Apple-tree Zhebrovskoe

One of the most famous varieties in Siberia is the Zhebrovskoe apple tree.

The Zhebrovskoe apple tree fell in love with local summer residents for several reasons, mainly due to the high level of resistance to cold and various diseases, as well as for the accelerated ripening time of fruits, which have a tonic property on especially hot summer days. In addition, the fruits differ from many in their unusual chemical composition, tannins are reduced to a minimum.

Apple-tree Zhebrovskoe: variety description

Apple-tree Zhebrovskoe: photo of the variety

The apple variety Zhebrovskoe was obtained at the Research Institute of Horticulture of the Siberian region, thanks to the work of a group of selection specialists M.A. Lisovenko and L. Yu. Zhebrovskaya.

This type of apple bears a harvest that ripens in the summer season. With the help of free pollination of such a variety of apples as "Gornoaltaiskaya" in the second half of the twentieth century.
The result is an apple tree with an average vigor of growth and a crown in the form of a regular oval, the density is assessed as rare, the same can be said about the saturation of the branches. The branches of a fruit tree grow straight, the shape of a regular circle, the color is brownish, there is some pubescence.

The leaf plates are pretty, the shape resembles a wide egg, of an ordinary size, slightly pointed, with wrinkles, they have a non-glossy light green color. On the back of the leaf plate there is a certain pubescence, serrated and crenate foliage along the edges endows the tree with special beauty.

The fruits of the Zhebrovskoe apple tree are small in size, most often the mass of one apple varies from twenty-five to forty grams, the shape of a regular circle or conical.

Recommendation! With an abundant flowering process, thinning the peduncles will allow you to acquire a crop of maximum dimensions.

The skin does not have any irregularities, wax bloom is noticeable. At the time of ripening, they have a light greenish color, which, with removable ripeness, acquires a dark reddish indistinct tint almost throughout the fruit.

The fruit saucer is shallow and has grooves. The fruit stem is rather elongated and slender. The crop most often grows identical in size.

Apple tree Zhebrovskoe: advantages and disadvantages

The apple tree of the Zhebrovskoye variety is valued for the following properties:

• high level of resistance to cold and frost.
• high level of resistance to some diseases.
• good taste of the fruit.
• the fruits ripen quickly enough.
• this variety is fast-growing.

However, it is worth mentioning the disadvantages of the Zhebrovskoe apple tree:

• short crop maintenance time.
• small fruit size.

Distinctive features of this culture

Apple-tree Zhebrovskoe: photo of the variety

The main distinguishing feature of the Zhebrovskoe apple variety is unpretentiousness in agricultural technology. It should be noted that the amount of the harvest is large.

Due to the fact that the fruit tree of this variety has more similarities with large-fruited trees, the taste is very slightly inferior to large-sized fruits. The advantages include a high level of resistance to cold and frost.

However, this culture grows less in comparison with large-fruited apple trees.

Apple-tree Zhebrovskoe: characteristic of the variety

The Zhebrovskoe apple tree grows of ordinary size.If you do not form the main conductor, then the tree can reach its maximum size, namely five hundred centimeters.
The growth that occurs every year, especially on the young apple tree, is quite good. With good conditions and care, selective new branches can reach up to seventy centimeters. However, over the years, the annual growth decreases quite dramatically.

• Harvesting process

The fruit-bearing process takes place every year, but not abundantly. Most importantly, the fruit can be harvested annually.

• Harvest amount

Usually, the amount of the crop reaches sixteen to seventeen kilograms from each tree. With abundant cultivation, approximately ninety centners per hectare can be harvested.

• The opinion of the tasters

The fruit has a cream-colored pulp, the granularity is small, rather tender, filled with juice, sour and sweet to taste at the same time, with a delicate pleasant smell.
The tasters rated the fresh fruits at four point and eight tenths - five points on a five-point system. The tasters rated the heat-treated fruits at four and a half points on a five-point system.

• Cold resistance level

The level of resistance to cold and frost is high. On the territory of Siberia, in excessively low temperatures, the tree did not freeze.

The level of resistance to various diseases of the apple variety Zhebrovskoye is not bad.

Apple-tree "Zhebrovskoe": planting

• Drop off time

The most important point in the cultivation of the Zhebrovskoe apple variety is the timing of planting planting material on a permanent site for good development, growth and the process of fruit bearing.

Together with most varieties of apples, this variety requires planting in autumn and spring.
Correct planting should be carried out at a time when the apple tree is at rest, and there should also be no active movement of juices.

• In the spring season, until the buds swell.
• During the fall season in preparation for the winter season.

Important! Planting during an active growing season is likely to destroy this fruit tree.
Spring season

Spring season
In the spring season, everything mainly depends on the temperature index of the air and soil. Landing in unheated soil will destroy the seedling, which means the ground should not be frozen. In most cities of our country, this time falls, approximately in the second week of the second spring month.

Autumn season
In the autumn season, they are planted in the second or third autumn month. It is important that the root system has enough time to develop in the ground before the arrival of frost.

Apple-tree Zhebrovskoe: photo of the variety

• Landing scheme

All kinds of fruit-bearing trees in summer cottages require such a planting so that the trees are not an obstacle to each other, and you could take care of the garden without difficulty. For this medium-growing selection variety, it is necessary to observe a space of at least three hundred centimeters, and for rows it must be at least five hundred centimeters.

• Plot

Planting planting material begins with the selection of a site. The seat must meet the following criteria:

1. Have the necessary amount of sunlight, sheltered from drafts and cold winds, the location of the groundwater is not close.
2. The soil should be rich, loose, loamy soil or sandy loam.
3. Plant in an elevated place, for example, on a natural or artificial mound, so moisture will not accumulate in the root system.

