Very popular Russian variety of autumn disease-resistant columnar apple. This variety is also suitable for climatically less suitable locations for apple growing.
Parents: Moskovskoje Ozherelje x Serebrjanoje Kopytie, breeder - famous hobby gardener from Magnitogorsk A.I. Sidelnikov
Picking season: mid-September
Storage: until January
Fruit: average weight 185 g, shape round, regular
Fruit colour: basic color greenish-yellow, covar color burgundy on most of the surface
Flesh: greenish, medium-dense, juicy with a light, delicate aroma. The taste is pleasantly sweet and sour with a hardly noticeable spicy taste. Sugar content - 9.7%, acidity - 0.8%, vitamin C - 15 mg.
Vigour: medium, crown small, compact, height 2 m
Growth habit: columnar
Start to bear fruit: columnar apple trees will sometimes fruit the first year after planting, but usually start fruiting best in their third year and beyond
Cropping: high
Bearing regularity: good
Self-fertility: it is necessary to either plant two different and compatible kinds of apples in close proximity to each other to cross-pollinate
Blossom Frost-Resistance: susceptible
Cold hardiness: very good
Suitable for organic or no-spray culture: yes
General disease-resistance: immune to scab (Vf gene), resistance to other fungal diseases at the level of the best resistant apple varieties
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Pot growing plant: | yes |