Apple-tree Antonovka Ordinary

Apple-tree Antonovka Ordinary
The main characteristics of the variety:
  • Authors: folk selection
  • Taste: sweet and sour with some excess of acid
  • Scent: strong
  • The beginning of fruiting varieties: for 4-5 years. After budding, bears fruit for 7-8 years
  • Ripening terms: early winter
  • Removable maturity: in mid-September
  • Keeping quality: up to three months
  • Appointment: universal
  • Growing regions: central Russia and Belarus, also zoned in a number of regions of northern Ukraine and the Volga region
  • Name synonyms: Malus domestica 'Antonovka'
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Antonovka Ordinary is a strong-growing "folk" variety that brings gardeners a large and high-quality harvest. On its basis, many varieties and their types have been bred.

Breeding history of the variety

The origin of the Antonovka common apple trees (Malus domestica 'Antonovka') is unknown, but there are some versions. The most common of them says that the Kursk province is the homeland of the variety.

Description of the variety

Trees can reach a height of 6-8 meters, but most often they are formed up to 3-4 m in order to prevent active growth. The crown is oval in young apple trees; with age, it acquires a spherical or wider shape. The leaves are bright green in color, have an oblong-ovoid (less often oval) shape, a rounded base and serrate-crenate jagged edges. Their surface is wrinkled.

The main branches are brown, raised upward. After a while, they spread out to the sides and become overgrown with branched ringlets. Shoots are also brown, geniculate, most often not straight and faceted in cross section. The flowers are saucer-shaped and white with a shade of pink, their petals are oblong.

Features, pros and cons

The variety is held in high esteem by gardeners because of its unpretentiousness to climatic conditions and high resistance. Apple trees can easily endure both severe frosts and hot summers, they are not afraid of strong winds and temperature changes.

Antonovka Ordinary gives a decent harvest, growing even on infertile and poor soil. Its fruits are highly nutritious, they contain a lot of vitamin C and other useful microelements. Doctors recommend these apples even for people with diabetes, as they have a small amount of sugar.

Apple trees are also in demand due to their high marketability (90-91%) and good transportability.

Ripening and fruiting

Apple trees are early winter, the first harvest can be harvested in 4-5 years. After budding, the variety bears fruit for 7-8 years. You can remove the fruits in mid-September, they are greenish in color, and their flesh is firm. After a short storage (20-30 days), the color of the apples becomes yellowish, and the flesh becomes loose and juicy.

Yield

At 10-15 years old, the tree is capable of producing 120-150 kg of fruit. Every year the yield increases, therefore, at 20-25 years old, apple trees yield on average up to 200 kg per tree. If apple picking is regular initially, then apple trees that have been blooming for more than a year will bring harvest periodically.

Fruits and their taste

Apples are greenish-yellow in color. The central fruits on the pouch are rounded, weakly flattened, while the lateral fruits are flattened-rounded. The skin is smooth, the pulp is yellowish, juicy, with a strong pleasant aroma. The taste is sweet and sour, there is some excess of acid.

They are used both fresh and in the preparation of apple jam, marmalade, confiture and jelly. The fruits can be stored for up to three months, they do not fall off the trees.

To obtain a bountiful harvest of fragrant apples, the garden must be periodically renewed by planting seedlings of productive and new varieties.The choice of an apple seedling must be approached with all responsibility, because low-quality planting material at best will not take root, and at worst it will die in the prime of years after numerous investments in its health and normal formation.

Growing features

Antonovka Ordinary does not require special care, but there are recommendations that will help you get a good harvest.

Planting apple trees is a very important, troublesome and responsible business. Its survival and full fruiting depends on the correct procedure. Before planting, you need to choose the right planting material, determine the location and prepare the soil.
A successful grafting helps to solve a whole range of problems, first of all: to get the varieties of interest and save space on the site. The vaccination technique itself is not so difficult and even a novice summer resident can master it. Vaccinations can be done during the entire growing season.
Along with top dressing and pruning necessary for apple trees, watering is also a significant contribution to the correct development of the culture, and therefore to a high yield. Improper watering, carried out inopportunely, without enough water, can bring great trouble to the fruit tree.

