Apple-tree Minusinka

The Minusinka apple tree is a summer one, was obtained at the Minusinsk experimental station of gardening and melon growing with the help of repeated, or saturated combination of the selection planting material of the first wave of the Siberian fruit tree with large fruits in 1943, thanks to the work of a group of selection specialists I.M. Leonov, V.I.Shevchenko and V.A. Shevchenko. The Minusinka apple variety was added to the state register in 1979 for breeding achievements and approved for use in the East Siberian and West Siberian regions. It is widespread in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the Republic of Khakassia and Tuva.

Apple-tree Minusinka: variety description and characteristics

Apple-tree Minusinka: photo of the variety

The Minusinka apple tree grows of ordinary size, the growth rate is slow, the tree is no higher than two hundred and seventy to three hundred centimeters in height. The crown is quite spreading, the density is estimated as medium. The branches recede from the trunk at an angle, approximately ninety degrees, are free, the tips of the branches grow vertically. The stem bark on the main branches does not have any irregularities, the color is reddish and brown at the same time. Most often, the harvest is laid on complex and simple ringlets, as well as fruit branches.

The branches of the apple-tree Minusinka are of ordinary size, grow straight, the color is green and brown at the same time, there is a slight pubescence. Lentils are abundant, small in size. The buds do not depart from the bark, are of medium size, conical in shape, there is a slight pubescence. The foliage is large, ovoid in shape, there is a slight sharpening, the color is light green, does not have any irregularities, glossy, the nerve is assessed as delicate. The sheet plate is concave. The petiole is of ordinary size, no pubescence is observed. Stipules are not observed at all or are small in size.

Flowers of medium size, small cupped shape, pinkish, with aroma. Petals in the form of a regular oval, claws of medium size, pistils with an average column, pubescence is poorly expressed, stigma is located slightly higher than stamens.

Features of the variety

Apple harvest Minusinka has the same shape and size, most often the weight of one fruit reaches twenty-two grams, but sometimes up to thirty-two grams, the shape is round, the ribbing on the surface is weak. The skin is quite delicate, does not have any irregularities, glossy, there is a waxy coating. The main color at the time of removable ripeness is golden and yellow at the same time, the integumentary color occupies the entire apple, indistinct, brick and red at the same time. The main color in the state of consumer ripeness is golden and yellow at the same time, the integumentary color occupies the whole bull's-eye, is pronounced, indistinct, brown and red at the same time. There are quite a few dots located under the skin, pronounced, of ordinary size, yellow in color. The fruit stem is elongated, slender, grows straight. The funnel is small in size, the shape is sharp, conical, narrow, there is little rust. The calyx belongs to non-falling, completely closed. The saucer is small, narrow, with grooves. Experts rated the presentation of the crop at four and a half points on a five-point system. The heart part is of ordinary size, bulbous. The seed chambers are fully open and medium in size. The tube under the cup is small and narrow. The seeds are medium in size, round in shape, dark brown in color.

The pulp of the apple-tree fruit Minusinka cream color, the density is estimated as medium, rather tender, oily to the touch, filled with a large amount of juice. The taste is sweet, the aroma is not pronounced, the tasters rated the taste of the fruit at four and a half points on a five-point system. Apples contain:

• dry soluble substances - thirteen and a half percent.
• ascorbic acid - fifteen milligrams per hundred grams of raw product.
• vitamin P - two hundred and forty milligrams per hundred grams of raw product.
• sugar - fifteen percent.
• titratable acids - thirty-three hundredths of a percent.

Characteristics of this fruit crop

The Minusinka apple variety belongs to the summer ripening group, approximately in the third week of the last summer month.

The harvest does not fall. The commercial quality of the crop and the ability to transport it over long distances were assessed as satisfactory. The time for eating the fruits is not more than twenty one days. This variety of apples is suitable for making freshly squeezed juice.

Apple-tree Minusinka is self-fertile, it is recommended to give preference to such varieties of pollinators as "Tubinskoe", "Ranetka Yermolaeva" and "gornoaltaiskaya", As well as" Minusinsk dessert ". This variety of apples is fast-growing, begins to yield when it reaches three to four years of age immediately after planting, and four to five years after growing in the nursery. Sometimes it begins to bear fruit when it reaches the age of two, some apple trees begin the flowering process even in the nursery. The amount of the crop rises quite quickly. Brings harvest every year and in large quantities. The usual harvest of ten-year-old apple trees is about one hundred and forty-five quintals per hectare, and sometimes two hundred and fifty-eight quintals per hectare, and about twenty-two kilograms from each apple tree.

Breeding methods by means of budding or grafting of a cuttings, stock of planting material of the "purple ranetka" variety. It is advised to use a landing pattern of five hundred centimeters by three hundred centimeters. Reacts well to the use of dressings and moisture. The crown is given a free form, standard, with a single or double tier of the main skeletal branches. Then it is required to shorten the branches of the apple tree at the age of two to three years in order to prevent ankle legs. The selection of mother apple trees for cultivation must be carried out in an area with fruit crops because of the wide variety in shape and taste of apples, as well as the amount of harvest.

The level of resistance to cold and frost in the Minusinka apple tree is high; in the record cold winter season, the level of damage reached five tenths of a point. Drought and heat tolerance levels are also high. The level of resistance to some diseases is satisfactory. The flowers withstand the cold weather well in the spring season.

Cities in which the Minusinka apple variety grows best:

• Krasnoyarsk.
• Yakutia.
• Irkutsk.
• Tyva.
• Tomsk.

Apple-tree Minusinka: advantages and disadvantages

Advantages of the Minusinka apple tree:

• high level of resistance to cold and frost.
• this variety of apples is fast-growing.
• harvests every year.
• a large number of fruits.
• removable time twenty five - thirty days without overripe and shedding of the crop.
• a large amount of juice.
• due to the simple removal of apples from a fruit tree during removal, productivity is doubled.

Disadvantages of the Minusinka apple tree:

• satisfactory level of resistance to some diseases.
• sometimes a bitter taste is present.
• limited use for processing, exclusively for the production of juices.