In the world just a huge number of varieties of apples. They are distinguished by maturity, tree height, growth zone and other factors. Consider the most common apple varieties in the middle belt.
Apple trees with different maturation periods
As you know, different apples ripen in different periods of the year. There are earlier varieties that are "ready" in the summer, while others are ripe only for the onset of cold weather. Consider a little more detail some types of apple trees.
So, there are:
- early (summer) apple varieties - all beloved White Fill, less common, but amazing in appearance Mantet, came to us from Canada the apple tree Melba;
- autumn apple varieties - incredibly yielding Antonovka, sweet and juicy apples of the Macintosh variety, smooth and brilliant Spartacus, a typical autumn variety with an interesting name - Glory to the winners;
- winter varieties of apple trees - the most popular Golden, dessert Medunitsy, a large Richard, the Crimean are very hardy to climb Sinapa.
Winter-resistant varieties of apple trees
According to its winter hardiness, apples are divided into high-, medium-, low- and simply winter-hardy. In this case, the concept of winter hardiness includes not only the ability of the apple tree to endure a long hypothermia. This property of the variety consists of such signs as resistance to severe frosts in the very beginning of winter, resistance to extreme frosts in the middle of winter, resistance to sharp and gradual recurrent frost after a thaw.
Examples of winter-hardy varieties of apple trees include White Nalive, Cowberry, Wine, Altai ruddy, Mantet, Medunichka, Silver Hoof, Anis, Melba, Antonovka, Zvezdochka. Of course, winter hardy varieties are much larger. All of them perfectly feel themselves both in the southern conditions and in the north of the country.
Low-bred apple varieties
These apple varieties are incredibly popular among gardeners. Their advantage in the early offensive of the fruiting period, with trees occupying little space in the garden, it is convenient to harvest from them. By the way, they yield a very plentiful harvest.
Of course, in order to achieve a good harvest and the development of large fruits, you need to carefully take care of the garden: crop, water, feed seedlings and adult trees in accordance with all recommendations for each class.
Decorative apple-tree varieties
Decorativity lies in the beauty of its crown, the intensity of flowering apple trees, the beauty of fruiting. The beauty of the crown is its shape (rounded, pyramidal, sprawling, columnar, etc.), as well as the color of the leaves. The color of the leaves on the apple tree can vary greatly. For example, the leaves can be olive green, or intensely green. Some varieties have a reddish border along the edge of the leaves, and sometimes leaves are completely red-lilac.
As for the flowering of decorative apple trees, it is usually in the spring period that they are simply covered with delicate and fragrant flowers. Such apple trees are excellent melliferous plants. Their flowers have a color from white, gently pink to bright red.
The fruits of ornamental apples have sizes from a large pea to a small apricot. Most varieties of decorative apple trees give edible fruit.
The best apple varieties
It is difficult to identify and distinguish apple varieties on this basis. The best apples can be by taste, by the abundance of fruiting or by the shelf life in the winter. Rather, you can name the most common varieties of apple trees.
This - the White filling, Antonovka, Golden, Anis, Melba, Pepin, Mackintosh, Medunitsa, Richard, Runet. It is these varieties that we find most often in supermarkets and markets, their names are not only heard by gardeners but also by simple lovers of eating a delicious apple, fresh, ice cream or soaked .