Apple tree gift to Grafsky

Apple tree Gift to Grafsky: variety description

Apple tree Gift to Grafsky: photo of the variety

Apple tree Gift to Grafsky has many advantages over other varieties of apples, as it is distinguished by its unique taste and appearance. Also, this variety has a specific interesting history of its appearance. Since in the 1970s, experts in the field of horticulture, similar to the already known varieties of apples, discovered a new apple variety called Gift to Grafsky, which combined the positive combination of properties of already existing varieties. After the difficulties that gardeners faced, since at that time there were terrible frosts, the apple trees of the new variety survived and the next year they gave a fruitful harvest of apples with an amazing new and lively taste. And the experts decided to name this variety in honor of the then-popular chairman of the supply manager, who was located in the place where the experimental base was located, where a new variety of delicious apples was bred.

The appearance of the apple variety Podarok Grafsky is also admired, since the crown of such trees is very dense and spreading, while the branches of the apple tree had an average width and medium density of foliage, which is in great demand. Also, this apple tree is characterized by an increase and increase in fruit with each year of ripening.

The fruits of the Podokr Grafsky apple variety are in great demand among gardeners, since they are quite large and weigh approximately two hundred and fifty to three hundred grams each, and in some situations the weight can reach three hundred and fifty grams. The skin of such fruits is always ruddy purple or lilac in color, covered with a waxy coating, this gives the fruit a juicy appearance. Such a skin is distinguished by its tenderness and softness, and the fruit itself tastes sweet and very juicy.

Apple tree Gift to Grafsky: features of the variety

Apple tree Gift to Grafsky: photo of the variety

As already mentioned, the Grafsky Gift apple variety is one of the most popular varieties and enjoys its own success, but this variety has its advantages and disadvantages too. Of course, the very first thing worth paying our attention to is that the Grafsky's Gift apple tree belongs to frost-resistant varieties, it also easily resists any diseases and pests that can easily infect other varieties of apple trees.

Also, a distinctive feature of the Gift to Grafsky apple tree is that the gift is not a whimsical tree, that is, the process of caring for it is not laborious and long-term. As already noted, back in the seventies, the apple tree increases its harvest every year, it is also happening now, the Apple Gift to Grafsky regularly bears fruit every year for gardeners and those who breed this apple variety. This variety also easily retains its taste and useful qualities during long-term maintenance, including in the winter period. However, this variety also differs in that the tree crumbles rather quickly after the ripening of its apples, experts distinguish this feature as negative in relation to other varieties. And the last criteria for evaluating this tree is the fact that the tree is difficult to tolerate drought, that is, it needs abundant watering and cannot cope with particularly dry weather.

If we consider the long and prolonged growth of apple trees of the Podarok Grafsky apple tree, then experts can confidently assert that the maximum growth that this apple tree can achieve, without the condition of cutting the crown of trees, can reach up to seven or a maximum of seven and a half meters in height, and the crown of such an apple tree itself can spread about four meters in diameter. Also, this variety has the ability to increase its growth from about one meter to one and a half meters in height in one year. Apple trees of the Podarok Grafsky variety have the ability to bear fruit in each of the seasons, and at the same time, its yield will only increase. So, an adult tree can bear fruit up to two hundred and fifty kilograms of apples per season. However, a gift to the count needs pollinators, since the trees themselves are not able to bear fruit on their own.

In addition to all of the above, the apple variety "Gift to Grafsky" steadily withstands cold temperatures, which can drop to minus forty-two degrees Celsius. Therefore, a gift to the count can take root not only in Central Russia, but also in the northern parts of the country. In addition, the apple tree "Gift to Grafsky" has resistance to various kinds of diseases that affect apple trees.

Apple tree Gift to Grafsky: planting and care

Apple tree Gift to Grafsky: photo of the variety

In order to grow strong fruit-bearing trees, it is necessary to take into account the recommendations of professionals regarding caring for the apple variety Gift to Grafsky. Experts advise planting trees of this variety in the spring or autumn, because if you postpone planting trees, for example, in spring, then in May or June the trees will be hard to take root on a piece of land. And in the fall, gardeners consider it optimal to plant apple trees of the Podarok Grafsky variety a month before the beginning of winter, in this case, young trees get more time to take root and from next spring I will be able to show positive growth.

In order for the Grafsky's Gift to provide full care, it is necessary to plant seedlings in places with a site that receives a lot of sunny better and few windy streams. However, if you choose the soil for tall trees, then it is worth considering that such trees need surfaces on which ground currents run. Their location should be no more than two and a half or three meters from the surface of the earth.

For planting apple seedlings Gift to Grafsky, it is recommended to prepare pits in advance, while in the autumn period it is enough to prepare them in advance about three weeks in advance, but if you plan to plant trees in spring, then the pits will need to be prepared already in September of the previous year. The size of the seedling hole should be approximately eighty to one hundred centimeters wide and sixty to eighty centimeters deep.

To ensure the correct growth of a young tree, it is necessary to place a block in the planting place, which will support the seedling. At the same time, it is necessary to lay the bedding on the bottom in the form of various fertilizers, and then cover it with ordinary earth, without any additives. After the above manipulations, it is necessary to install the young tree on the covered soil and fix its roots, they must be spread out evenly. Then the established seedling is also sprinkled with earth, ramming the soil and straightening the tree. After the soil has been compacted enough, it is necessary to form a near-trunk space in the form of a circle around the seedling and put a small fence, and then the tree must be watered with about thirty liters of water.

Before the apple tree's Gift to Grafsky actively begins to feed in the spring, it must be pruned. This process involves killing loose or broken branches that can inhibit the growth of strong shoots.This should be done not only at the beginning of the tree's growth season, but similar pruning will have to be done throughout the season. After that, already in the autumn period, it is necessary to start cutting and shaping the crown. To do this, you have to remove any branches that grow towards the trunk. And also it is necessary to reduce the number of annual shoots by thirty percent.

Despite the fact that the apple tree "Gift to Grafsky" is a very prolific tree, it begins to give its first large harvest only four or five years after its planting. The fruits of the gift to the count are formed mainly on those branches that have been growing for more than three seasons and only in rare cases on biennial branches. The fruits ripen around the middle of autumn, then they can be eaten.

To preserve the harvest of the apple-tree variety Gift to Grafsky, it is necessary to prepare a storage place where the temperature should be from zero to plus five degrees Celsius. In such conditions, the gift to the count will be kept from October to April. If you use apple fruits for commercial purposes, you need to store the crop in special storage facilities. Then the shelf life can increase by a couple of months.

Apple tree Gift to Grafsky: reviews of gardeners

Apple tree Gift to Grafsky: photo of apples

• Alevtina Semyonovna, Chelyabinsk region: “The apple variety“ Gift to Grafsky ”has been growing with me for a long time. I can say that this late variety develops very quickly, turning into beautiful tall trees with a branched crown. They also say that the apple harvest "Gift to Grafsky" has some healing properties and contains many nutrients and minerals. "

• Tamara Viktorovna, Moscow region: »I would like to give advice to all gardeners who grow the apple-tree variety" Gift to Grafsky "in their area. Apples should be eaten only fresh, since any processing of the crop contributes to a decrease in taste. "