Apple-tree Candy: complete information. Planting, leaving

The Candy Apple tree, which we will talk about in the article, was bred in the forties of the last century. In the city of Michurinsk they crossed Paping and Korobovka... As a result, a new variety of apple trees has appeared, which has no analogues.

Apple-tree Candy: description of the variety and characteristics

Apple-tree Candy: photo of the variety

• The Candy apple tree will bear its first fruits approximately 3-4 years after the plant is planted on the site. With a stock on dwarf or semi-dwarf varieties, the first apples can be harvested in 2 to 3 years. And if you carry out the stock on a tall plant, the first fruits will ripen in 4 years.
• The crop reaches full maturity at the same time and evenly, and it can be harvested already at the end of July. This variety bears fruit quite well every year. From a plant that is five years old, fifty kg of apples are usually harvested. After the tree reaches the age of eight years or more, the yield is up to one hundred kilograms.
• Apple variety Candy is resistant to low temperatures. This makes it suitable for cultivation in the central region of our country.
• The average height of the Candy apple tree is about four meters. Over time, growth activity decreases and the branches form a wider crown shape.
• The foliage of the Candy tree is large in size, has rounded contours.
• Apple trees Candy bloom in small buds, pinkish in color. The fruits of the trees are round and weigh about one hundred grams.
• The Candy apple has a small funnel. There is a heart-shaped core inside the fetus. The seeds of these apples are small in size, rich brown color. A leg remains at the base of the fruit, it is not very long, the wide part is attached to the branches of the tree.
• Candy apples are very beautiful and appetizing in appearance. The surface of the fruit is smooth, with a slight glossy sheen. The color of the fruit is dominated by yellow color, along with motley blotches of red, pink and even burgundy. The surface of the apples is covered with a thin layer of wax. Many light spots can be seen under the skin of the fruit.
• From the name of the variety, you can already guess about the characteristics of the taste of the fruit. And so, the apple pulp is very tender, filled with juice, has a pleasant light color. Ripe fruit tastes like a combination of flower honey with delicate candy notes. Candy apples do not sour and have an incredible bright aroma. True to its name, the fruit of this variety is very sweet and aromatic.

Apple tree Candy: pros and cons

Apple-tree Candy: photo of the variety

Like any other crop, Candy apple trees have their own distinctive characteristics, which have a number of pros and cons. Looking ahead, I would like to say that even the existing disadvantages do not stop a large number of summer residents from choosing this particular species for growing on their site.

pros

• The main advantage of this variety is its pronounced taste and aroma.
• The appearance of the fruit is very attractive and appetizing. This is due to the high content of anthocyanin, which affects the color of apples.
• These fruits are able to replenish the energy supply of a person and have a beneficial effect on the general condition of the body.
• The nutritional benefits of these fruits help improve human health and help fight off disease and viruses.
• Candy apples contain many antioxidants that help protect the body from negative environmental influences.
• Fruits are great for baby food and do not provoke allergies.
• Candy apples are widely used in cooking. Using these fruits, you can prepare various salads, desserts, drinks.
• Due to the content of healthy sugar in the composition of fruits, they can be safely consumed by people suffering from diabetes.
• The apple variety Candy bears fruit every year, regardless of the care and processing measures taken.
• The branches of the plant are protected from damage and do not break from the weight of ripe apples. The fruits do not crumble much.
• The apple-tree of the Kandytnoye variety possesses high stable qualities practically before all diseases.
• High resistance to cold weather is one of the main advantages of the variety. The tree will normally endure winter frosts and normalize its condition for the summer season.

Minuses

• A young plant needs additional protection, it is recommended to cover the plant for the winter season for the first 2 - 3 years.
• A detrimental effect on an adult plant can be exerted by late lowering of the temperature regime to a minus mark. This can affect the yield of the tree.
• Mature trees are characterized by cyclical periods of yield.
• For fruiting, it is necessary to use a pollinator variety.
• Apple tree Konftnoe does not have a high degree of resistance to diseases caused by fungus, scab.
• This garden tree needs regular pruning and shaping. It is also important to keep the distance between neighboring plants.
• Candy apple trees are great for growing on your site, but not for commercial production.
• Apples of this variety do not withstand long transportation and storage.
• After picking the Candy apples, the fruit will soon deteriorate in the room.

