Apple tree Kurnakovskoe: description of the variety, growing rules

The article presents the Kurnakovskoe apple tree: a description of the variety, its characteristics, guidance on care, cultivation, protection.

Apple-tree Kurnakovskoe: variety description

Apple tree Kurnakovskoe: photo

Nowadays there are so many varieties of apples that each of them has its own application. Some are ideal for sale. Some are suitable for preparing various blanks. Others are perfect for home use.

However, there are varieties that have absorbed the positive qualities of everyone else and could come in handy in absolutely every area. One of these is the Kurnakovskoe apple variety, which has an incredibly wide application, as well as equally wide popularity, which still does not fade away.

Apple tree Kurnakovskoe: photo

First of all, it should, of course, be noted how wonderful the apple trees of this variety look: they are so juicy that it is simply impossible to refrain from buying them. In addition, a large number of consumers have already got used to this particular variety, and therefore the decision to grow it will be a great investment.

We must not forget that fruits differ not only in their visual qualities. Moreover, they are very tasty and healthy, since they contain a huge amount of vitamins and minerals.

The Kurnakovskoe apple variety is a winter variety, which means that it ripens quite late. Also, breeders attribute this apple tree to dining rooms.

The characteristics of the variety can be described as follows: it has an impressive yield as well as wonderful winter hardiness. In addition, it is resistant not only to cold weather, but also to many diseases dangerous for fruit trees, such as scab or powdery mildew.

By the way, apples of this variety are also perfectly stored, which allows them to be kept fresh and tasty for almost three months. Of course, for this you will have to provide them with suitable conditions.

First of all, this is, of course, the temperature. It should not exceed three, and also fall below one degree Celsius.

You will also need high-quality storage containers in which the apples will not be damaged and will not overwhelm each other. Both wood and plastic are suitable materials for containers.

The room in which you store the fruit should be kept at approximately ninety-five percent humidity.

When placing the fruit directly in storage containers, you need to make sure that you use all the usable space, and that the apples lying in the lower rows will not be damaged.

How the apple variety Kurnakovskoe is pollinated

Apple variety Kurnakovskoe: photo

Of course, there are simply no ideal varieties. All of them, one way or another, have some drawbacks, which simply cannot be. In the Kurnakovskoe apple tree, such a disadvantage is its almost complete self-fertility, since the pollen in the trees of this variety is incredibly weak.

Therefore, when planting such apples, you will also have to take care of purchasing a certain number of pollinating apple trees, which will provide you with a truly abundant harvest.

The most optimal distance from the pollinator to the pollinated plant is approximately five meters, and when planting a large number of trees, it is advisable to plant them in two independent rows. Also, keep in mind that pollinators can be far more beneficial than they seem, because they also bear fruit.

Antonovka Ordinary Antonovka will be excellent pollinating varieties for the Kurnakovskoye apple tree.

Detailed botanical description of the variety

The first thing you'll notice, of course, is the size of the tree in question. However, they do not differ much from the standards for apple trees. Simply put, the tree is medium-sized.

A slightly elongated and very bright crown, which has a greenish-yellow color, is also striking.

The fruits of this tree have an incredibly bright and uneven color: for the most part they are covered with a red tint, but in some places very distinct yellow and green stripes are observed on them, similar to bright rays.

As for the physiological abilities of trees: they grow quite quickly, and therefore in four to five years you will have an almost adult plant in your hands.

Also, one cannot fail to note the luxurious crown, which, nevertheless, is not thickened enough so that sunlight cannot make its way to the fruits, which, of course, is a huge plus.

The skeletal branches of the tree are incredibly massive and powerful. They grow almost at right angles to the trunk (about eighty - eighty-five degrees), and therefore do not need to be adjusted at all.

The bark has a very pale brown hue, which is even slightly more gray than brown itself. At the same time, it definitely cannot be called very smooth, since at an early age the plants begin to form folds and husks on it.

Quite abundant pubescence is present on the shoots. They themselves have a fairly average size, as well as a brownish-burgundy color, which is very different from the rest of the plant.

Leaf plates, like all the rest of the tree, are of medium size. They are slightly curved, and their shape is obovate. At the same time, their ends are slightly pointed, and the edges have a long row of small teeth.

The surface of the leaf can be called not only smooth, but also to some extent glossy, since there is no pubescence on it at all.

