Apple multivitamin

Apple multivitamin is a variety with a large amount of vitamins, the ripeness of the fruits is late autumn. Such breeders as S.I. Isaev, V.V. Vartapetyan, N.N.Grushovka Moscow"And" Folding "). The culture was sent for state testing in 1993, it has been recommended for cultivation since 2002.

Apple multivitamin: variety description and characteristics

Apple multivitamin: photo of the variety

Apple variety Multivitamin, medium vigor, wide crown, pyramid-shaped, medium-dense and leafy, dark gray trunk, main branches straight, but inclined, gray-colored.

The shoots of the multivitamin apple tree are brown in color, vertical, thick and medium-long, there are edges in the section, the internodes are shortened. Lentils are small, located on the surface, few in number. The buds are appressed, in the form of a cone, brown in color, have dense pubescence. The leaves of the multivitamin apple tree are large, elongated, in the form of an egg, their end is sharp, with wrinkles, the edges are in the form of small teeth. The bottom of the leaf blade is abundantly pubescent, the petiole is long and medium thick, completely colored.

Features of the variety

Multivitamin apples of medium size, the same size, round, in the form of a cone, with the same sides, different diameters in diameter, the fruits are slightly ribbed. The surface of the apple is in a small tubercle, the main coloration is golden yellow, subcutaneous dots are whitish in color. The cover color is represented by blurred red streaks on the surface of the fruit. The fruit stem is medium in length and thickness, set obliquely. The calyx is half closed, the tube under the calyx is in the form of a cone, shortened, the saucer is wide and deep, the axial cavity is shallow, the chambers with seeds are half open. The core is large, the grains are few in number, they are large, colored in a brown tint.

The inner content of apples Multivitamin - creamy, fine grain, very juicy, pleasant sweet-sour taste, strong aromatic properties. This variety is a rare variety for a domestic apple crop, whose fruits are rich in 3 vitamins: A, C, P. Also apples of the Multivitamin variety contain: ascorbic acid (thirty-seven mg per hundred grams, 28.2-43 mg per hundred grams), and it remains without loss with keeping quality; b-carotene (0.62 mg per hundred grams, 0.56-0.72 mg per hundred grams), P-active substances (0.45 mg per hundred grams, 0.39-0.51 mg per hundred grams), while the fruit is impatient; sugars (11.2%, 9.6-12.5%), titratable acids (0.65%, 0.39-0.71%), tannins (seventy-eight mg per hundred grams, sixty-one to eighty-eight mg per hundred grams), pectin substances (9.8%, 5.6-12.9% on dry basis).

Consumer ripeness falls on September 15, storage of fruits continues until January 15.

The seedling, the ancestor of the multivitamin apple tree, began to bear fruit from the tenth year of life, the multiplied seedling begins to bear fruit from the fifth or seventh year, the yield indicator is good.

The resistance to the winter season of the multivitamin apple tree is at a high level (in the frosts of 1955-1956 and 1978-1979, the tree froze over by only two points). Immunity to scab is average, similar to the resistance of the variety "Antonovka ordinary».

Apple-tree Multivitamin: reviews of gardeners

• Alena Viktorovna, Sverdlovsk region: “The multivitamin apple tree has been growing in our garden for 18 years, so to speak, has reached adulthood! Several years ago, we set a personal record by collecting almost 120 kilograms of juicy and beautiful apples. The strongest are usually consumed fresh, the rest are used to make juice, jam and compotes. "
• Zinaida Grigorievna, Samara region: “Apple multivitamin is a favorite in my garden. The variety is very well ecologically adapted to many manifestations of the weather. Multivitamin apples have an excellent presentation and a high content of vitamins. "