Pollination

The variety is not capable of self-pollination, so next to it it is necessary to plant other apple trees that bloom at the same time. Top pollinators:

  • Welsey;
  • Anise;
  • Autumn striped;
  • Pepin is saffron.

Top dressing

In order for the fruiting of trees to be active and of high quality, they should be fed about 4 times a year.

The main stages of feeding.

  • For the first time, you should fertilize the apple tree with urea. This is done before the beginning of the flowering period. A young tree requires 50-100 grams, while an adult needs 500-600 grams of fertilizer. Top dressing is scattered in the crown projection.
  • The second fertilization should be carried out with the first flowers, using 200 grams of potassium sulfate, the same amount of superphosphate, 5 liters of manure and 100 grams of urea.
  • For the third feeding, 100 grams of nitroammofoska is used, and it is carried out during the ripening period of apples.
  • The last fertilization is carried out after harvesting the fruits. 300 grams of potassium sulfate and the same amount of superphosphate are used.
An important point in caring for an apple tree in the open field is feeding and fertilizing. Top dressing of apple trees begins in early spring and ends in late autumn. Lack of nutrition leads not only to a decrease in the quality and quantity of the crop, but also reduces the immunity of the tree, making it more vulnerable to pests and diseases. And with the autumn procedure, the tree will be able to lay more fruit buds, which will have a positive effect on the future harvest.

Frost resistance

The variety has high frost resistance, easily tolerates both winter frosts and simple frosts.

Despite the fact that apple trees are considered quite unpretentious plants, they still need proper autumn care. Timely preparation of trees for winter makes them more resistant to winter frosts, as well as increase future yields.

Diseases and pests

Apple trees are scab resistant but often suffer from fruit rot.

The apple tree is a popular fruit crop among gardeners. It can be found in many summer cottages. But at the same time, such trees are often affected by various diseases. It is very important to recognize the disease in time and carry out the necessary procedures for a speedy recovery. Otherwise, the fruits will be spoiled, and the tree itself may die altogether.

Fruiting of aging trees, as well as the quality of the harvest, decreases. Therefore, if the tree is aging and there is a need to replace it, you need to think about how to propagate the apple tree so as not to lose the variety. For reproduction of an apple tree, several methods are used: by seeds, layering, eyes and cloning (budding).
General characteristics
Authors
folk selection
Name synonyms
Malus domestica 'Antonovka'
Transportability
Yes
Marketability
90-91%
Decorative
No
Wood
Crown
oval, becomes globular or wider with age
Leaves
bright green, oblong-ovate (less often oval) with a rounded base and serrate-crenate jagged edges, with a wrinkled surface
Branches
main branches with brown bark, raised upwards, but over time they spread out to the sides, well overgrown with branched ringlets
Escapes
brown bark, geniculate, usually not straight, faceted in cross section
Flowers
saucer-shaped, white with a slight pink tint, oblong petals
Fruit
Appointment
universal
Coloration
greenish yellow
Fruit shape
the central ones on the fruit sac are of a rounded weakly flattened shape, the lateral ones are flattened-rounded
Skin
smooth
Taste
sweet and sour with some excess of acid
Pulp
yellowish, juicy
Scent
strong
Composition
total sugars - 9.22%, titrated acids - 1.0% wet weight, tannins - 41 mg / 100g, ascorbic acid - 17 mg / 100g (8.3-23.7), P-active substances - 327 mg / 100g, pectin substances - 14% (6.7-16.6) on dry weight
Keeping quality
up to three months
Crumbling
No
Growing
Self-fertility
self-fertile, needs pollinators (Welsey, Anise, Autumn striped, Pepin saffron)
Growth type
vigorous
Growing regions
central Russia and Belarus, also zoned in a number of regions of the northern part of Ukraine and in the Volga region
Frost resistance, ° C
high
Scab resistance
steady
Maturation
Ripening terms
early winter
Removable maturity
in mid-September
The beginning of fruiting varieties
for 4-5 years. After budding, bears fruit for 7-8 years
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