The shade of the leaves is quite bright, however, it begins to gradually darken as the plant matures, eventually turning into a rather dark one.

As for the flowers: they most often grow in inflorescences in an amount of three to four pieces, but sometimes there are also inflorescences in which you can count from five to six flowers.

They are small in size, and their petals are oval in shape.

But the sizes of these flowers vary quite a lot, which is why it is rather problematic to give any average values.

After the flowers fade, fruits appear in their place, which also have average dimensions. Their mass is most often equal to about one hundred and thirty grams.

However, this is far from the limit, because you may well reach a mass of two hundred and twenty grams. Moreover, this is not some kind of record, but quite an average value that can be achieved with proper care, as well as high-quality performance of all the necessary procedures.

Description of fruits

• The shape of the fruit is symmetrical, albeit unusual. They are much stronger than the fruits of any other kind of apples, flattened at the top and bottom, and therefore they definitely cannot be called spherical.
• The peel of the fruit has a glossy and pleasant to the touch surface, on which there is no wax bloom, which many gardeners do not like so much.
• As already mentioned, the color is quite varied and unusual, however, as a rule, shades of red cover about two-thirds of the surface of the entire fruit.
• Taste qualities, as noted by independent consumers, are excellent, although some of the pulp of this apple tree lacks light sourness.
• However, experienced tasters agree that this variety deserves an assessment of four and three tenths of a point on a five-point scale.
• All other characteristics, such as appearance, as well as the beneficial qualities of the fruit, are also evaluated by experts for solid fours. Considering how many other advantages this variety has, this result can be considered more than successful.
• Speaking of the usefulness of apples, they contain only eleven percent of sugars, while everything else is useful substances and organic compounds.

Apple tree Kurnakovskoe: the history of breeding the variety

The right to be considered the creator of this variety does not belong to any one person. The apple tree Kurnakovskoe is the merit of a whole team of professional breeders.

The Kurnakovskaya apple tree is hybrid, and, therefore, incredibly high quality, since it has absorbed the positive qualities of the mother varieties and almost completely got rid of their shortcomings.

The discovery was made at the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute for the Breeding of Fruit Crops, which also owns an unmeasured number of other discoveries and varieties.

By the way, he is considered to be quite young, which is quite a great achievement, since most of the varieties present in the lists of the best have been holding their positions for more than a dozen years.

The Kurnakovskoe apple tree was entered into the state register of the Russian Federation in 2002.

Growing regions of the variety

The Kurnakovskoe apple tree was specially bred with such characteristics to feel great in the middle zone of our country, and therefore this particular region is the most suitable for it.

However, even if you live in the far south, the abundance of sun and heat in the sweltering summer months will not be a big problem for the tree, and therefore this apple tree can be grown in the sunny regions of our country without any problems.

By the way, as mentioned earlier, the variety has a fairly good winter hardiness. Nevertheless, it is still not recommended to exist in conditions of excessive cold weather, and therefore regions such as, for example, Siberia, unfortunately, disappear.

Yield of the apple variety Kurnakovskoe

As you may have noticed, the Kurnakovskoe apple tree is a popular variety not only for its apple trees, which have both marketable and taste qualities, but also for how many of them grow on one tree in one season.

Also attractive is the fact that, as already mentioned, in the fifth or even fourth year after planting, you will begin to receive the first fruits.

However, this is a rather volatile and imprecise date, as it depends on a huge number of unpredictable factors such as weather conditions or soil quality. Also, all kinds of diseases and infections significantly slow down the growing up process.

And, of course, an equally important factor is how well you care for the plant. Without this, no mature tree will, of course, grow out of it.

Fruits begin to ripen by the middle or by the end of September. Some merchants prefer to sell their goods immediately, however, we advise you to wait for the frost, since at this time the demand remains the same, but the supply becomes scarce, and therefore you will have much more opportunities to sell the goods.

As for the yield itself (expressed in numbers), it is equal to approximately one hundred and fifty quintals per hectare of plantings.

Apple tree Kurnakovskoe: planting and care

Of course, it is these factors that will largely determine how healthy and effective your plant will be. Therefore, you should carry out both planting and further care of the plant with trepidation and care. However, the care itself, as, by the way, and the planting procedure, is nothing too complicated, and therefore even the greenest beginner can successfully grow this tree.

To begin with, of course, you will need to choose a suitable seedling, which must meet several parameters.

