Currently, varieties of dwarf apple trees are becoming increasingly popular.
They are practically not inferior in yield to other apples and appreciated by gardeners due to their decorative qualities. Stunted apple trees are an excellent choice for planting in a small area and decorate it.
What kind is it?
Apple Snowdrop refers to the winter variety also differs in long time of a lay. When properly stored, apples can lie up to one hundred and twenty days after harvest.
By the winter varieties also belong: Anniversary of Moscow, Winter Beauty, Lobo, Sinap Orlovsky and Granny Smith.
Pollination
Gardeners often ask the question - "Is it possible to plant only one apple tree on the site"? The fact is that almost all varieties that are grown in our strip are not self-pollinated. Snowdrop is no exception.
If there are neighboring areas with a large apple orchard near you, this may be enough for pollination. If other areas are far away, be sure to plant the second apple of the winter variety in order for the tree to start bearing fruit.
The best pollinators for the Snowdrop: Sokolovskoe, Carpet and Ground.
How to save the crop for the winter?
- It should begin with the fact that the apples must be properly removed from the tree. You need to grab the fruit with your whole palm, lifting and rolling it along with the stem. It is not recommended to tear off the stem.
- Crop harvested in dry sunny weather.. If the days are cloudy and rainy, apples should be dried before harvesting for the winter.
- For storage, prepare low wooden crates. Apples are better to fold in one row, and not on each other. To keep them longer, you can wrap each of them in paper or newspaper.
- Storage tank should be dry and clean. Inspect the fruit. Only healthy and whole fruits are harvested. (no scratches, dents and rot).
- The best storage place will be a cool cellar.
Good keeping quality is usually demonstrated by such varieties of apple trees: Bryansk, Winter pear, Kandil Orlovsky, Bolotovsky and Nymph.
Description of the Snowdrop variety
Each variety has its own characteristics, individual characteristics and qualities. The described variety is no exception.
- Snowdrop refers to a variety of dwarf apple trees. Endowed with a horizontally flat crown. The height of the tree on seed stocks reaches from one and a half to two meters. The height of the apple tree on clone rootstocks obtained by vegetative propagation does not exceed 1-1.5 meters.
- The bark of the branches and on the trunk is light, brown.
- The shoots are green with a brown tinge, medium size.
- The leaves are large, oblong, rounded, heavily pubescent, with small margins at the edges.
Varieties such as Sokolovsky and Ostankino are also represented by trees of low growth.
Features of the fruit:
- Medium size, rounded conical shape.
- The stem is small, straight, thickness is average.
- The skin is smooth, has a pleasant light yellow color and a light blush over the entire surface.
- The flesh is light cream, juicy, dense, with small grains.
- Apples are tasty, sweet and sour. Juice and pulp are rich in vitamin C. Ascorbic acid content is not less than 18 mg in one fruit, and sugars are only 8-9%.
- The variety is universal, therefore it comes into use in its natural form, suitable for sale, production, preparation of homemade dishes.
Versatility and varieties such as Aport, Assumption, Friendship of Peoples, Asterisk and Quinti.
Breeding history
A new variety has appeared thanks to the work of Russian breeders: Mazunina MA, Putyatina V.I. and Mazunina N.F. The work was carried out in the scientific research institute of fruit growing and vegetable growing. The snowdrop was obtained as a result of free pollination of an apple tree from Vydubetskaya weeping.
Distribution region
The variety was zoned in Western Siberia and the Urals.where soon became widespread. Snowdrop can be grown in our lane. In the Moscow region, the variety received not bad yields. The apple tree has a good winter hardiness, so it can also be grown in the northern regions, although the yield indicators may already be lower.
In Siberia, they feel good when growing the variety Krasa Sverdlovsk, Pavlusha, Altai Rumyana.
Yield
Trees begin to bear fruit for 3-4 years after vaccination.. A young apple tree bears fruit regularly, and then periodically. On average, one tree can be collected up to 70-80 kg of fruits.
