The climate in the Crimea, as you know, is subtropical, quite mild and warm at the same time. Therefore, it is possible to grow here any garden crops with great success. Of course, many summer residents of the peninsula plant apple trees on their plots. Such fruit trees in the Crimea are very popular and grow everywhere. They even compose poems and write songs about them. For example, the composition of the famous singer Petlyura "Crimean apples aroma" is very popular in Russia.
Practically any variety of this crop can be grown in the subtropical zone. In any case, the harvest will be significant. But some varieties of apple trees for Crimea are nevertheless best suited.
What is worth planting
The following are the most popular varieties of Crimean apples:
Semerenko.
Kandil Sinap.
Gold Crimea.
Golden Delicious.
Gult Pembe.
Aurora Crimean.
All of these varieties are unpretentious and simply have wonderful taste.
Semerenko - a variety of Crimean apples with photos
This variety in the southern regions of Russia is grown by many summer residents. At the moment, this is perhaps one of the most popular varieties in our country. Semerenko’s fruits are valued primarily for their excellent palatability and transportability. These apples were bred in the XIX century. Plato Semerenko. In the middle of the XX century. they were described by the son of this breeder, after which the variety was brought to the State Register. In Europe, these apples are unknown and are grown exclusively in Russia and some countries of the former USSR.
The main disadvantage of the variety of Crimean apples Semerenko is low winter hardiness. Therefore, in the Urals or, for example, in Siberia, to grow such trees, most likely, will not work. This variety is intended for cultivation in a warm, mild climate. Therefore, for the Crimea, it fits just perfectly.
The tree itself of this variety is tall and has a wide-round sprawling crown. The bark of the apple trees Semerenko is dark brown. From the sunny side in the summer, it can fade to a light orange color.
The fruits of Semerenko
The peel of this apple is green. Their flesh is quite sweet, crispy and juicy. Semerenko fruits grow large enough. Their average weight is 150-180 g. When normalizing the yield, this indicator can increase to 200 g.
A feature of Semerenko apples, among other things, is that on the surface of their skin there are light green dots. The pulp of apples of this variety is creamy. Sugar can contain from 8 to 12%.
The fruits of this variety are used mainly for fresh consumption. Also, many gardeners consider Semerenko simply ideal apples for making juices.
General description of the variety Kandil Sinap
Some varieties of apple trees were once bred exclusively for cultivation in the Crimea. The varieties of the Sinap group also belong to them. Such apple trees, like Semerenko, are suitable for planting only in warm regions with a mild climate. Many gardeners believe that the Kandil Sinap variety of this group is particularly distinguished by outstanding qualities. Crimean apples of this variety in Russia and the countries of the former CIS are called a real fragrant miracle. The taste qualities of these fruits are simply excellent.
The origin of this variety of Crimean apples, unfortunately, is not known for certain. However, according to the most widespread version, it turned out when sowing the seeds of Sarah Sinap.
Trees of this variety, like Semerenko, are tall. The crown of these apple trees is narrow pyramidal. To plant such trees is therefore best in places well protected from the wind.
The pluses of such Crimean Sinap apples, photos of which can be seen above on the page, include, among other things, high productivity. From one such adult tree per season, you can harvest 200-300 kg.
Fruits Kandil Sinap
Apples on trees of this variety grow pale yellow with numerous subcutaneous green dots. On the sunny side in the summer, a fairly bright blush appears on their skin. The flesh of this variety has a pale yellow color. The taste of Crimean apples Sinap Kandil is sweet and sour. One of the features of the fruits of this variety is the delicate structure of the pulp. It relies to transport them carefully.
A certain disadvantage of the variety is that its fruits do not hold too tightly on branches. In windy weather, they can fall to the ground.
Harvest from these apple trees in late August - early September. The fruits of Kandil Sinap can be used both for fresh consumption and for processing.
What is the Golden Delicious variety?
Apples Kandil Crimean are characterized by excellent taste. But no less popular on the peninsula is the variety of the Golden Delicious apple tree. This variety is also very common in Crimean gardens. One of its undoubted advantages is its unpretentiousness. Golden Delicious also includes high yield. This Crimean variety is one of the oldest. How exactly he was bred is unknown. Some researchers believe that he was brought to the Crimea from Southern Virginia.
The disadvantages of this variety of juicy Crimean apples, as well as the two previous ones, are primarily attributed by gardeners to a low degree of frost resistance. Also, Gloden Delicious, unfortunately, is often infected with powdery mildew.
The apple trees of this variety are above average height. In this case, young trees differ in a conical shape. Later branches of the Golden Delicious apple trees bend under the weight of the fruit. As a result, the crown takes on a spherical shape.
Among the features of this apple tree, among other things, can be attributed to the fact that it needs pollinators. Near Golden Delicious you can plant, for example, varieties such as Melrose or Jonotan. The productivity of apple trees Golden Delicious can reach 250-300 kg / ha.
Fruit Characteristics
Taste the apples of this variety are simply excellent. The fruits of Golden Delicious are never fresh. The taste they have is very sweet. In this regard, Golden Delicious outperforms even the beloved by many Semerenko. Sugar in the fruits of this variety contains about 20%. The flesh of these apples is so juicy and delicate that it literally melts in the mouth. The peel of the Golden fruit is saturated yellow. You can recognize them including the subcutaneous black dots.
The fruits of this variety grow quite large. Their weight can be 130-220 g. A distinctive feature of these apples, among other things, is a dense rough skin. Among the pluses of the variety, gardeners, among other things, include earlier ripening of fruits. The main disadvantage of this crop is that during drought, its fruits may fade. In the hot summer, apples of this variety need to be watered often and abundantly.
