The most delicious variety of apples can rightly be called a variety Calvil snow.
These apple trees will delight their owners not only with their beauty, but also with tasty fruits.
He gained wide popularity due to his unpretentiousness in cultivation and long storage of ripe fruits.
Calvil snow varieties of apples will delight you for many months. Further in the text - a description of the apple with all the details.
What kind is it?
This apple variety was launched in Ukraineand refers to skoroplodny varieties of apples.
Its fruit quickly poured juice, the period of maturity falls for September.
This feature makes it possible to count apples of Calvil snow variety. one of the most delicious.
Mature fruits loosely stick on the stalksthat does not contribute to the extension of the harvest period.
The best storage conditions: in a wooden box in a dark, cool place.
The harvest that remains in such conditions will delight you for 4 months.
IMPORTANT: when storing apples of this variety, they must be periodically picked in order to identify the injured fruit in time. This will help to increase the shelf life and avoid damage to the rest of the crop.
Pollination
Calvil snow varieties of apple trees are pollinated exclusively by insects. During the flowering of apple trees, they emit a sweet smell that strongly attracts insects that produce pollination of this variety.
Recommended varieties of pollinators: Golden Hornet and Chilieri, Professor Sprenger.
Description varieties Calvil Snow
Every smart gardener must look at its external characteristics before purchasing a variety.
Calvil snow varieties of apple trees are the pearl of the garden.
The trees are tall, reaching about 4 meters.
The crown of these apple trees is wide, round shape, very thick.
The shoots are lightly, brown. The leaves are small, elongated, wrinkled.
The sheet plate is slightly bent inward, the edges of the plate are even.
The fruit of the Calvil variety is a snowy, light green color. They are round-conical in shape, with smooth skin, slightly pubescent. The average weight of ripe fruit is 120 g.
The flesh is sweet and sour, elastic, white. Apples of this variety fine-grained, the grains are in tightly closed pouches.
One of the important characteristics is good shelf life, under the right conditions, it can reach several months.
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Breeding history
This variety was obtained on Donetsk experimental station in 1951. The basis of this variety were taken varieties: Renet Simirenko and Boyken
In the role of the mother tree performed tree varieties Boyken. In preparation for crossing, 17 trees of the parent breed were selected.
Later it was from them that the pollen was collected. for hybridization.
After the initial collection and purification of pollen, the mother trees underwent repeated pollination, as a result of which it was possible to gather seeds of a hybrid variety.
Before planting, the seeds were stratified from March to June, and successfully planted in the autumn.
The upbringing of a new variety was carried out according to the mentor's method, and unfavorable conditions were selected for cultivation, which allowed the tree to develop frost resistance.
Good frost resistant varieties include: Granny Smith, Lyubava, Apple Spas, Phoenix Altai, Uralets, Yantar, Screen, Wonderful, Sokolovskoye, Snowdrop, Lada.
Natural growth region
In nature, this variety grows in conditions temperate continental climate. Mostly common on the territory of Ukraine.
However, due to the characteristics laid down in breeding the variety, it is quite well adapted to other climatic conditions. However, there are features of its adaptation to some too harsh conditions.
When adapting varieties Calvil snow to extremely cold temperatures it is necessary to provide wood nutrients.
In the period of extreme cold, an apple tree of this variety suspends its internal activity and, as it were, falls asleep, it needs nutrients for its normal awakening.
In harsh climatic conditions, the soil is often poor in nutrients, and therefore it is worthwhile to regular feeding of apple trees in the spring and autumn periods to ensure normal functioning.
When growing in arid areas, apple trees of the Calvil snow variety need abundant watering.
Tree roots absorb nutrients from the soil in dissolved form, and this cannot be done in dry soil.
That is why in arid and hot conditions Abundant watering - the guarantee of health of your apple.
Yield
Among all types of apple trees, the productivity of the Calvil snow variety is one of the highest. Most often the tree starts bear fruit for 4 years after disembarkation.
Harvest period comes for September. The yield of this variety 1 time per year, ripe fruits weigh about 120 grams. Apples are very well preserved.
Autumn varieties include apple trees: Welsey, Sunny, Scala, Freshness, Ural Bulk, Uslada, Prima, Gift to Gardeners, Young Naturalist, Kutuzovets, Kovrovoe, Korichnaya Novy, Aelita, Gala.
Planting and care
It is not very difficult to care for apple trees, it is much more difficult to provide them with good growth conditions and to plant seedlings correctly.
Apple variety Calvil snow unpretentious, and will feel good even not in the most favorable conditions.
Preparation for landing should begin with the establishment of the most favorable place.
After the place is chosen, it is necessary to prepare a depression for the future apple tree.
It should be hole depth of not more than 85 cm, well composted at the bottom.
For each type of apple has its own optimal time for planting in the ground, but much also depends on the form of planting.
If your seedling has an open root system, then the most appropriate term will be from late March to mid-April.
If the root system is closed, then the landing in the ground can be made from the end of March to the middle of April and from the end of September to the end of October.
IMPORTANT: Apple trees are best planted in groups, and not to combine with other fruit trees. This will help improve the quality of pollination.
Care for apples is not difficult.
Many do not even attach much importance to the care of the tree, but this is not entirely correct.
After all, competent care helps to increase yields and protect the tree from diseases.
Proper care for an apple tree begins in March and includes a set of measures:
- Initial inspection of the tree.
- Removal of dead and affected branches.
- Healing wounds.
- Soil loosening.
- Cleaning weeds.
- Spraying against pests.
Diseases and pests
Apple trees are very resistant trees and, as a rule, diseases do not cling to them. But there are certain types of plant diseases that are susceptible to apple trees as well.
These include:
Fungal diseases (scab, powdery mildew, milky luster).
It is necessary to fight complex fungal diseases: remove the damaged areas, disinfect them, carry out regular spraying (before flowering with urea solution, after it with soda ash solution).
Branch disease. Black cancer It is important to prevent the occurrence of these diseases in your area.
When buying apples carefully examine the roots.
Patients are those trees that have large growths on the main root.
To prevent the development of diseases, it is necessary to fertilize the soil with potash fertilizers.
With cytosporosis initially pruning damaged branches, disinfecting and healing wounds. This will help prevent further spread of the disease.
The appearance of pests on apple trees does not bode well. Fighting with them must begin immediately, as soon as the first individuals were spotted.
The most common pests are: green aphids, apple blooms and leaflets.
Control measures:
Apple Blossom inhabits under the bark. Therefore, one of the most important measures will be the destruction of its habitat by removing the old damaged bark. To disinfect and prevent its occurrence, spraying the tree with Enterobacterin solution is suitable.
Listovertka. In the fight against the leafworm, the main role will be played by periodic spraying of apple trees with a solution of nitrophene.
Green aphid. You can prevent the development of aphids in the early spring by spraying tree Bordeaux liquid.
If the moment has been missed and the aphid is actively developing, then it is necessary to alternate the spraying of karbofos with the spraying of folk remedies.
For example: decoction of tobacco, onion peel, dandelion roots.
Summing up the line, we can conclude that the Calvil snow apple variety is excellent for breeding in households.
Trees are unpretentious to the conditions of growth and do not need special care. At the same time, they bring copious amounts of fruits that are stored quite well.
Watch a video about apple disease black cancer.
