Variety apples Summer striped will appeal to both children and adults.
Many gardeners chose this variety for breeding. juiciness and unpretentiousness to growth conditions.
Apples of this variety will delight you with their taste all year round. Description and photo of the apple "Summer striped" - further in the article.
What kind is it?
Sort Summer striped applies for summer varieties apples. Harvest period falls in the middle of August.
To delay with the harvest is not worth it, because the main drawback of apple trees of this variety is that ripe fruits are showered.
Ripe apples are ready to eat immediately after harvest. But the harvest is stored for long.
When stored in the refrigerator, it can lie about 3 weeks.
Summer varieties of apple trees include: Yuzhny, Slava, Solntsedar, Silver Hoof, Terentyevka, Wonderful, Hero of the Day, Yandykovskoye, Bely Pour, Apple Spas, Robin, Papirovka, Gornist, Gorno-Altai, Melba.
Pollination
Apple trees of this variety self-infertile. To get a good harvest they need to pollinate.
There are many combinations of varieties for pollination, but the most suitable: Prize, Miassky and Kitaika cream.
Variety description Summer striped
Many gardeners in the creation of compositions on the plot choose an apple tree as the center.
It is appearance that plays a key role in this.
Apple trees of this variety high.
Crohn - round, not thick.
Shoots - thin, brown.
The leaves are rather large, oval-shaped, green.
The leaf plate is wrinkled, serrated along the edges.
Leaf is almost not trimmed. Inflorescences - large, white and pink.
The fruits of this variety are small. The average weight of a ripe apple is150 grams The shape of the fruit is rounded, sometimes conical.
Ribling is not expressed. The skin is thin, smooth to the touch. The funnel is small, brown around the edges. The saucer is not deep. The flesh is white, loose, juicy.
It tastes sweet and sour, with a very sweet aroma. The color of the apple itself is green, a red blush appears throughout the fruit during ripening.
A photo
Breeding history
This variety was bred at the base South Ural Research Institute fruit vegetable growing and potato growing.
It was obtained on the basis of free pollination of large-fruited apple trees. His breeding dealt with P.A. Larks
One of the main advantages of this variety is its level of hardening.
Saplings of the new variety were grown in conditions of drought on poor soils, which allowed the variety to acquire sufficient resistance to disease and drought.
Natural growth region
In nature, this variety is widely distributed in the territory. Ural.
Favorable condition for him is wet summer.
This variety refers to highly adaptable varieties and therefore does not need special conditions.
Thanks to these qualities, the growing region of the variety has expanded in the central Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.
When adapting a variety in conditions of severe drought, it is necessary to provide him with abundant watering.
Apple trees absorb nutrients mainly through the root system in a dissolved form.
If during the spring period the tree could not accumulate for itself a sufficient amount of useful substances, then the process of photosynthesis cannot take place fully.
The tree will gradually become depleted, which will cause to shredding fruits. With long-term growth in drought conditions, an apple tree can stop producing fruit.
Normalize its condition in this case can only subcortex and normalization of irrigation.
When a variety grows in extremely cold conditions, fertilization will help speed up its adaptation. Since most often the frozen soils are poor in nutrients.
IMPORTANT: if the apple tree was planted in pre-fertilized soil, then you do not need to re-apply fertilizer. This may result in loss of yield.
Young seedlings in age up to 3 years need to feed spring and autumn, and with age this indicator can be gradually reduced. up to 1 time per year.
Yield
Variety Summer striped quite fruitful. The first harvest from the apple can be harvested already 4 year after landing.
If the apple tree is provided with proper care, then you can collect from one tree about 35 kilograms of apples.
As a rule, apple trees of this variety bear fruit. Once a year, but with the age of the tree, the frequency of fruiting may decrease.
Mature fruit weight - 150 grams.
Picked fruit can be eaten immediately after harvest.
They retain their characteristics. about 3 weeks. Ideally this variety is suitable for preservation.
Planting and care
Knowing all the secrets of planting and caring for an apple tree will make life easier for a gardener.
Apple varieties Summer Striped unpretentious to the landing site. But since this grade self-infertile it is better to plant next to other apple trees.
IMPORTANT: For planting Apple choose a well-lit, open place.
First of all, you need to determine the optimal time of landing in the ground.
For this variety, this is the period. from late September to mid-October.
For planting apple trees need to prepare pits no more than 1 meter in depth, and 1 meter in width.
Apple trees should be planted in the distance 4-5 meters from each other.
The ground at the bottom of the fossa must be fertilized. After planting an apple tree must be watered abundantly.
Tip: for winter, the ground around the young seedling is better to cover with foliage.
From year to year in order for apple trees to bring you a good harvest they need to provide comprehensive care Proper care should be regular.
Stages of care:
Spring: inspection of the tree; pruning damaged branches; treatment of wounds.
Summer: regular watering; cleaning and loosening the soil around the tree, treatment from pests.
Autumn: top dressing of a tree, whitewashing of a trunk.
Using this simple set of measures, you can keep your apple healthy.
Diseases and pests
Apple varieties Summer striped one of the most immune to diseases.
Their risk of exposure to fungal diseases, and especially to scab - low.
However, there are also diseases from which even apple trees of this variety are not insured.
These include:
Mealy dew. The fight against powdery mildew begins in the spring. The tree is treated with Topaz or Skro. After flowering processing must be repeated.
Cytosporosis. To combat it, the tree must be treated with the drug Hom.
Bacterial burn. This disease occurs due to improper tree care. The main control measure is localization of the source of infection and disinfection.
Fruit rot. To combat fruit rot, you need to remove the damaged fruit, and process the tree with Hom. Pests on apple trees can destroy the entire crop.
Apple moth. In the fight with moths, the treatment of the apple tree with chlorophos solution will help.
Listovertka. Destroy the moth can nitrofene solution.
Apple Blossom. To preserve the flowering of apple trees from this parasite, every spring you need to process the tree with a solution of karbofos or chlorophos.
Summarizing, we can say that striped summer-type apple trees are ideal for industrial breeding.
This variety has become so widespread among industrial gardeners for its unpretentiousness in cultivation and for the good taste of fruits.
Apples are well suited for preservation in the industrial and at home.
Watch the video on how to choose the right apple seedling.
