Apple tree red bunch
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Apple tree The red bunch belongs to the species that ripen quite late in the summer. The novelty was developed by pollination of the ranetka. Stable with a mixed composition of pollen of apple varieties of the large-fruited type in summer ripening. The employees of A. A. Hristo, R. A. Bykova, N. Ye. Yurieva worked on obtaining the Red Bunch apple variety. The development site was the Novosibirsk Zonal Fruit and Berry Experimental Station named after V.I. I. V. Michurin. The main area of distribution of the Red Bunch apple variety is fruit and vegetable farms, as well as private household plots of gardeners.
Apple tree Red bunch: variety description and characteristics
Apple tree Red bunch: photo of the variety
During a young age, the Red Bunch apple trees form a narrow-pyramidal crown. Further, upon reaching a more respectable age, the crown takes the form of a wide pyramid. Branches are formed quite powerful, but the number is not numerous, the leafy cover of the crown is of a reinforced type. The color of the bark of the trunk and the main branches of the tree is greenish, the surface is smooth in texture.
The upright-growing type of apple-tree shoots of the Krasnaya bunch variety grow medium-sized, rather thickened. The color of the shoots is greenish. The pubescence of the surface is weakened with the presence of small convex lentils. Large leaf plates, leathery content, the coating is slight wrinkling.
Formation of a leaf of a rounded-ovoid appearance. The leaves are colored with a dark, greenish tint. The tips of the leaves are elongated, slightly curved upward, the edge of the leaf is framed in the form of a double-serrate, crenate serration.
The beautiful apple blossoms of the Red Bunch variety are large, snow-white in color, good, attractive aroma at the time of active flowering. The stigma of the flower is located, relative to the anther, at the same level.
Smallish fruit sizes, on average weighing up to 20 grams, but with the most correct approach to growing this variety, the maximum fruit size can be reached - up to 38 grams.
Apple shape-flattened-rounded shape. Smooth fruit surface. The main color of the apple is yellow. The coat color is darker, reddish. Covering staining takes up a little more than half of the entire surface of the apple.
Creamy, sweet and sour and very juicy apple pulp. Maturity dates of the harvest of a later summer period. Shelf life is very short, does not exceed two months.
Consider the chemical constituents of the apple tree Red bunch: the total amount of sugars does not exceed 11.4%, the titratable acid is only 0.9%, the amount of ascorbic acid per 100 grams of product weight is 12.9 mg, the amount of catechins is not more than 338 per 100 grams of the product.
Apple fruits The red bunch can be eaten fresh, but the main direction of application is the preparation of various compotes, juice, canned products. The variety can be attributed to the early-growing species, since full-fledged fruiting occurs as early as 3-4 years after direct planting at the main growing site. The amount of yield of a moderate type and with industrial cultivation can be harvested up to 70 centners for each hectare of planting area. Weakly expressed periodicity of productivity.
Apple trees Red cluster endowed with increased resistance to cold winter. Self-fertile characteristics at a high level. But weakened immunity to such a disease as scab.
Advantages and disadvantages
A little about the merits of the Red bunch apple variety:
- good resistance to the winter period;
- attractive, compact tree crown formation;
- fruits are great for thermal processing, although they can be eaten fresh;
- high level self-fertility indicators.
The disadvantages of the Red bunch apple variety include the following parameters:
- weak resistance of the tree to scab damage;
- the storage period of the crop is relatively minimal;
- smallish fruit sizes.