Planting and care
Only thanks to your efforts, care and attention will the young apple tree begin to grow well, develop and bring the first harvest.
- Planting a young apple tree is recommended in springwhen the snow is completely gone, the frosts will end and the air will warm the ground during the day.
You can engage in planting in early autumn before the onset of cold weather. In this case, it is better to fix the seedling to the peg from the strong wind, and make shelter from the frost using mulch.
- The place for the apple should be well lit and open. In the shade it can grow, but more slowly and the quality of fruiting will be lower.
- Apple tree adapts well to different soil. The exception is heavy clay soil. The root system must breathe and receive a certain amount of moisture so that it does not stagnate.
If the soil is heavy, it is recommended to add sand to it.. The best option is a soil with weak acidity, chernozem soil with medium or weak fertility.
- When choosing a landing site, pay attention to the groundwater level. If the water level is too high, an extra layer of earth mound should be made.
- For a seedling, a hole is dug out about 40 by 40 cm. It should be free and wide. In the center of the bottom, an earthen mound is made in a slide and fertilizers are applied (peat, ash). The tree is placed vertically in the center of the fossa, the roots are straightened and the hole is buried so that the root collar remains above ground level.
Care System:
- Watering needs regular, but moderate. The tree does not like overmoistening the soil. Experienced gardeners are advised to make special grooves near the trees for the outflow of water. In rainy summer you need to regularly loosen the ground so that the roots can breathe.
Please note that the grade does not tolerate hot summer weather. If summer is hot, be sure to pay attention to good watering, and also make a darkening from the sun during the daytime (if there is such an opportunity).
- The apple tree needs regular pruning. The young tree is especially necessary for the formation of the correct round crown and serves as a preventative measure for the appearance of pests. Every spring you need to remove dry, unnecessary (unnecessary), broken branches and branches.
- It is necessary to do thinning of ovaries and fruits. When they are sufficiently formed, it is necessary to remove the central fruit from each bundle. Up to five fruits can be in one bundle.
If this is not done, the taste of the fruit will decrease, and they may grow green, underdeveloped. Overloading an apple tree can also lead to a periodicity of fruiting.
- Every spring should be fertilized for nutrition, prevention of diseases, good growth and fruiting.. Any organic supplements are suitable as fertilizers: peat, ash, manure. Some gardeners feed the tree in a foliar way by spraying with potassium sulfate or urea.
- Snowdrop tolerates frost well, but mulching the earth before the onset of cold weather will not be superfluous. As mulch fit: sawdust, peat, bark, humus, hay. Mulch will protect the apple tree from freezing, and in the spring it will be good nutrition.
Diseases and pests
The snowdrop has good immunity against diseases and is rarely affected by //selo.guru/ptitsa/bolezni-p/gribkovye/parsha.html.
- It is important to take preventive measures to prevent disease.. The tree requires proper care, annually cut and fertilize. If there is a “problematic” fruit tree on the plot, it will not be superfluous to spray chemicals in the spring.
- Apple has many dangerous pests: scab, sucker, mite, aphid, listobloshka, moth. Treatment with drugs is carried out in the spring, when insects wake up and begin to settle in a tree.
- Depending on the type of insect individually selected drugs. You can get rid of aphids and red mites with the help of a karbofos solution. From frivolok helps tobacco fumigation. Zolon solution will help get rid of moths. Chlorophosome treatment is effective against the moth and tsvetoeda.
- One of the most common diseases is powdery mildew. It affects the shoots, leaves, flowers, bark, and can even go to the fruit. Powdery mildew effectively sprays a solution of soap and copper sulfate. If signs of scab are noticeable, the tree needs to be treated with colloidal sulfur or Hom.
Do not forget about such pests as fruit sapwood, silkworms, mining moths and hawthorn.
The snowdrop is considered to be a fairly common variety for growing in home gardens. It is appreciated for its good taste, long storage time, as well as for its beautiful low-growing decorative appearance.
Such an apple tree will become a real decoration of any area, and with proper care it will be a great time to rejoice with a bountiful harvest.
