It is believed that the only sign of a ripe kind of apples is red. Often this color is found only in winter varieties of apple trees. And what later varieties are the most delicious?
When choosing winter seedlings, which are also called late apples, it is necessary to take into account certain important factors. Such winter apples do not acquire optimal taste indicators immediately after harvesting the fruit from the tree, but after a few weeks or months after harvesting.
The trees of these apple trees have increased winter resistance, because of which they are able to withstand hard frosts, and after a thaw, a returnable cooling.
What are some good late apple varieties?
The main distinctive feature of late apples is increased keeping quality. They are able to perfectly survive until spring, and some varieties - until the summer. During storage, the fruit does not lose its aroma and original taste.
They are usually removed at the end of September, and end at the beginning of October during the phase of removable maturity.. There is a lot of starch and protopectin in these fruits. When ripe, the proportion of aromatic and coloring matter in them increases.
Late apples are fully ready to eat only after a couple of months. The storage time is influenced by the environmental conditions and the variety, and this indicator can be 4 - 8 months.
The advantages of late varieties of apples:
- Suitable for all types of processing.
- Good transportability.
- Durable skin and thick texture.
- Apples ripen, acquire a stable aroma and taste.
- Long storage time.
Late varieties of apples are distributed depending on the storage time on:
- Early winter (Welsey, Parmen winter gold, Pepin saffron, Winner, Antonovka ordinary): able to be stored until January-February.
- Winter (Sinap Orlovsky, North Sinap, Ranet bergamotny, Mirnoye, Lobo, Cortland, Aport, Antonovka dessert, Gray Anise, Anis Scarlet): stored until March - April.
- Late winter (Northern synapse, Rennet champagne, Rennet Orleans, Sary Sinap, Mantuan, etc.): stored until May - June.
The main difference between winter and summer varieties of apples is that they are immediately undesirable to eat. They need to lie down for at least a month.
Winter apple varieties
Idared
Tall late winter variety. The fruits have a slightly conical shape with slightly angular or small blunt ribs. They are originally green, and while they are in the sun they are covered with red and yellow blush. Pleasant to the taste, with juicy and dense flesh.
Fruits are resistant to brown spot, but are susceptible to scab and powdery mildew. They are used not only in fresh form, the fruits are used to make juices, dried fruits and compotes.
Antey
Late variety apples, obtained by Belarusian breeders. They are characterized by high frost resistance, they are able to tolerate even the most severe winters. Fruits are sweet and juicy, can not lose their flavor for a long time.
When ripe, the color changes from green to burgundy and bright red. Often there is a wax on them, which gives a gray tint. The fruits of consumer maturity occurs 2 months after the process of removal. You can use them fresh or harvested for future use.
Bogatyr
Variety bears fruit in almost any climate zone. The variety was created as late-ripening, the fruits are distinguished by their strength and hardness, and under good conditions they can last until the end of May. They have a pleasant sweet-sour taste.
Up to removal, they remain light green in color, and during maturation they turn yellow. Sometimes can be covered with red blush. The advantages of the variety include consistently high yield, excellent taste, transportability, excellent presentation of apples, resistance to scab and early fruiting.
Jonathan
This late-winter American variety has other names: Osmanovskoye, Khoroshavka winter, Winter red. Trees sredneroslye, excellent yield give only with sufficiently moist and fertile soil.
The variety is relatively resistant to scab and powdery mildew. The fruits have great taste. The red blush at the end of ripening covers almost all the apples.
Lobo
Refers to the Macintosh child variety, which inherited from it a rich red color and the best taste. Crop with a yield higher than average.
Fruits annually, and the number of apples is constantly growing. It has good drought resistance and winter hardiness. Average disease resistance.
Mac
Canadian unique variety bred from a single apple tree that survived the garden. Fruits have a basic color green or whitish-yellow. Topcoat has the appearance of dark red or purple stripes. The fruits ripen after 2 - 3 weeks after harvesting.
In some cases, the field of long-term storage, apples can be used for harvesting for the future. Their main purpose was fresh consumption. Saturated and moderately sweet taste. Average winter hardiness, low resistance to scab.
Red delights
The middle-growth tree, whose crown at a young age is distinguished by the form of an inverted pyramid, and then becomes wide-rounded or rounded. As the fruit ripens, it has a rich bright red color.
Sweet to the taste with a touch of iron flavor. They are stored well, also tolerate transportation. The only disadvantage was the storage of frequent damage bitter spot.
Renet Simirenko
The exact origin of this winter variety, which has a mixed type of fruiting, is unknown. Often trees are above average size. Trees are resistant to strong winds and drought. Fruits are medium and large in size. The main color is light or brightly stable.
The variety has a distinguishing characteristic (and not a disease) - warty formations with a rust on the surface with a diameter of 7 mm. Their number is on one fruit 2 - 3.
The flesh is juicy, tender, white in color, has a grape pleasant taste. Fruits are often consumed fresh.
Sinap Orlovsky
Late-winter variety. The trees are large in size. When laying a garden, you need to allocate enough space for them. Large fruits grow, have almost the same size.
Apples have a common green color, and in some places a red blush appears. Sweet flesh with a slight sourness. Calcium must always be present in the soil for good fruiting and growth.
Conclusion
Winter apple varieties have an attractive appearance, strong structure and are characterized by a long storage time. They give a rich harvest with proper cultivation, and in pristine form they can survive almost until the middle of summer.
