For what purpose does an apple tree plant
Laying an apple orchard or just planting an apple tree in the garden requires the gardener to answer many questions. First of all, you need to clearly understand what purpose you are going to do this: to admire the apple trees at the time of flowering, to provide the family with healthy and tasty fruits, to engage in breeding work or to make the garden the basis of your commercial activity. For each goal, you will have to choose the appropriate plant varieties. A modern gardener offers them a huge variety. Directories, titles, tips may not always help. You need to have a selection algorithm.
The rules by which you need to choose seedlings
General requirements for the selection of varieties by importance are approximately as follows:
• Compliance with your climatic zone, frost resistance.
• A short period from tree planting to fruiting.
• High yield.
• Frequency of fruiting, fruit ripening time.
• Resistance to diseases.
• The height of apple trees, the shape of the crown.
• Taste qualities of fruits, their appearance.
• Features of care and cultivation.
New varieties
You can, of course, quickly choose a plant on the advice of familiar gardeners, guided by your taste. But do not rush. All these questions can only be answered by specialists. Breeding work on the withdrawal of new varieties of apple trees has never stopped. You can evaluate its achievements, at least focusing on new species. For example, the apple tree variety "Lungwort" is genetically resistant to diseases, especially scab. This is the so-called immune variety, which will provide high yield of trees, save from excessive processing by pesticides. The fruits of these varieties, as a rule, are well stored, preserving the taste and healthy qualities. In local nurseries they will tell you about zoned varieties, inform them on the maturity and storage dates (summer, autumn, winter). A win-win option would be to choose summers that must grow in your garden. These apples ripen at the end of July, sweet and sour in taste, juicy, but not hard; They can’t be stored for long, but they are good in a wide variety of workpieces.
Lungwort
Among the summer varieties, attention is drawn to the Lungwort - apple tree, the description of which we offer. It has all the characteristics of an almost perfect grade. Apple-tree "Lungwort" winter-hardy, tolerates the harsh climate of central Russia. This variety of apples, bred at Moscow State University. Lomonosov, has a high immunity to diseases of apple trees and is not affected by scab and rot. Apple-tree "Lungwort" has a beautiful crown of a pyramidal shape. Trees begin to bear fruit from 5 years after planting and give abundant harvests.
Description
The Lungwort apple tree was obtained from crossing varieties “Welsey” and “cinnamon striped,” the parental genes gave the fruit a wonderful sweet taste with a honey tint, creamy, reminiscent of honey and flesh in color. Apples weighing up to 100 g are beautifully colored: yellow-green with red stripes, with rosy barrels. Apple tree "Lungwort" is the variety that you should focus on when choosing seedlings for your garden.