One of the popular varieties of apple trees, whose fruits ripen in summer, can be called the variety Mantet.
It was bred by Canadian breeders in 1928, by natural pollination of such a variety as Moscow Grushevka.
But, what is good about this sort of apple tree, what are its advantages, are there any disadvantages, or are there any particularities in caring for an apple tree?
Features grade
Fruit
Fruits of apple trees Mantet are the most juicy, with white and tender flesh, sweet and fragrant, have a special sourness, endowed with dessert qualities. Apples contain such beneficial substances as fructose, pectins, P-active substances, ascorbic acid.
Apples begin to ripen from the end of July, and continue to sing until the beginning of autumn. The fruits are very quickly ripen and overripe, the ripped fruits are not stored for long.
The apple tree, variety Mantet, bears fruit of average size. The weight of one apple reaches 90-180 grams. Their shape is oblong-round, conical, in the upper part there is a slight ribbing.
Apple fruits are yellow-green or completely colored yellow with a bright red blush. Their skin is thin and smooth. The apple fruit funnel is narrow and small.
The length and thickness of the stem, i.e. it is long, medium, thick or thin.
The apple saucer is small, folded and narrow. The seeds of apple fruits are small, have a triangular shape, the tip of the seeds is blunt, and the color is dark brown.
Tree
The tree of the apple tree variety Mantet grows medium size. The apple tree has a rare crown, which has an oval shape and very strong skeletal branches, looking upwards.
The tree has a juicy, leathery, green, large leaves with an elliptical shape. The greatest number of fruits is observed mainly on kolchatka.
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Harvest
Already starting from the third year of growth, a very good harvest can be gathered from an apple tree. Variety Mantet fruits abundantly in a year. The fruits, with a large crop, are small.
A special feature of the Mantet variety is that the apples are not sown at the same time, they quickly re-sing. Here the main thing is to keep track of the fruits, and not to miss the beginning of their collection. Young trees produce more fruit than adults. Apple tree Mantet belongs to skoroplodny grades.
Shoots
Apple shoots brown, articulated, with small gray lentils. The variety Mantet green leaves, they are large, leathery, shiny. The shape of the leaves is slightly elongated, elliptical. The slightly elongated tip of the leaf looks up, with a pointed or tapered base.
Smooth, smooth sheet plate has a slightly raised, wavy, serrate edge. The scape, in the Mantet apple variety, is separated from the shoot, it is thick, long, overly colored with anthocyanin coloration. And stipules are medium in size, not very large, awl-shaped.
The apple tree is characterized by medium-sized deciduous buds, they are conical in shape, convex and omitted. Flowers are large, with white and pink buds, sometimes with a purple tinge. The Mantet variety has oblong, light pink petals, a short pistil, and there are stigmas below the anthers.
Virtues
Skoroplodnost, very early ripening of fruits, excellent dessert taste.
disadvantages
One of the main drawbacks can be called the vertical growth of many shoots, the fragility of the wood, the propensity for the irregular fruiting of adult trees.
You can also disadvantages include:
There is a high risk of developing a disease such as scab, especially if it rains frequently;
It tolerates severe frosts, does not recommend planting Mantet apples in the northern regions, seedlings may die;
Young apples, bringing a good harvest, gradually lose their fecundity. Good yields now follow in a year, and in the fruitful year mostly small apples hang on the tree;
The minimum shelf life (no more than a month), fruits can not be left until spring, it is better to eat them right away, or make compote, jam, jam from them.
Landing features
The soil
Apple is a perennial plant, so it requires careful and proper preparation of the soil before planting seedlings. The life span of a single tree is about 50 years, and throughout the entire period it brings a good fruit harvest. So where should you start?
First you need to decide on the place where the future apple tree Mantet will grow. This should be a place that is reliably protected from drafts, the absence of stagnation of cold air, and the presence of sufficient amount of sunlight.
Variety Mantet can be planted in autumn and spring, the main thing is to do it during the rest period of plants. In autumn, one should catch up to the beginning of the first frosty days, and in spring - before the first buds bloom and the earth has not completely warmed up.
But if apple seedlings were planted during this period, they will need additional watering, because the lack of moisture leads to a drying of the root system.
Gardeners recommend choosing one or three summer trees for planting, this is the most optimal age of an apple tree for quick adoption.
On seedlings remove damaged and rotten roots, broken branches.
For apple trees Mantet fit loamy soils, but with proper and timely care, it can grow on almost any soil. After choosing a place, you should take care of the landing hole, do the preparation of the land, meet the landing time.
Landing pit start digging a few months before the planting of the fruit tree. This process is important so that the soil becomes denser and the side walls absorb a sufficient amount of moisture.
The size of the dug hole depends on the level of soil preparation, and what qualities it possesses. For example, if the area with fertile soil was dug, then dig a small hole. This pit is used for laying out the roots of an apple tree. The width of the pit will be about 40 cm, and the depth reaches 30-35 cm.
A larger planting pit is dug in the event that the place of the future garden was not dug up, or the soil on the site is heavy. A hole is dug to a depth of about 70 cm, and its width is 1 meter.
There is also a third option, this is when crushed stone, marl and chalk clay are included in the earth, the soil has not been dug up and not cultivated. The width is from 1 to 1.2 meters, and the depth is 1 meter.
After the pit has been dug, it should be prepared. The pit is filled with fertile soil. Peat, compost, humus and rotted manure are added to the upper layer of the pit. Sand is added to the clay soil.
The next step is to make mineral fertilizers. To fill the pit, the soil should be prepared in layers: each layer, 20 cm thick, is poured with fertilizer.
Then the soil layer is mixed and compacted. Do not forget that after filling the pit should form a hill, because the ground tends to sit down, and compacted, you can not allow the formation of a funnel.
Now you can plant an apple tree. A small hole is made, according to the size of the root system, and the tree is carefully planted there.
Basic rules for planting seedlings Mantet apple trees:
- Carefully and carefully, before planting, it is necessary to straighten the roots. The root system of the apple tree is filled with fertile soil, and after fertilizer.
- It is necessary to shake trees a little bit, then the earth is best filled with sapling.
- Around the planted seedling is recommended to stamp the ground in the hole, so it will be better to water and fertilize.
The last step - watering seedlings. The rate of watering is 15-20 liters of water per tree. Soil mulching is carried out either by humus or by leaves.
Since the trunk of the tree is thin and can be very damaged or bend in strong winds, it is recommended to tie it to three pegs.
Care features
Mantet apple variety care is not very different from other fruit trees: weed removal, soil loosening around a tree, soil digging, preparation of a planting hole, pruning of trees, timely watering of seedlings, whitewashing of apple tree trunks.
The apple tree needs frequent abundant watering, about once a week. But do not get carried away, as a large amount of water can have a detrimental effect on the tree. Bring in fertilizer once throughout the year:
humus, sulfuric potassium (20 grams) and superphosphate (50 grams). Instead of sulfuric potassium, wood ash can be used.
Pruning branches carried out in order to improve fruiting, remove dry and damaged branches, annual shoots. Cut branches painted over with garden pitch.
For prophylaxis from various diseases, in addition to spraying the crown of a tree, remove the old bark from perennial plants. Places where the bark was torn off, whitewash, thus reducing the risk of penetration of various infections into the crown.