First of all, preference should be given to those specimens that have a highly branched and wide crown.
It is also important to ensure that the seedling is not transported from anywhere in your area. This is incredibly important, since the conditions in which the seedling was born must match those in which it will live for the rest of its life.
It is also advisable to choose younger planting material, since they have a much more flexible ability to adapt to new conditions for themselves.

Planting is best, of course, in the spring, but this is far from the only option. Also, the tree can be planted both in summer and in autumn, but you should understand that the procedure itself will be more difficult and more dangerous, and therefore it is advisable to give preference to the spring season.
In addition, if you buy a seedling whose root system is open, the spring planting dates are simply necessary for him, since it is likely that he simply will not survive the spring or even summer.

Now that you have all the materials necessary for planting, you can proceed directly to the procedure. However, you will have to find a good location for this. It must meet the following characteristics:

The apple tree must be uniformly illuminated by sunlight, since it is the most important factor in its maturation and effective growth.
It is very important to ensure that the plants have good protection from drafts and cold winds, as they can lead to diseases.

A high-quality drainage must be introduced into the planting pit, since absolutely all fruit plants react very negatively to excess moisture in their soil.
The soil should not be overly dense: pores must be present in it.
If your soil contains absolutely no sand or clay, then we strongly recommend that you add them, as otherwise the apple tree will not grow as efficiently as it could.
It is also important to avoid places under which deposits of groundwater are observed at a rather shallow depth, because, as you remember, it is a large amount of moisture that is incredibly dangerous for most fruit plants.
It remains only to prepare the landing pit and wait for the landing date.

However, even if this process seems incredibly simple to you and does not deserve much attention, you are deeply mistaken. Most professional gardeners believe that it is the preparation of the planting pit that is especially important for the tree.

Therefore, in order to conduct it as well as possible, you will have to follow the following rules:

First of all, you will need to calculate the size of the pit, as they can vary greatly depending on how large your seedling is.
However, these size fluctuations are rarely significant, and therefore you can safely dig a hole about seven tenths of a meter deep.
At the same time, it is very important to observe the distance between plants when planting a garden, since the roots of trees can greatly interfere with each other in growth, as, in fact, the crowns.
The process of future planting begins even when you are just digging the earth out of the hole. At this very moment, it is desirable to divide it into two heaps: earth from the bottom, and earth from the surface. These heaps will still be useful to us.

First of all, the pit needs to be thoroughly processed, since it may contain deposits of parasites or weeds, which will need to be immediately disposed of.
After that, the bottom must be loosened so that it is easier and more convenient for young roots to germinate in it.
Now it is necessary to observe the exceptionally correct order of filling the soil: first you must lower the pit all the soil that was collected from the surface of the pit.

After that, it will be necessary to add a complex of mineral fertilizers to the second remaining pile, as well as a little humus and ash. All these fertilizers should be the impetus for the tree to develop efficiently and quickly.
After the mixture is completely ready, and all the components are thoroughly mixed, it will be necessary to fill in all the remaining soil into the pit.
Now all that remains is to plant a seedling. However, before doing this, you will need to drive a small but sturdy peg into the hole to support your tree. By the way, it is advisable to burn the edge of the peg with which you will drive it into the ground, since otherwise it may start to rot, and the disease will be transferred to the seedling.
After that, the peg will serve you faithfully for two years. After this period, it can be removed from the soil.

In the first year, by the way, it is advisable to avoid carrying out formative pruning, since you must first observe which branches are growing normally and which ones require adjustment.
Therefore, it is advisable to carry out formative pruning only in the next year - in the spring, when the tree has not yet entered the phase of active vegetation and is ready to receive light intentional damage.
It is very important to cut off the ends of those branches that are growing overly actively, and also make sure that no fruits are formed on the apple tree, as they can bend or simply break the branches. Therefore, it is advisable to pick flowers.

Also, a rather important factor in the post-plant care of a plant is to protect it from pests and diseases, and therefore you should carry out preventive spraying as often as possible.
In order not to harm the trees with a huge amount of chemistry, this is done only twice a year: during the appearance of buds, and also before the blooming of flowers. Thus, you can most likely avoid any misfortune.
By the way, a large number of plants need mandatory feeding after planting, but for this apple tree this does not matter so much. However, if you want to speed up its growth, then, of course, you can use top dressing. However, it is very important to strictly follow the dosage indicated on the packaging.

