Columnar Apple (Malus domestica) VOSTORG

Winter disease-resistant columnar apple. This variety is also suitable for climatically disadvantaged areas for apple growing. Gardeners particularly value this variety for its excellent taste and long shelf life. Suitable for organic or no-spray culture.

Origin: VNIISPK Oryol Russia, breeder E.N. Sedov and co-authors. Released in 2016.
Vigour: moderate, upright, columnar, final height 2 m. The tree is ideal for small gardens.
Blossom: cross-pollinate, it is necessary to either plant two different and compatible kinds of apples in close proximity to each other to cross-pollinate
Fruits: average weight 130 g, shape conical, light flattened. Skin smooth, slightly greasy, shiny.
Fruit colour: basic color of ripe apples yellow-green, cover color raspberry-red on most of the fruit surface
Pulp: greenish, fine, medium-firm, fine-grained. Sweet and sour harmonious taste with a subtle aroma. Sugar content - 11.2%, acidity - 1%, vitamin C - 3.1 mg%.
Harvest season: mid-September
Storage: if properly stored, apples retain their consumer properties until February
Yield: high and regular. Very early yield onset, already in the first year after planting. In the article by the breeder E.N. Sedov "Characteristics of the best varieties of columnar apples bred in VNIISPK" is the yield of 378 q/ha, achieved in the 6th year at a planting density of 1 x 0.5 m.
Frost resistance: high
Disease resistance: immune to scab (Vf gene), resistance to other fungal diseases at the level of the best resistant apple varieties.