Apple tree Skryzhapel

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The Skryzhapel apple tree has the fruits of late winter ripening. The first who described in detail the Skryzhapel apple variety was the domestic pomologist A.T. Bolotov. At this time, the subspecies is excluded from the State Register, but this does not prevent it from quite often found in gardens, especially old ones.

Apple tree Skryzhapel: variety description and characteristics

Apple tree Skryzhapel photo

Apple-tree Skryzhapel: photo of the variety

The Skryzhapel apple tree is considered to be vigorous, having a fairly spreading crown, which consists of strong and powerful stems. The stems extend from the trunk of the tree at an almost right angle. The apple tree bears fruit mainly on short ringlets.

Shoots have a brownish-green tint, not pubescent. The leaves are endowed with a pale green color, they are slightly pubescent, have an oblong or elongated shape, sufficiently curved and curled. At the edges, the leaves are serrate-serrated. The petioles of the leaves are elongated, thin and have a rich color.

The fruits of the Skryzhapel apple tree are of medium or slightly larger than average size. They are bulbous and ribbed in structure, located on short stalks. The main color of the fruit is greenish, and the integumentary color is in the form of dirty scarlet elongated stripes and specks along the main color, or a slight blush.

During the harvest period, such fruits are endowed with an unattractive appearance.

The inner part of the fruit has a greenish tint and a juicy, coarse-grained structure. It is a little bland, but does not taste acidic. In general, the taste characteristics of these fruits are mediocre. By their chemical composition, the fruits have: the amount of sugars 9.1 percent; titratable acids 0.39 percent; ascorbic acid 14.2 milligrams per 100 grams of product; catechins (or otherwise P-active substances) 81.7 milligrams per 100 grams of product; pectins 14.8 percent.

Maturity for picking up in the Oryol region comes in the last decade of September. The fruits have a fairly high level of adhesion to the tree. The fruits are ripe for consumption in November and are stored until March. These fruits have a high level of transportability.

The fruits of the Skryzhapel apple variety are actively used for making jams and compotes. Despite the fact that the subspecies produces individual apples early, young apple trees in the first years of their fruiting give moderate yield indicators. These trees at a young age bear fruit regularly every year, and at a mature age, these trees give out yields alternately: a good level and a weak one.

The Skryzhapel apple tree has a high frost tolerance, but weak immunity to the dangerous disease of scab, foliage and fruits.

It is worth noting an important fact that the Skryzhapel apple tree participated in the creation of more than 10 new subspecies. These include: Bessemyanka Michurinskaya (breeding I.V. Michurin), obtained from crossing this variety and Bessemyanka Komsinskaya; Kutuzovets (selection of the Samara Experimental Gardening Station), obtained from the crossing of this subspecies and Renet Simirenko; Undersized (breeding VNIISPK), obtained by crossing the described variety and Pepin saffron.