• Process

Wells for planting are made in advance, approximately fourteen days in advance. When planting an apple tree in the spring season, it is recommended to prepare the planting hole from the autumn season. The instruction is simple, but be careful:

1. The planting hole (depending on the structure of the soil) must be at least sixty centimeters wide and at least eighty centimeters deep.
2. It is necessary to drive in a peg, to which the planting material will be tied in the first months of existence. The stake gives resistance to bad weather.
3. The fertile soil, mixed with humus and a complex of mineral dressings, deepens by one third. Then one third is poured out of loose fertile soil and do not touch for a couple of days for planting.
4. After some time, the planting material is placed vertically on the prepared hill in the planting hole. Carefully spread the root system of the planting material near the hill and fill, tamping a little, the rest of the hole for planting. Upon completion, the soil is gently compacted with your feet.
5. Prepare the soil near the trunk, which will later serve as a site for fertilization and moisture.
6. A young apple tree is moistened and tied to a stake.

By following this instruction, it is possible to guarantee the successful development of the fruit tree.

Apple-tree Zhebrovskoe: variety care

Grooming procedures during the cultivation of the apple variety Zhebrovskoye are also important for further growth and fruit bearing. Basically, agricultural technology consists in:

• pollination process.
• fertilizer.
• pruning.
• crown formation.
• shelter from parasites and various diseases.
• preparation for winter.

You need to plant a group of different varieties of apples on your site, or you need to use cross-pollination with the help of nearby planted apple trees with one time during which the flowering process takes place.

Throughout its existence, the apple tree responds well to fertilizing and fertilization, both organic and inorganic.

In the second - third year of tree growth in the spring season, urea is added. In the summer season, sodium humate is added, and in the autumn, phosphorus and potassium dressings are used.

Note! Top dressing is applied carefully according to the instructions, because an excessive amount can adversely affect the development of this fruit tree.

During the whole month, the apple tree should be protected from various diseases and parasites. For this, spraying is required in a timely manner as a preventive measure. When you find the first signs of illness, find the root cause and deal with it with chemicals.

Immediately before the arrival of the winter season, prepare for this period, which includes sheltering the trunk from parasites, preserving the root system from the cold by making a layer of mulch near the trunk and applying fertilizers.

• Pruning and shaping the crown

One of the most important elements in the cultivation of this apple variety for a good harvest and development process is the shaping of the crown and its sanitary pruning:

• It should be formed from the basis on the acquisition of more branches, thinning and rejuvenation of the crown. There are a couple of types of crown formation that summer residents select on their own, looking at the distinctive features of each type.
• Sanitary pruning involves removing infected, broken, and dried branches.

Pollinating varieties

Apple-tree Zhebrovskoe: photo of the variety

The apple tree Zhebrovskoe is self-fertile. We recommend using summer and autumn apple trees as pollinating varieties according to the ripening time.

Fruiting and ripening of an apple tree

The apple variety Zhebrovskoe is fast-growing. The harvesting process begins at the age of four years immediately after planting the planting material.
Sometimes the harvesting process begins at the age of five.

Basically, the formation of fruits takes place on the ringlets. However, it happens that the harvest ripens on the growths and on the fruit branches.

The abundant flowering process begins in the second week of the last spring month. The duration depends on the weather and can take place over fourteen days.With a favorable climate and proper care, removable ripeness comes already at the end of the second summer month. However, most of the fruits ripen by the second week of the last summer month.

An important disadvantage is the short storage time of the fruit. Most often, no more than fourteen days in the refrigerator. However, this is common for summer-ripening apple trees.

Where it grows

Cultivation in areas on the territory of Siberia, the Urals, Altai.

Despite the fact that the Zhebrovskoe apple tree was obtained in 1959, it passed state tests only in 1984. In 1999, this variety was added to the state register in the West Siberian region.

State tests took place at a test station in the cities of Novosibirsk and Altai.
There are slight differences in the amount of harvest in different cities of our country. However, the differences in indicators with abundant cultivation are not critical. This means that the fruit tree has earned great fame in the territories of the Urals, Siberia and the Altai Territory.

Apple tree Zhebrovskoe: reviews of gardeners

Apple-tree Zhebrovskoe: photo of the variety

Alexei:
“We love the apple variety Zhebrovskoye with the whole family. The fruits, of course, could have been larger, but summer residents without any experience in gardening say that these are nothing. Cute apples that ripen early. The taste is just a miracle. I recommend everyone to try apple jam and wine. "

Anastasia:
“If you plant an apple variety Zhebrovskoye in the Altai Territory, then everyone will envy you, since the fruits of an early ripening period, the level of cold resistance is excellent, and the taste cannot be better. Apples just picked just go away with a bang. I cannot say anything about the storage time of the crop, because our fruits do not stale. Agricultural engineering is elementary, we don't touch the tree during the winter seasons, once the apple tree was sick, but nothing happened. "

Sergei:
“On the territory of Siberia, namely in the western part, it is better to plant this variety. I have tried many varieties of apples, but this one has the most fruits, they are very beautiful, ideal for sale, I also like the taste. I always collect a lot of fruits from the Zhebrovskoe apple tree, I cook compotes from freshly picked apples, which perfectly refresh and tone up on very hot summer days, everyone in the family likes it. "

Conclusion

After looking at the photos on the Internet and reading the characteristics of the Zhebrovskoe apple tree, it became clear why summer residents from Altai Territory and Siberia loved it so much. We wish you good luck in cultivating this apple variety.