Today we will tell about the popular variety of apples - Yandykovskoye.
It is appreciated by many gardeners for its excellent taste, abundant harvest, versatility and not difficult care.
What kind is it?
Yandykovskoye - variety with summer ripening of fruits. Apples can begin to shoot from July 15 until the end of the month.
Crop storage
Summer varieties can be stored no more than 1-2 weeks. At the same time, the Yandykovskoye is distinguished by high marketability, easy transportation, and a sufficiently strong skin. Some of the fruit that fell from the trees remain intact (without dents, scratches) and are subject to further storage.
In order for the fruits to retain their taste qualities longer, try to keep the crop in a cool dark place (cellar, shed, cellar) at a temperature of 2-8 degrees. Apples better lie in a single layer, put in low wooden boxes.
Pollination
The best pollinators: Avgustovskoe, July Chernenko, Anis Scarlet.
Description variety Yandykovsky
The variety is endowed with its individual features and characteristics that distinguish it from other apple trees.
- Medium. In the early years, saplings are characterized by rapid growth and a spherical crown, which over the years will become thick and sprawling.
- Bark on the trunk and the main branches are gray in color. Branches bent, growing from the trunk at an angle of 45 degrees, thin, fairly smooth to the touch.
- Shoots articulated, curved, brown, pubescent.
- Leaves large, oval, long with a rounded base and elongated tips, dark green, strongly pubescent.
- Flowers white with a pink tint.
Fruit:
- Apples are medium or large, flattened, round, slightly ribbed, slightly one-sided.
- Ripe green-yellow apples. During laying, they become more creamy. Blush red, expressed over the entire surface. The surface is smooth.
- The funnel is wide and deep.
- The stem is average, stands out from the funnel.
- The cup is half open, the saucer is wide.
- Seed chambers are closed, the kernels are large, dark brown.
- The flesh is white and cream, sweet-sour taste, very juicy.
- Apples are versatile. Go well in production, for sale, used for home canning, baking, salads.
Breeding history
Yandykovskoye - a variety of local, which appeared in the 18th century in the territory of the Astrakhan province. The place of distribution is the village of Yandyki, in whose honor it received its name. It was first described by M. Tanator in the magazine "Fruit" in the early 20th century.
Soviet scientist V.V. Pashkevich later referred him to an analogue of Astrakhan red, although Yandykovskoe has its own characteristics, for example, the ability of excellent vegetative cultivation by layering. An interesting study was conducted Volgograd station VIR.
Scientists have investigated the gardens near the delta of the Volga River. Many varieties (clones) of this variety have been found in these places.. The researchers selected more than 20 large forms weighing from 200 to 250 grams, with which they began breeding a variety called "Yandykovskoye Large". The fruits of the original variety have a weight of only 80-150 grams.
Natural growth region
The variety is widely distributed in the Lower Volga. Popular not only on the Volga, but also in the Crimea, where it is grown in many gardens and is considered promising.
Yield
Trees begin to yield the first crop at 5 years after planting. Apple trees of this variety produce abundant annual yields. On average, from one tree you can get up to 180-200 kg of apples.
Planting and care
With careful and proper care, fruit trees live a long time and bear fruit well up to 80-100 years. Growing this varietal apple tree is not difficult, following simple tips.
Landing should be open, well lit.
Do not plant an apple tree in the valley.
On a darkened area, trees do not develop badly, but they do not bring abundant crops..
Apple trees can begin to plant in early May, when the snow comes down from the site and the night frosts end.
The soil for cultivation should be fertile, light and loose. Too acidic soil needs to be quenched with lime.. If it is heavy, clay, you need to add sand.
Engage landing more comfortable together. To do this, you need to dig a deep, spacious hole (about 50 to 50 cm), make an earth mound at the bottom, add fertilizer (peat, ash). Put the seedling vertically in the center of the pit, straighten the roots and bury it with earth. Note that the root neck remains above ground level..
In the first year, the apple tree is not fertilized. They are made only during the landing. Starting from the second year of life, you can feed potash and phosphate fertilizers.
When the apple tree begins to bear fruit (from 5 years of age), it can be fed 4 times per season.: before the first leaves, during and after flowering and after harvest.
Every year it is necessary to carry out the procedure for pruning old, dried, extra (unnecessary) twigs and branches.. This will help to form the crown correctly, will serve as disease prevention. Even old trees need pruning and start to bear fruit better after it.
Watering should be moderate and regular. In the hot summer, it is recommended to wet the ground only in the evening to protect from overheating and burns.
Apple tree does not like a surplus of moisture. For the outflow of water make special grooves next to it.
Take care of the soil.
Weed, remove roots, dry foliage, weeds.
Loosen the soil to help breathing in rainy weather and help saturate the earth with moisture in a hot summer.
A good winter hardiness variety does not differtherefore, in the first years try to protect the apple tree from the wind and winter frosts.
Before the onset of cold weather, mulch the soil under a tree with peat, humus, hay, bark, sawdust. Make additional support by tying the seedling to the pegs driven into the ground.
To protect the tree from rodents during the winter, tie a trunk with a fir-wood or put whitewash on it.
Diseases and pests
Dealing with diseases is much more difficult than observing preventive measures. Therefore, annually spend spring treatment with insecticide solutions, do pruning, observe the correct watering. The tree is subject to the attack of many pests (aphid, moth, mite, moth, flower eater, and others).
Effective helpers to combat them: solution of karbofos and chlorophos, tobacco fumigation. Of the fungal diseases, the most common are scab and powdery mildew. For powdery mildew, copper sulphate solution or treatment with Bordeaux liquid helps well.
You can get rid of scab by spraying colloidal sulfur.
Yandykovskoye is considered a very successful variety for cultivation in many regions of our country.
Trees produce abundant annual crops.
The fruits have excellent taste and commercial quality. Tree care is not difficult.
With the right good care for many years, they will maintain a decorative look and bring harvest.
