frost resistance, it can be successfully cultivated in the northern regions of central Russia: Leningrad, Novgorod, Pskov regions.
In more southerly areas, the Williams Pride apple tree also feels comfortable. Although in less humid climates and on dry soils, it needs additional nutrition and watering.
