The Uspenskoye apple tree variety is valued by amateur gardeners for a number of positive factors: unpretentiousness and ease of care, large and tasty fruits, long shelf life and good transportability. Equally important in choosing this particular variety is its high tolerance to low temperatures and resistance to major fruit diseases.
Description of the Assumption apple tree
The progenitor of this variety of apple trees is the famous breeder and academician N.I. Savelyev.Thanks to the crossing of two fruit varieties - Bessemyanka Michurinskaya and Prima - a new hybrid with decent characteristics was obtained.
In the description of the Uspenskoe apple variety, attention should be paid to the following points:
- Tree of medium height, slow growing type. The crown is spreading, of medium density and with skeletal branches growing perpendicularly.
- The shoots are round, short, grayish-brown in color, with slight fluff on the surface.
- The leaves are of an elongated configuration, helically twisted at the tops. The plates are glossy, deep green, with a jagged edge along the edges.
- The flowers are large, with a small cup, pale pink in color.
- The fruits are large, regular rounded oval in shape. Covered with a smooth peel, greenish-yellow tonality. At the stage of consumer ripeness, they acquire a scarlet blush on the sides. There is practically no rustiness. The pulp is white, juicy, and has a sour-sugary taste. Inside there are medium-sized dark brown seeds.
The fruits contain many vitamins and microelements, including ascorbic acid - 27 mg, soluble solids - 16 mg, sugars - 11.5%, P-active compounds - 397 mg per 100 grams.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the variety
The Uspenskoye apple variety has many advantages, namely:
- high resistance to scab;
- winter hardiness;
- retains its presentation and consumer qualities for a long time;
- has a useful biochemical composition;
- unpretentious in care.
There are not many disadvantages - short shelf life and shedding of overripe fruits from the tree.
Characteristics of an apple tree
This fruit variety is characterized by several points, which gardeners primarily pay attention to.It should be noted that the apple tree’s indicators are generally positive. This explains that the choice falls on this particular variety.
Dimensions
Gardeners have different opinions regarding the size of the tree. In any gardening guide, the Uspenskoye apple tree is listed as a medium-sized crop. However, real gardeners classify it more as undersized.
Typically, an adult apple tree grows no more than 3.5 meters high. It is worth mentioning separately about the size of the fruits - they are quite large and one-dimensional. The average weight of one apple is 200-220 grams, but 250-270 g are also found.
Productivity
Another positive characteristic of the variety is stable and abundant fruiting. The average yield with intensive cultivation is 210-250 c/ha. Amateur gardeners usually collect up to 50 kg of apples from a tree.
The pulp of the fruit is tender, juicy, sugary, with a pleasant sourness in taste. According to the tasting scale, this representative received a rating of 4.6 out of 5 points.
Frequency of fruiting
The Uspenskoye apple tree bears fruit every year.
Winter hardiness
The variety is endowed with high frost resistance. Even at a temperature of -40 °C, the bark and cambium do not freeze, and the buds are slightly damaged.
Disease resistance
Regarding the degree of susceptibility to diseases inherent in fruit plants, a high degree of resistance was noted. Scab is the most common in apple trees, but the Uspenskoye apple variety has monogenic immunity to it.
Under unfavorable growth conditions, damage may occur to:
- powdery mildew;
- fruit rot;
- cystoporosis;
- black cancer
The most dangerous pests are codling moth, aphids, leaf rollers, moths, flower beetles, copperheads, red mites.
Ripening and fruiting
The fruits of the Uspenskoe variety are formed on spears, ringlets and fruit twigs. The crop matures in autumn and is characterized by rapid ripening. The harvesting period depends on the climatic conditions of the growing region and varies between September and October.
The first harvest of fruits occurs in the fifth year after planting the seedlings. Under the most favorable conditions, this may happen earlier.
It is important to remove apples from trees in a timely manner, since when overripe they fall to the ground. It is advisable not to delay processing the crop. Its storage is short-lived: in cool conditions - no more than 2 months, in room conditions - 30-40 days.
Variety distribution
The most favorable regions for garden cultivation of the Uspenskoye apple variety:
- Moscow region.
- Volga region.
- Central Black Earth strip of Russia.
- Ural.
- Altai.
Due to its tolerance to low temperatures, this variety is successfully grown in Siberia. It does not require shelter for the winter, and it rarely freezes. Even if this happens, it recovers quickly. The zoning of this hybrid across the Central Urals regions was completed back in 2004. There are quite comfortable conditions for him there. No less rich harvests are harvested in the southern Urals.