Apple tree Candy: planting and care

Apple-tree Candy: photo of the variety

Apple variety Candy can be planted in any period of spring or autumn. In the second case, it will be necessary to comply with the terms so that the young plant does not grow ahead of time.
The Candy apple tree will grow and develop well in a bright area. The soil for this tree must be porous and loose. A site with sod, podzolic and sandy loam soil is perfect.
Heavy, impenetrable, arid, soils with excess moisture, the proximity of underground waters, all this is categorically unsuitable for growing the Candy apple variety.
Having chosen the place where you would like to plant the Candy apple tree, start preparatory measures. A number of fertilizers need to be applied.
The fertility of the soil is increased by applying top dressing, after which a plot is plowed with a depth of about one and a half meters.
Depending on the type of soil on your site, the necessary top dressing is calculated:

• clay soil will require a mixture of: sand, sawdust, wood ash, organic and mineral fertilizers;
• sandy soil will require a mixture of: clay, wood ash, peat, potash and superphosphate fertilizers;
• peat soil will require a mixture of: organic fertilizer, wood ash, potash and superphosphate fertilizers.

It should be borne in mind that the branches of trees are actively growing and it is very important to maintain a distance between neighboring plants. Also, the apple tree will need additional protection from strong gusts of wind until the Candy apple tree seedling gets stronger.
If, nevertheless, on your site the groundwater is located close to the surface of the earth, you can independently create a hill for planting an apple tree. And in order to protect the root system of the tree, take care of a dense drainage layer under the crop.
Dig up the soil in the selected area about 7 to 10 days before planting the seedling. It is also worthwhile to clear the land of weeds in advance and water it.
Evaluate the appearance of the Candy apple tree before planting. Examine the bark of the plant, the crown, there should be at least four shoots on it. The grafting site should be six centimeters from the root system of the plant. Apple tree seedlings Candy with a height of about one and a half meters are considered optimal for planting. Examine the roots of the plant, they should be strong, well-formed, without visible damage.
Just a few days before planting, it is necessary to place the young plant in the water. This measure is aimed at normalizing the water balance of the seedling. It is necessary to remove damaged root processes and soak them in a special solution.
Prepare a hole for planting a seedling.
The distance between plants should be several meters. The hole should be up to seventy centimeters deep and about a meter in diameter.
And so it is necessary to take a bucket of sod soil, a bucket of organic fertilizer, three hundred grams of ash and two hundred grams of superphosphate fertilizer.
We send the contents of the buckets to the pit with the seedling. This volume will fill more than half of our recess. At this stage, it is necessary to install a stake for the Candy apple tree, slightly below a meter in height, on which the apple tree will lean.
The Candy apple tree is fixed in the formed soil, the root system is evenly laid. For the tree to develop properly, it is necessary to leave the root base five centimeters above the ground. To get rid of the resulting empty spaces between the root processes, while filling the hole, you need to shake the young plant a little. Then compact the soil. Next, you need to tie the tree to the supporting structure. Water the young apple tree liberally. It is recommended to mulch the soil around the young plant, with a layer of about five centimeters.

After transplanting the Candy apple tree to your site, carry out the first pruning of the plant. In order for the roots of the tree to actively develop, it is necessary to cut off the branches of the tree and foliage. It is necessary to shorten the shoots to the first bud located on it.
The Candy apple variety needs a pollinator variety, because it itself is sterile. A pollinator plant with an apple tree Candy must be planted nearby.
A young plant must be protected from low temperatures, scorching sun and mice. To do this, wrap burlap around the trunk of the apple tree.
It is strictly forbidden to whitewash the trunks of a young plant. Such a measure can lead to a slowdown in the development of the apple tree. If you are replanting seedlings to the site in the spring, then it is recommended to plant green fertilizers near the new plant, which will become excellent assistants in the decomposition of fallen leaves in the future.
Like any other culture, the Candy apple tree requires some care. The Candy apple tree needs regular watering, timely pruning and the formation of the crown of the tree. It is necessary to apply fertilizers and process the soil from weed grass. In order to prevent the plant from being attacked by harmful insects, special preventive measures are taken. Also, a young tree needs protection from disease damage. It is necessary to harvest a ripe harvest from apple trees on time.

