Apple tree Kulikovskoe
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The Kulikovskoe apple tree is a winter variety, bred at the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute for Breeding Fruit Crops by sowing in 1961 grains from free pollination of the King variety, which was grafted into the crown of the Antonovka Krasnobochka variety. For the first time the variety bore fruit in 1968, since 1975 the seedling has become an elite one. The authors of this apple variety are: E. N. Sedov, N. G. Krasova, M. V. Mikheeva. In 1984, the Kulikovskoe apple variety was sent for state testing, and since 1998 it has been listed in the State Register of Breeding Achievements, and has also been approved for cultivation.
Apple tree Kulikovskoe: variety description
Apple tree Kulikovskoe: photo of the variety
The Kulikovskoe apple tree is a medium-sized tree. The crown is rounded, its branches are slightly drooping. The bark covering the trunk and skeletal branches is flaky and dark gray. Fruits are formed mainly on ringlets and fruit twigs.
The shoots of the Kulikovskoe apple tree are thin, with knees, dark brown in color, covered with pubescence. The leaves are of medium size, elongated, in the form of an egg, short-pointed, dark green in color, with wrinkles, matte, and also have delicate nerves. The edges of the leaves are in a small clove, wavy. The petiole is pubescent, red at the base. The flowers of the Kulikovskoe apple tree are large, pink-colored buds, pale pink petals, elongated, closed or overlapping, anthers are located above the stigma of the pistil, the flower stem is very shortened.
Description of apples Kulikovskoe
Kulikovskoe apples are of medium size, round, no ribbing, regular in shape. Cover coloration on the larger surface of the apple in the form of stripes and blush, which is blurred and tinged with a purple color. The peel of the fruit is plump, smooth, glossy, has oily. The fruit stem is shortened, vertical, and stands upright. The funnel is deep, pointed, in the form of a cone. The dish is shallow, narrow, with grooves. The core is large, the seed chambers are closed.
The inner content of the Kulikovskoe apple variety is white, medium-dense, sweet-sour in taste. The attractiveness of apples is rated at 4.4 points. The tasting score is 4.1-4.3 points. Apples contain: sugars (9.4%), titratable acids (0.38%), ascorbic acid (11.8 mg per hundred grams), P-active compounds (one hundred and fourteen mg per hundred grams), pectin substances (twelve and a half percent).
The moment of picking Kulikovskoye apples falls on September 15-30, the harvest can be stored until the last days of March.
The fruit is well transported, the holding strength on the apple tree is high. Also Kulikovskoe apples are distinguished by rather high commercial properties. The average fruit of the highest and 1 commercial grade for 1981-1983 at the garden plot of the VNIIISPK OP VNIIISPK in the apple variety "Kulikovskoye" was sixty-eight percent, and in the control variety "Pepin saffron" - fifteen percent.
Apple tree Kulikovskoe: cultural features
Apple tree Kulikovskoe: photo of the variety
- The Kulikovskoe apple variety is fast-growing, and brings high yields every year.
- Apple trees planted in 1974, on average for 1982-1987, brought two hundred seventy two centners per hectare of fruit, and the control variety "Pepin saffron"- only two hundred and fourteen centners per hectare of fruit.
- The Kulikovskoe apple tree has a comparative resistance to the winter season, sufficient immunity to scab. Even in the years of epiphytoties scab affected foliage by only 1.4 points, and apples - by 0.6 points.
Apple tree Kulikovskoe: advantages and disadvantages
Advantages: apple variety Kulikovskoe is very fast-growing, yields a high yield every year, is immune to scab, fruits are stored for a long time.
Minuses: if the Kulikovskoye apple tree is overloaded with fruits, and it is not cut off, then the apples begin to shrink.
