Apple-tree Altai purple

Apple-tree Altai purple - a variety of winter ripening period, bred at the Lisavenko Research Institute of Horticulture of Siberia by hybridization in 1963 of the selected hybrid number 8-39-279 (obtained by crossing "Ranetki purple" and "Pepin saffron") with the variety " Welsey. " The authors of the variety are: M. A. Lisavenko, I. P. Kalinina, N. V. Ermakova. The apple tree was zoned in 1999 in Western Siberia.

Apple-tree Altai purple - characteristic

The tree is of medium growth, the crown is rounded, moderately dense, the branches grow from the trunk almost perpendicularly. The fruits are formed mainly on the ringlets.

Shoots are upright, brownish-brown, pubescent. The leaves are of medium size, rounded, in the form of an egg, shortened, pointed, bent, there is a slight pubescence, the edges are in a small denticle, wavy. The petiole is medium in length.

Apple-tree Altai purple: description

The fruits are small, of the same size, rounded and flat, rounded, the surface is smooth. The main color is greenish-yellow, the cover color is dark red, blurred, occupies a large surface of the apple. The fruit stem is medium in length, the funnel is wide, deep, not rusted. Saucer of medium size, smooth. The calyx is small, half open. The tube under the cup is medium in size, in the form of a cone. The chambers with seeds are large, closed, the longitudinal cavity is narrow. The inner content is creamy, compacted, fine grain, juicy, sweet and sour, excellent taste.

Fruits contain: sugars (13.2%), titratable acids (0.75%), ascorbic acid (twenty five mg per hundred grams), pectin substances (1.46% on dry weight).

Features of the variety

Fruit ripening occurs from September 1-10, storage lasts for one hundred and seventy days. Fruits are universal in purpose, the variety is appreciated by the owners of different farms, and is also used to develop new varieties.

The tree begins to bear fruit from 4-5 years. The yield indicator is high, the variety bears fruit regularly. Resistance to the winter season is at an average level. Scab weakly affects only foliage when the weather is humid. Immunity to moniliosis is average.

Apple-tree Altai purple: advantages and disadvantages

Advantages: high yield, relatively large apples for Siberian conditions, fruits are stored for a long time, high marketability of apples, immunity to scab.

Minuses: apple trees freeze slightly in very severe frosts, average immunity to moniliosis.