Apple tree Candy: watering rules

Apple-tree Candy: photo of the variety

Watering the Candy apple tree will be required once a month. It is necessary to start watering in late spring and continue until early autumn. As the plant grows, more water will be needed to water it. It is recommended to use water heated in the sun.
If your area has a dry and hot summer, increase watering up to twice a month. There is no need to water during harvesting. Before the onset of winter, the apple tree begins to store moisture. Therefore, in the autumn, you need to water the plant more often. In warm weather, several times a week.

• It is necessary to start trimming the branches of the plant one year after transplanting to the site.
• Five years after the planting of the Candy apple tree, the crown formation process stops.
• After that, only sanitary circumcision is performed.
• The crown of the tree should be shaped so that daylight can easily enter it.
• All branches that grow, intertwining with each other, touching tightly, creating a shadow must be removed in a timely manner.

Top dressing

During that period, while the candy apple tree did not bear fruit, it needs fertilization four times a year. It is good to combine absolutely all fertilization processes with watering.

• Urea is added in the middle of spring.
• In June, it is necessary to apply top dressing for the development of the root system, for example, Humate.
• In July, it is recommended to apply fertilizers with a high nitrogen content.
• In September, it is necessary to apply superphosphate fertilizers again.
  For plants that have already borne fruit, the fertilization schedule differs in time periods.
• In the middle of spring, you need to add half a kilogram of urea.
• During the flowering period, it is necessary to add a complex of superphosphate fertilizers, potassium sulphide and urea.
• When the plant has faded, a mixture of nitrophoska and humate with water is added.
• After you harvest the crop, you need to apply organic, superphosphate and potassium fertilizers.

In order to increase the carrying capacity of the earth for moisture and air, it is necessary to dig up the soil around the plant in the early autumn and spring periods.
Before the winter period, it is necessary to mulch the soil near the tree. To do this, use dry grass, wood chips, organic fertilizers.
At an early age, young apple trees must be covered whole for the winter. When it snows in winter, a fragile apple seedling Candy turns out to be under a blanket of snow. Warm air is well preserved inside, due to which the plant will grow especially intensively in spring.
After five years of growth, it is enough to wrap the tree trunk with warm material for the winter.

What diseases can be affected by the candy apple variety

Apple-tree Candy: photo of the variety

The Candy apple variety is incredibly resistant to almost all diseases, except for scab. This disease is characterized by the appearance of greenish fungal formations with a soft surface. Usually, the lesion begins to manifest itself on the back of the leaves. If the disease progresses, then the disease affects the stems and apples. There are several ways to overcome this disease, but it is still worth taking a number of preventive measures to prevent it.

It is very important to collect the falling leaves around the Candy apple tree in time, as well as broken branches. In early spring, it is necessary to cultivate the soil around the plant, for this it is irrigated with an ammonia solution.

There is a method of dealing with the disease that is applicable before the buds have blossomed. In this case, Bordeaux liquid is used.
Do not neglect specialized means to combat harmful insects.
Covered with burlap or other similar material, the trunk is protected from mice and other rodents.
Here are some tips to know about preventive measures:

• the crown of the tree must be formed in such a way that daylight can easily enter inside;
• in the lower part of the trunk, it is necessary to regularly clean off the old bark;
• every year it is necessary to treat the crown of the tree with special antifungal drugs;
• before the winter period, it is necessary to whitewash the lower part of the tree;
• during harvesting, immediately process the cut on the branches of the plant, through it harmful insects and diseases can penetrate into the apple tree.

Harvesting

In order to harvest from the tops of the Candy apple tree, you must use the stairs.Do not under any circumstances try to shake the trunk of the tree so that the fruits crumble. Ripe apples are soft and can be damaged if dropped. Store the candy apples in the refrigerator or cellar, so they will stay fresh for about a month and a half. If you leave apples in a warm room, they will quickly deteriorate.
Fruits of the Kandytnoye variety are very juicy and tasty. Try planting a Candy apple tree in your garden.

Apple-tree Candy: video about the variety