A distinctive feature of the Golden Delicious fruits, among other things, is a rich and pleasant aroma. This variety of Crimean apples is simply superlative. Moreover, after prolonged storage Golden fruits become even more delicious. In a cool place, these apples can be kept if desired from the day of collection until April of next year.
Another advantage of Golden fruits is their attractive appearance. Below you can see these Crimean apples in the photo. They have an elongated shape, and the color is a pleasant yellow with a red blush.
Grade Gold Crimea
Unlike all the above, this apple tree is considered relatively frost-resistant. It can be grown not only in the subtropical climate, but also, for example, in the northern regions of the Krasnodar and Stavropol Territories, in Ukraine. The height of the apple trees of this variety, like many other Crimean ones, is significant. The crown is spherical, and the branches are located at an angle of 90 degrees to the trunk.
One of the features of the Gold Crimea is early maturity. The first apples from such trees in the garden can be harvested already in the second year after planting. Pollinators for Gold Crimea, unlike Golden Delishes, are not required. The disadvantages of this variety, many Crimean gardeners include volumetric crown. You need to prune such apple trees every year.
What are the characteristics of the fruits
Apples on trees of this variety grow roundly elongated yellow with an orange blush. The size of the fruits of the Gold Crimea are medium. Their weight can reach 180-200 g. The taste of apples of this variety, according to many summer residents, are excellent. Their pulp is tender, juicy. The taste she has is sweet, refined. Apples Gold Crimea, among other things, are distinguished by good keeping quality and portability.
Grade Gult Pembe: description
This standard Crimean apple tree of folk selection has a high pyramidal crown. Fruiting Gult Pembe begins about 5-6 years after planting. One of the undoubted advantages of this variety is its high yield. Only one such tree per season can remove up to 500 kg of apples.
The distinctive features of Gult Pembe are, among other things, endurance and resistance to pests and diseases. Such apple trees are absolutely undemanding to the soil.
Fruit Description
Among the undoubted advantages of this variety of Crimean apples, summer residents, among other things, include the fact that apples on such trees hold very tightly. The fruits of Gult Pembe ripen in late summer. At the same time, they can be stored until November. The main color of these apples is yellow, and the integument is bright red, slightly blurred, with stripes.
The pulp of the Gult Pembe fruit is very light with a pink tint. It has a delicate structure, slightly spongy. This variety is appreciated by many gardeners, among other things, for a large percentage of sugar in the fruit. The taste of the same Semerenko and Golden Delicious apples Gult Pemba silently inferior. But at the same time, this variety surpasses both of these varieties in yield.
Still, Gult Pembe cannot be called tasteless apples. The pulp is very sweet with a slight sourness. Despite the fact that the peel of the Gult Pembe fruits is thin, they are notable for transportability.
Aurora Crimean: variety description
Apple trees of this variety do not grow too tall. Crohn's is rounded. Fruiting Aurora Crimean enters for 4-5 years after planting. The yield of this variety is about 300 kg per tree. Among the pluses of Aurora, summer residents of the peninsula, among other things, include the resistance of color buds to frost.
Another undoubted advantage of this variety of Crimean apples is a high degree of resistance to scab and powdery mildew. For fruiting Aurora Crimean pollinators are needed. Next to such apple trees, for example, Golden Delishes or Semerenko can be planted.
It is best to plant trees of this variety on fertile garden land. Best of all, they bear fruit in the light. But even in the shadow of Aurora Crimean is capable of producing good crops.
Fruit
Apples of this grade are medium in size and can reach a weight of 130-150 g. They differ in shape slightly conical. Apples Aurora Crimean look very attractive. Their skin has a bright dark red color with variation in shades. The flesh of these apples is very tender, sweet and sour. The taste qualities of Aurora Crimean gardeners are considered simply excellent. The color of the flesh of this variety is yellowish.
The fruits of this variety ripen in the fall. At the same time, they can be stored if necessary until May.
Adam's apple
For several decades now, the most popular varieties of Crimean apples have been the most popular among gardeners. With the photos posted on the page, an idea of the appearance of such fruits can be obtained quite accurately. As you can see, the apples of the Crimea look very beautiful. Of course, the taste qualities, like the southern varieties of any other cultures, they are simply excellent.
Thus, Crimean apples are distinguished by their excellent qualities. But apparently, of course, they are not much different from the fruits of the northern varieties. Sometimes lovers of exotic fruits are also interested in the name of the unusual Crimean apples with pimples. The fruits of the southern plant of maklura look in this way. In another way they are called Adam's apple. Outwardly, the fruits of this exotic tree are actually somewhat reminiscent of apples. They are green in color, small in size, and round in shape. However, maclura is, of course, not an apple tree, but a completely independent culture from the Mulberry family.
This tree has a sprawling crown and grows quite high. The pulp of the fruit of the maclore has a green color. At the same time, it smells like cucumber. The fruits of this tree cannot be eaten raw, since they contain toxic components. The Crimean Adam’s apple is used mainly for the treatment of various diseases. Of these fruits, ointments, tinctures, decoctions are prepared, intended for oral use or external use. Healing are also young leaves and shoots of this plant.
The birthplace of this tree is America. As a fruit plant, maclura is not grown by summer residents. Crimean gardeners can plant it only as a decorative culture. This tree with green pimply fruits looks very impressive and can become a decoration of a garden or yard.