Apple tree Loiko

The Loiko apple tree is an autumn tree in the Krasnoyarsk fruit growing experimental station, thanks to the work of a group of specialists in breeding N.N. Tikhonov, A.S.Tolmachev and N.N. Siberian "and" Moscow ".

The Loiko apple variety is widespread in the western forest-steppe zone of the city of Krasnoyarsk and the Republic of Khakassia.

Loiko apple tree: variety description and characteristics

Apple tree Loiko: photo of the variety

The Loiko apple tree grows of an ordinary size, rather quickly. The crown is in the form of a regular circle, the density is assessed as medium, the foliage is assessed as medium. Kara does not have any irregularities, the color is gray and green at the same time. The harvesting process takes place on complex and simple ringlets, as well as in fruit bags not older than six years, upon reaching the age of two to three years.

The branches are of ordinary size, the cross section is rounded, slightly crooked, the color is dark reddish. The buds are in the form of a regular circle, do not deviate from the standard penalty.

The leaf plates are large, elongated, the sharpening is small, serrate and crenate at the edges, there is slight corrugation, practically no pubescence, the nerve is assessed as coarse. The color is dark and green at the same time, the foliage is glossy. The petiole is elongated, of ordinary size, greenish color with small stipules, the shape resembles a half moon.

The flowers are large, snow-white in color, with a pleasant aroma. The petals are in the form of a regular oval, wavy. Pistils are of regular size. The stigmas of the pistils are located identically to the anthers.

Loiko apple tree: description of fruits

The harvest is large enough, the weight of one fruit is not more than seventy grams, the shape of the correct circle, tapers slightly towards the cup. The color of the crop is rich. The greenish and yellowish color simultaneously covers the whole apple at the same time, there is a purple ebb, on the part where the sun's rays fall, the ebb becomes darker. The fruit stem is elongated, rather thin, and crooked. Funnel of ordinary size, acute conical shape. The calyx is usually completely closed, the saucer is small, rather wide, there are small grooves. The tube, located under the cup, is elongated, rather narrow, the shape resembles a funnel. The axle part is not attached with the seed chambers.

The pulp of the Loiko apple tree is pinkish in color, the density is estimated as medium, the granularity is fine, filled with a lot of juice, the taste is sweet and sour at the same time, there are fruits with an astringent taste, the aroma is not pronounced.

The fruits of the Loiko apple tree contain:

• dry soluble substances - fifteen point and seven tenths of a percent.
• sugar - from nine point and nine tenths of a percent to twelve point and three percent.
• titratable acids - from seventy six hundredths to one point tenths of a percent.
• ascorbic acid - sixteen and a half milligrams per hundred grams of raw product.
• vitamin P - one hundred seventy-five milligrams per hundred grams of raw product.
• tannins - ninety thousandths of a percent.

The harvest can be eaten after a week - one and a half immediately after harvesting. Duration of storage of the crop, approximately until the beginning of the winter season or until its middle. The commercial quality of the crop is satisfactory.

The crop is widely known. Used as freshly picked apples and after heat treatments.

Apple pollinators

Apple tree Loiko: photo of the variety

We recommend planting pollinating varieties near the Loiko apple tree:

• "a swan song".
• "gull".
• "Ural bulk".
• "Krasnoyarsk sweet".
• "torch".

The Loiko apple variety is fast-growing. A large number of fruits is thirty - forty kilograms from each apple tree. It does not yield crops every year.

This apple variety has the highest level of cold and frost resistance. In years with a critically cold winter season, it bore fruit without any problems. Recommended for cultivation with severe winters. This apple variety has good regenerative power and a good level of resistance to drought and various diseases.

Cultivation places

Cities where this Loiko apple variety grows best:

• Irkutsk.
• Krasnoyarsk.
• Yakutia.
• Buryatia.

Loiko apple tree: advantages and disadvantages

Advantages of the Loiko apple variety:

• high level of resistance to cold and frost.
• a satisfactory level of resistance to various diseases of the fungus.
• large fruit size.
• excellent presentation.
• long crop maintenance time.
• the use of the crop falls on autumn - winter.

Disadvantages of the Loiko apple variety:

• taste qualities are estimated at three and a half - four points on a five-point system.