Apple-tree Altai

The selection of a species is considered one of the most important conditions for an excellent apple harvest. Today, many varieties of apple trees are known. All varieties of apple trees have their own advantages and disadvantages. Breeding specialists, inventing varieties, try to make varieties more robust and with the strongest immunity. In this article, we will analyze the type of apple trees "Altai ruddy".

Specialists in breeding deliberately combine the best varieties already obtained with the best in order to get beautiful fruits that have an amazing description, and which can also be cultivated in most cities of our country.

To make an excellent variety, you need to pay special attention to the level of resistance of a fruiting tree to cold weather, as well as to various diseases and parasites.

The ripening time of the crop, its taste and the long-term maintenance are also important. For one part of the apple varieties, the quality of the crop must be taken into account in order to transport the fruits over long distances. All of the above criteria are extremely important when selecting a variety.

In order not to stray from the right path, you need to get knowledge about all varieties. It is recommended to select those that are specially designed for individual parts of our country. With the right selection, and even the correct future agricultural technology, a fruit-bearing tree will only bring joy with its regular harvest in large quantities.

"Altai ruddy", apple tree: description

Photo of apple-tree Rumyanoe Altai

Note! The parental home of this species is the M.A.Lisavenko Research Institute in Siberia.

This variety was obtained by combining the following varieties:

• Melba.
• "Ranetka Severyanka".
• "Bellefleur. Kitayka ".

Fruiting trees are late-ripening and summer. The fruits are stored for quite a long time. If the temperature regime is correctly observed, apples can be stored for about two months. The Altayskoye Rumyanoye variety has several applications.

The apple tree reaches an ordinary height, an adult tree grows four and a half to five meters. The crown of a fruiting tree is small in size and round in shape. Strong skeletal shoots of light brownish color, ringlets grow on them. On the ringlets, fruits are formed and ripen.

The foliage is large in size, the shape resembles a chicken egg. Sepals are of regular length.

The apples are medium in size. Fruit weight reaches ninety grams. But most often the mass of one fruit reaches fifty-five to eighty grams. The color of the fruit is orange with reddish stripes. The inside of the fruit is filled with juice. Medium density pulp. Her taste is both sour and sweet.

The apple tree has a normal level of cold resistance. And has a good immunity to scab

Advantages and disadvantages

One of the most important advantages of the apple tree is its good environmental sustainability. This variety also has such dignity:

• high level of cold resistance.
• resistance of a fruiting tree to scab.
• fruiting every year

Regardless of the advantages of the variety just listed by us, the apple tree has and minuses. A huge minus is the constant falling of apples. In unfavorable weather with cold and strong winds, as well as rains, the ovaries do not hold well on the stalk and can fall off.

The disadvantages can still be attributed to the rather short harvest time.

How much does an "Altai ruddy" apple tree grow annually

The normal growth of branches for fruiting trees of average growth is from fifty to sixty centimeters. Growth less than this indicator symbolizes that the fruit-bearing tree was most likely susceptible to infection by some disease or was attacked by pests.

The opinion of the tasters

The fruits taste great. Inside, the fruit is filled with yellowish juice and ordinary density. The tasters' assessment was put in four point five points. This variety has many uses.

This means that the fruits can be eaten raw and after various thermal treatments, for example, conservation. The fruits make excellent jams and preserves. It is possible to make freshly squeezed juice or compote.

Cold resistance level

The Altai ruddy apple tree has a fairly powerful level of resistance to cold weather. It perfectly tolerates temperature changes at night in winter and spring. It also tolerates the winter season with a rather low temperature index. There are specimens with the remaining frost breakers. However, the apple tree has an accelerated ability to regenerate, namely accelerated recovery.

How the Altai ruddy apple tree is resistant to various diseases

The fruiting tree "Altai ruddy" has an excellent level of resistance to various diseases. There is a defeat by diseases during a viral attack.

Note! The immunity of the apple tree is strong, which means that the disease does not bring much harm.

The advantage of this fruiting tree is its resistance to scab. This is a pretty serious criterion when selecting the required variety of apple trees.

"Altai ruddy" apple tree: reviews of summer residents

Oksana:

«This variety of apple trees has been growing in our family summer cottage for a long time. I don’t remember exactly, about seven or eight years. The variety is almost not capricious in agricultural technology. No need to waste precious time and effort. The fruiting tree has a high level of frost resistance. For all the time of strong growth and development, the apple tree has not been infected with such a disease as scab. This means that a fruiting tree has a high immunity to it. I gave all my love to this variety, I really liked it. I have already recommended it to all my friends. "

Tatyana:

"Altayskoye ruyanoe" is a fairly well-known variety. The apple tree gives a crop every year and does not get infected with various diseases at all. The fruits are slightly orange in color with reddish dots. The apples are filled with juice, the grandchildren really like it. Fruits are stored, unfortunately, not for long, but enough for the fall. It is easy to make jam and preserves from the fruits. But it gives me great pleasure to cook charlotte. "

Stepan:

“Once I noticed the photographs and characteristics of the Altai Rumyanoye variety and bought it. In my summer cottage, he is now bringing in a crop. I harvested the first harvest in the fourth year of the apple tree's life. After this moment, the apple tree bears a harvest every year. Fruiting trees are rather uncaring in agricultural technology. However, it has a small drawback. The ovaries do not hold tightly to the peduncle and, in cold and strong winds and rains, they can greatly deteriorate and fall. However, the apple tree is hardy and immune to scab. The fruits are quite sweet. The inside is dense and yellowish in color. I love this strain. "

Apple-tree "Altai ruddy": agricultural technology

The best time for planting planting material is the spring season, namely the end of April and the beginning of May. It is necessary to have time to plant the planting material before the buds swell. Then the apple tree will not feel the change in the place of growth and will immediately begin to grow and develop abundantly. For an apple tree with an average height, an excellent planting pattern is four by three meters.

Care and cultivation

This fruiting tree has no cultivation specificity. Caring for him is exactly the same as for other fruit-bearing trees:

• necessary hydration.
• fertilization with dressings.
• pruning and shaping.
• prevention of various diseases and parasites.

Pruning and shaping the crown

Most often, sanitary pruning is performed. With this procedure, infected, adult and dried shoots are removed. In a fruit-bearing tree, a normally sparse crown is formed, in several tiers.

Types of pollinators for the "Altai ruddy" apple tree

The apple tree has a high level of self-pollination. This means that the fruiting tree is self-fertile. However, in the process of pollination by insects or other varieties of apples, the amount of the crop increases. The Altai ruddy apple variety is considered a fairly good pollinator for other apple varieties.

Features of ripening and harvesting

First harvest

The first harvest from a fruiting tree can be harvested in the fourth or fifth year after planting the planting material.

Bloom

The variety has an average flowering time. Most often it starts from the second week of May to the second decade of June.

Ripening period

The fruits ripen in the summer season, but almost to the end. Most often this time falls on the end of August and the beginning of September.

Fruit storage

The fruits are not stored for long. Subject to the temperature regime, they can be stored for sixty days.

The best climatic regions for growing apple trees "Altai Rumyanoe"

The variety of apple trees "Altai ruddy" is cultivated in most cities of Russia. The most popular regions are listed below:

• West Siberian.
• Uralsky.
• Far Eastern.

Summing up

• There are only excellent reviews about the "Altai ruddy" apple-tree.
• The apple tree is not capricious in agricultural technology.
• Possesses good frost resistance and immunity to scab.
• The apples are juicy and delicious.
• Highly appreciated by the tasters.
• It is an excellent fruiting tree to grow in most cities in Russia.