Apple tree glow

The Zarevo apple tree is a tree of autumn ripening, bred on the basis of the Lisavenko Research Institute of Agriculture during hybridization in 1963 of the varieties "Ranetka Ermolaeva" and "Melba". The authors of the variety are: I. P. Kalinina, T. F. Kornienko, Z. A. Grankina, E. S. Orekhova, L. N. Plotnikova. Included in the state register, zoned in Western Siberia.

Apple-tree Zarevo: variety description

Apple tree Zarevo: photo of the variety

Apple tree Glow of medium stature, sparse crown, rounded. The main branches grow from the trunk at an acute angle, their tips are directed upward. The fruits are formed mainly on the ringlets.

The shoots of the Glow apple tree are thin, vertical, brown in color, bare. Leaflets are of medium size, elongated, elongated, pointed, green in color, glossy, there is a slight pubescence below. The edges of the leaves are wavy, in the form of denticles. The petiole of the Glow apple tree is elongated, plump, covered with pubescence. Stipules are of medium size, lanceolate.

Description of fruits

The apples of the Zarevo variety are very small, weighing thirty-six to thirty-nine grams, flattened, round, with a slight ribbing. The main color is yellow, the cover color is red, blurred over the entire surface of the apple. The dots under the skin are pronounced, large, white in color. The fruit stem is elongated, thin, bent. The funnel is medium in size, wide, with a slight rustiness in the form of rays. The dish is wide, small, with grooves. The calyx is large, closed. The tube under the cup is shortened, in the form of a cone. The seed chambers are closed.

The inner content of the fruit is creamy, fine grain, juicy, sweet and sour, good taste. Apples contain: sugars (12.4%, 11.9-13.5), titratable acids (1.2%, 0.84-1.55), pectin substances (2.7% on dry weight), tannins (one hundred fifty mg per hundred grams, one hundred forty five to one hundred seventy ), ascorbic acid (fifteen mg per hundred grams, 10.6-16.2), P-active compounds (two hundred twenty-nine mg per hundred grams, one hundred forty-five-three hundred seventy-two).

Apple tree glow: cultural features

Fruit ripening occurs in the last days of August, storage lasts for forty-five days. The variety is universal in purpose. Promising for cultivation both in amateur garden plots and for cultivation on an industrial scale.

The apple tree Glow begins to bear fruit from 3-4 years. The yield indicator is average, the apple-tree bears fruits regularly. Resistance to the winter season is at an average level; when freezing, the tree recovers well and quickly. Immunity to scab average.

Apple tree glow: advantages and disadvantages

Advantages: apple variety The glow is fast-growing, you can eat fruits late in summer.

Minuses: overly small apples, moderate immunity to scab.