Apple Kidds Orange Red
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Apple tree Kidds Orange Red came from New Zealand, obtained by crossing the varieties "Delicious" and "Pepin orange Koksa", the ripening period of the fruits is late autumn. The variety is recommended for cultivation and is widespread in the North Caucasus region.
Apple tree Kidds Orange Red: variety description and characteristics
Apple tree Kidds Orange Red: photo of the variety
The apple tree variety Kidds Orange Red is of medium height, young - in the form of a broom, adult, fruiting - in the form of a ball. The branches have few knees, grow from the trunk at an acute angle, then gently bend and stretch upward. The apple tree bears fruit on spears, fruit twigs, a small amount of ringlets.
Shoots are thin, with knees, gray-brown in color, there is abundant pubescence, as well as few small lenticels, in the nursery, geniculate to a strong degree, dark brown in color. The leaves are elongated, in the form of an egg, the base is rounded, the end is elongated, folded medium, in the nursery in the form of a spoon. The edges of the leaves are in the form of cloves or double cloves. The leaf departs from the stem perpendicularly, densely pubescent, dark green in color, the surface is shiny. The petiole is thin and elongated, the stipules are narrow, lanceolate.
Description of fruits
The apples of the Kidds Orange Red variety are large, medium flat, round, conical, wide at the base. Often with different sides, smooth, large. The main color of the fruit at the time of removal is greenish, there is a blush on the entire surface of stripes of orange-red color, with keeping quality the color changes to golden yellow, the blush becomes more intense. The peel is plump and rough, has numerous spots of greenish color and subcutaneous dots of a rusty hue. The fruit stem is shortened, slender, within the boundaries of the funnel. The saucer is shallow, narrow, its edges are shallow. The calyx is closed, the funnel is wide and deep, there is also a pinnate rustiness that goes beyond the funnel borders.
The inner content of Kidds Orange Red apples is greenish-yellow or brownish in color, taste is sweet candy, aromatic properties are spicy. Fruits are rich in dry matter (twelve and a half percent), sugars (nine to thirteen percent), also include: titratable acids (0.6%), ascorbic acid (five to nine mg per hundred grams), P-active substances ( one hundred ten to one hundred fifty mg per one hundred grams of wet weight).
Apple Kidds Orange Red: cultural features
Apple tree Kidds Orange Red: photo of the variety
The harvest from the Kidds Orange Red apple tree is harvested in the last days of August, you can immediately eat it fresh. Stored in a refrigerator until January days. Apples are well transported. The tree brings crops early, the yield is high, up to three hundred centners per hectare. Winter resistance and drought resistance in the southern regions are high. The apple tree has a moderate immune defense against scab and brown spot.
Apple tree Kidds Orange Red: advantages and disadvantages
Advantages: the variety is fast-growing, the yield is high, the tree grows moderately, excellent taste and high marketability of fruits.
Minuses: average resistance of the Kidds Orange Red apple to fungal diseases.
When developing new varieties, it is used as a carrier of the characteristics of good marketable properties of apples.
