Apple-tree Maslovskoe

This article will consider the Maslovskoe apple tree. This is an early subspecies, summer, with good immunity to such a dangerous disease as scab. This culture appeared in the NKZNIISiV, thanks to the works of such scientists-breeders: T.V. Ragulina, G.A. Sedysheva, E.N.Sedov, V.V. Zhdanov, L.I.Dutov, Z.M. Serov. The Maslovskoye apple tree was bred by crossing such varieties as Papirovka tetraploid (immune to scab) and Redfrey.

Apple-tree Maslovskoe: variety description and characteristics

Apple-tree Maslovskoe: photo of the variety

Let's start with a brief description of the Maslovskoye apple tree. The maximum growth of this tree is five meters. The crown has a round shape. The subspecies is capable of producing high yields. It prefers to grow on such types of soil as: black soil, light loam, sod-podzolic soil, loam. This subspecies is quite thermophilic, categorically bad for waterlogging. The ripening period of the fruits of this plant is seven years, and the apples are large when ripe. It is also worth noting that the subspecies is endowed with a high level of frost resistance. Its purpose is an orchard. The Maslovskaya apple tree can be attacked by such pests as the moth, apple sucker, bear, flower beetle, flea beetles, aphids and spider mites. Another plant can become infected with such diseases: spotting, fusarium wilting, rust. The flowering period for this subspecies falls on the month of May. The foliage stays on the tree from late May to early October. Full ripening of fruits occurs in the first two decades of August.

Features of the Maslovskoe apple variety

Apple tree Maslovskoye begins its fruiting period from three years, although it all depends on the variety and growing technology. This fruit tree lives on average from 20 to 50 years. The apple tree is endowed with a rather powerful and strong rhizome. Its roots can go up to three meters deep, and some roots even up to five or more meters deep. In lowlands, freezing of the skeletal parts of the apple tree can occur, as well as damage to flowers and buds during frosts in spring. Also, sunburn can pose a danger to the bark on the standard and skeletal stems of the tree.

The Maslovskoe apple tree grows well and gives out a good harvest on hills and fertile soils. But it is categorically bad for waterlogged land and for the surface occurrence of groundwater.

During flowering, the Maslovskoe apple tree is covered with inflorescences of a delicate pinkish-white hue.

The fruits of the Maslovskoe apple tree are large (one apple can reach 230 grams in weight) of average one-dimensionality. They are wide-ribbed, flattened, and also slightly sloping. The peduncle is rather short, of medium thickness and slightly curved. The funnel is pointed-conical and deep, there is no rustiness. The surface of the fruit is covered with a dry and glossy skin that does not have a waxy coating. These apples have a yellow-green main color, and the integumentary shade in the form of pink specks. There are a very large number of subcutaneous points, of a fairly large size and a green tint. The heart is of medium size, bulbous. Seed chamber of open type. The sub-cup tube is short and wide, has a cauldron shape. The subspecies differs in that the seeds of these fruits are either completely absent or underdeveloped. The inner part of the fruit is endowed with a dense structure and a greenish tint. It is very juicy and has a rich sweet taste with a touch of sourness.

The leaves of the Maslovskoe apple tree are large and wide, oval-elongated. They are short-pointed, and their upper part is helically twisted. The leaves are endowed with a dark greenish tint and matte, wrinkled structure, with coarse nerve. On the edge, such leaves are large-crowned. The surface of the Maslovskoe apple-tree leaf is rather strong, has pubescence and is concave. Along the edge of the leaves, they have an elevation, which forms a spoon. The petiole of such leaves is of medium length and pubescent.

The main stems of the Maslovskoe apple tree are curves extending from the trunk almost at right angles. Branches are rarely located on the trunk, and their ends have a downward direction. The shoots are of medium thickness, they are round in cross section, geniculate, brownish-brown in color and heavily pubescent. The main branches of the Maslovskoe apple tree have a smooth bark, brown color. Lentils are very small in size and there are a lot of them. The kidneys are also small in size, they are pressed and round in shape. The fruits of the Maslovskoe apple tree are located on complex and simple ringlets.