Mandatory agrotechnical measures

As for the mandatory procedures that you will have to follow as the plant grows, they are all listed in the list below:

First of all, this is, of course, watering, which should be not only regular, but also abundant enough.

Mulching is also quite useful, which will help you greatly facilitate the fight against weeds, as well as pests such as slugs and snails.

It will also be useful to carry out hilling of the earth to a height of fifteen to twenty centimeters.

You will also need protection from rodents, which are much more serious opponents than the same aphid, and therefore you will have to use such methods of struggle as tying a tree with agrofibre.

Diseases, pests that can affect the Kurnakovskoe apple tree

As mentioned earlier, the Kurnakovskoe apple tree is sick quite rarely, since its immunity allows it to successfully repel a large number of infections. Nevertheless, good immunity does not guarantee you invulnerability, and therefore this tree should be well protected from various ailments.

For the most part, these include fruit rot and bitter pitting, which give the gardeners who grow this variety the most fruit.

Fruit gil

It is a disease that is caused by the flexible. It infects the tree by penetrating into the very middle of the fruit through physical damage to them, after which the stage of active reproduction and infection begins.

It is quite easy to notice this disease, however, as it quickly begins to give unpleasant symptoms, such as the appearance of small black-brown spots on the surface of the apple skin.

These spots, although they seem small and harmless at first, will gradually grow and grow - until they completely capture the fruit, destroying it both from the inside and outside.

Bitter pitting

This disease is much more terrible than the previous one. However, the chance that you will have it is rather small.

The disease begins to develop only if there is a significant lack of calcium in the soil. Also, the disease may well manifest itself with a strong overdose of nitrogen fertilizers.

In the event that the above factors are present, high humidity of the soil and air, as well as improper storage of fruits, will greatly accelerate the spread of bitter pitting.

As in the case of the previous disease, this ailment manifests itself in the form of brown spots on the surface of the fruit, however, as the name suggests, in this case they look like pits on the surface of the skin.

The fruits die pretty quickly, leaving you without a significant proportion of the crop. And if you can still react quickly to scab and start immediate treatment, then in the case of bitter pitting, the only way to cure a tree is not to let it get sick.

If you want to get rid of a large number of possible ailments at once, then we suggest you use complex sprays, which can prevent most diseases of a fungal nature, as well as some others.

Pollination of the plant with colloidal sulfur, as well as various solutions containing copper, works best.

Also, you should never be afraid to remove any affected part of the plant, since if this is not done, the disease can spread further and bring much more problems.

Various fertilizers, as well as wood ash, applied directly to the soil within the plant's trunk circle, also help it to strengthen its immune system and successfully fight various misfortunes.

No less important prevention rules are also timely harvesting, as well as adherence to storage rules, which will allow you to prevent the spread of the disease after the fruits are ripe.

To summarize: the pros and cons

Of course, as already mentioned, the plant simply cannot be perfect. Nevertheless, the better the balance is struck between its amazing positive qualities and minor negative qualities, the more this variety gains recognition and popularity.

In the case of the Kurnakovskoe apple tree, we are convinced that this plant has excellent fruits that are suitable for absolutely any type of harvesting, sale at any time, as well as for personal consumption.

In addition, it cannot be said that by giving its owner such good fruits, the tree loses some of its own qualities. It is still quite fast growing, resistant to all kinds of external influences, and also extremely prolific, which is especially noticeable with good care.

However, all these positive qualities do not negate the fact that, although the tree is developed in absolutely all directions, she cannot be awarded a strong five points for any of her talent. Nevertheless, the four in all parameters is perhaps much more preferable than the five as fruits, but the three in winter hardiness.

Also, the disadvantages include almost absolute self-infertility, however, to be honest, finding a high-quality and good variety that would also pollinate itself is an almost impossible task.

So, in general, it can be noted that this tree has much more pluses than minuses.

Conclusion

Apple tree Kurnakovskoe is one of the leaders among winter varieties for a reason. She is truly amazing in terms of her physiological, as well as external and taste qualities.

In addition, the Kurnakovskoe apple tree is a wonderful variety for beginners, since caring for it is not difficult, and therefore, if you always wanted to grow an apple tree, but did not know where to start, now is the time to try this wonderful variety.

We hope we have provided you with enough useful information so that you can easily grow this tree in your garden. Take care of the Kurnakovskoe apple tree, do not let it get sick and harvest excellent harvests. Good luck!