Apple trees are one of the most popular fruit trees in our country, and thanks to the variety of varieties, their fruits appeal to the tastes of the most demanding consumers. When planning the establishment of an orchard, it is worth focusing on the best apple varieties, i.e. those whose fruits will allow you to find willing customers in the near and further period, and therefore have a good prognosis for the future.
Which varieties are worth paying attention to?
Rubinstar® exhibits vigorous growth initially and has a wide-conical crown with horizontal branches. It starts bearing fruit early and produces abundant crops every year. Rubinstar fruits are large or very large with a conical shape and a smooth, shiny skin covered with a carmine-red blush. The variety is characterized by a delicious, delicate flesh with a slightly yellow color, and is also extremely aromatic. Rubinstar matures in late September and early October. It can be stored for up to 8 months after harvesting.
Red Delicious is a strongly growing apple variety that starts fruiting early and is characterized by high fertility. It blooms medium-late or late, which makes it resistant to frost. Medium-sized and conical Red Delicious fruits are characterized by a crispy, juicy and sweet flesh and a smooth skin covered with a carmine blush. They reach maturity at the end of September and are stored in refrigeration chambers until the end of February.
Alwa is a vigorous tree that forms branchy crowns. It starts bearing fruit early and produces an abundant harvest of medium-sized, round apples with a smooth, shiny skin covered with a red-raspberry blush. The variety is very resistant to frost, and at the same time it is not very susceptible to mildew and moderately susceptible to apple scab.
Alwa fruits usually ripen in the first half of October. They can be stored in a cold room for several months.
Gloster is a tree that grows strongly at the beginning, starts bearing fruit early, and bears abundantly and regularly. Apples reach maturity in the second half of October and are characterized by a slightly shiny greenish-yellow skin with a dark red, blurred blush. Gloster fruits are large and conical in shape and tasty and juicy flesh. They can be kept in cold stores until the end of February.
Gala Must is a moderately fast-growing tree that creates quite wide crowns with a large number of shoots. It starts bearing fruit early and then it bears fruit abundantly.
The Gala Must variety produces medium-sized, spherical-conical apples with a smooth skin covered with a dark, carmine-red blush. The flesh is creamy, juicy and very tasty.
The fruit is harvested from mid-September to early October and can be stored in a cold store for up to 6 months.
Champion grows moderately strongly, forming conical and moderately dense crowns. It produces large or medium-sized fruit with a spherical-conical shape and smooth greenish-yellow skin covered with dark red, striped blushes. Szampion apples are characterized by a slightly aromatic, sweet and juicy taste. The fruit is harvested from the beginning of October and stored in a cold store until February.
Empire is initially a strongly growing tree, which in old age reaches a spherical, slightly dense crown. It starts bearing fruit early, 4 or 5 years after planting, and produces a rich harvest every year. Empire apples are medium-sized with a smooth, shiny skin covered with a blush and a tasty, crisp and juicy flesh. They can be harvested from the beginning of October and kept in a cold store until the end of March.
Red Idared is an early-flowering and fast-fruiting variety with medium growth strength and high yield. Red Idared fruits have a firm, juicy and crispy flesh and an intense red color on the surface.
Golden Delicious belongs to quite strongly growing trees in the first period, then it grows moderately and forms spherical, relatively loose crowns with a significant number of short shoots. It starts bearing fruit early and produces abundant crops of medium-sized light greenish-yellow apples covered with orange-red blush in places. The variety blooms moderately late, and the crops harvested from mid-October can be stored for up to six months.
Selected varieties of one-year and two-year knip are available on M9 and M26 rootstocks.
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