Honey crunch. All about an unusual variety of apples

Recently, an American variety of apples, translated into Russian, means Honey Crunch, has been especially popular among gardeners. If you have heard about this variety and you are wondering what it is, then we present to your attention our review. We hope you find it useful. This type of apple belongs to the late type of the variety. This variety is very popular in the USA, Canada, Europe. And already from the end of the 90s it received its recognition in Russia.

Apples of the Honey Crunch variety have a very attractive appearance. — Apples of the "Honey Crunch" variety have a very attractive appearance

In this variety, when biting, the pulp seems to split off by itself. This is perhaps the distinctive feature of this apple variety. This is fully consistent with the translation of the name of this variety. This variety has many advantages. Among them, the following can be distinguished: the speed of fruit bearing, resistance to cold weather, large fruits, beautiful appearance, excellent taste. Apples weigh 180-250 g, have an elongated shape, slightly flattened, have a light green color with a marble-red blush, which are located almost over the entire surface of the fruit. The pulp of this variety is dense, yellow-creamy, juicy. The peel of the apples of this variety is dense, smooth to the touch with a slight sheen. Apples have an amazing aroma, sweet taste with a slight sourness. This variety is well transported and does not lose its appearance.

Honey crunch is one of the most fragrant and juicy apple varieties — "Honey crunch" is one of the most fragrant and juicy varieties of apples

The Honey Crunch variety can be stored for up to 6 months. Here is such an interesting variety of apples. When the fruits are already ripe, they tend to shedding, so be careful and do not try not to overexpose the fruits on the tree. If you live in the Southern region, then you can harvest in mid-September, but if you live in the northern regions, then at the end of September. But these apples are best consumed in November, then they are ready to eat. Trees can reach 3-4 m in height. As we said before, this is a fast-growing variety. This variety of trees begins to bear fruit already in the 4th year after their planting. We also recommend that you carry out preventive spraying in order to avoid contracting some kind of disease. All of the above advantages do not mean that this variety has no disadvantages. Of course they are. Among the disadvantages, one can single out the fact that the wood of trees of this variety is quite fragile, which can lead to damage to the crown anywhere. Also, an inconvenient disadvantage is that the fruits do not ripen at the same time, which means that you will have to harvest more than once. First, you need to collect the larger and more mature fruits. We can say that this variety is immune to such a pest as scab, but it has a tendency to diseases such as black cancer, fire blight, powdery mildew. After harvesting, you may have such a problem as storing apples. In order to preserve the appearance and taste of apples, you will need to create the required temperature and humidity. It is important to create all these conditions at the time of filling. And of course, you only need to store apples that have already reached a certain degree of maturity. Probably for these reasons, many gardeners consider this variety to be quite problematic.