Apple tree Airlie Geneva

Apple tree Airlie Geneva
The main characteristics of the variety:
  • Authors: USA, Geneva Experimental Station
  • Taste: sweet and sour
  • Scent: pronounced
  • Fruit weight, g: 140-150
  • Fruit size: average
  • Frequency of fruiting: regular
  • The beginning of fruiting varieties: 1 year after planting
  • Ripening terms: summer
  • Removable maturity: late July - early August
  • Keeping quality: in the refrigerator for several weeks
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Early Geneva is a folk variety that, with good care, gives a large harvest. The main thing is to provide the tree with proper watering and pruning, since the variety is vigorous.

Breeding history of the variety

Earley Geneva was bred in the United States. This result was achieved by crossing the varieties Quinti and Julired.

Description of the variety

The early-growing variety has a spreading crown. The foliage density can be characterized as medium. The maximum tree height is 5 meters. The foliage is formed in a large, dark shade.

Features, pros and cons

This variety has many characteristics. Early Geneva, although it belongs to the winter-hardy varieties, does not tolerate spring frosts, therefore the Safjenians are planted in open ground only at the end of spring.

The variety is early ripening, so it needs regular watering and feeding while the fruits ripen on the tree. It is best to plant a crop on black soil, loam or sandy loam soil.

Another feature of Airlie Geneva is the need for aeration.

Fruit ripening occurs unevenly, therefore, apples are harvested from the tree in several approaches.

The described variety has another useful feature - it quickly begins to bear fruit. A year after planting a tree, you can get a harvest.

Speaking specifically about the benefits of Airlie Geneva, these are:

  • pleasant taste and appearance of the fruit;

  • wonderful apple aroma;

  • early maturation;

  • high yield of the variety.

Of the shortcomings, short storage can be distinguished. The fruits of this variety will not lie in the warehouse. After a couple of weeks, they will start to deteriorate.

Ripening and fruiting

Earley Geneva belongs to the summer ripening varieties. You can start harvesting the fruits from the end of July. Fruiting continues until August. Trees bear fruit regularly.

Yield

This apple tree shows high yields.

Fruits and their taste

From the fruits of this variety, you can cook delicious compotes and make jam with jams.

The apples are greenish-yellow in color, with a pleasant pink blush.

The shape is characterized simply - spherical, flattened and one-dimensional.

The weight of one apple can reach 140-150 grams.

The apples have a pleasant, sweet and sour taste. The aroma is strong.

Inside the fruit is a creamy flesh.

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

Any variety, and this one is no exception, grows best in full sun and in areas with good drainage. Of course, Geneva will not die from a slight shadow, but the fruits will lose their attractive appearance, sweetness. Such areas dry out worse after rains, therefore, the likelihood of infection with a fungus increases.

Quality care requires pruning on time.Any shoots that appear to be diseased should be removed in early spring to prevent fungal spores from spreading from them.

Pruning and destroying infected areas is one of the main methods of fighting infections. Pruning allows you to thin out the tree quite well so that air can circulate in the crown. The pruner must be disinfected if several trees are cut at once. Chlorine solution or bleach is suitable.

Infected parts of plants are destroyed, namely: they are burned so that the disease does not spread throughout the site.

Experts advise when growing Earley Geneva to avoid overuse of fertilizers, especially in late summer.

Planting apple trees is a very important, troublesome and responsible business. Its survival and full-fledged 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 big trouble to the fruit tree.

Pollination

As with any apple tree, pollination plays an important role in the formation of fruits in this variety. To get a high-quality harvest, you need to plant several trees of a different variety in the garden, or be grafted on Airlie Geneva. The issue of pollinators is so easily and simply resolved, because in bad weather and constant rains at the flowering stage, insects cannot always do their job.

Top dressing

It is necessary to feed the young apple trees of the Airlie Geneva variety, and it is better to dilute the mineral complexes in water and introduce them into the soil with drip irrigation.

An early spring nitrogen application is usually required before young trees produce their first harvest. Ammonium nitrogen (containing 34% actual N) is often used. The amount of this fertilizer should be clearly regulated, if its excess begins, then the foliage of the apple tree will begin to draw out all the juices. The scheme for introducing it with the described variety by year:

  • 1 - 30 g;

  • 2 - 60 g;

  • 3 - 90 g;

  • 4 - 120 g;

  • 5 years - 150 g.

In addition to nitrogen, potassium also plays an important role in the formation of fruits. Experts recommend using potassium chloride (containing 60% K20). Usually 80 g of this substance per 2.5 cm of trunk diameter is recommended. Avoid excessive consumption of the mineral, as this can lead to calcium and magnesium deficiencies.

Near young trees, fertilizer is scattered under the branches at a distance of at least 15 cm from the trunk. It is not recommended to put manure around newly planted trees.

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 frost resistance of the described variety is assessed as medium.

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

Despite the fact that Earley Geneva has a high resistance to the most common disease - scab, this does not mean that it should not be protected from pests and other fungi.

Most of the fungi that cause apple diseases overwinter in the branches. Spores spread to apples during the rainy season, they also fly in the air. Fungicides are used as the main treatment from mid to late July.

Often, a gardener who decides to grow Airlie Geneva on his plot is faced with a disease such as rust. For treatment and prevention, it is recommended to use a fungicide containing fenarimol or miclobutanil. In order not to infect the seedlings, you should also not plant them close to junipers and cedars. This disease usually spreads from April to mid-June, which is when the treatment should be carried out.

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
USA, Experimental Station "Geneva"
Appeared when crossing
Quinty x Julired
Name synonyms
Geneva early
Transportability
Yes
Early maturity
early
Wood
Crown
sprawling, medium thick
Fruit
Appointment
cooking compotes, making jam
Coloration
greenish yellow with pink blush
Fruit shape
one-dimensional, spherical-flattened
Fruit weight, g
140-150
Fruit size
average
Taste
sweet and sour
Pulp
creamy
Scent
expressed
Keeping quality
in the refrigerator for several weeks
Growing
Self-fertility
non-self-fertile, Discovery, Celeste, Delicacy, Idared
Growth type
vigorous
Frost resistance, ° C
average
The soil
any
Scab resistance
high
Maturation
Ripening terms
summer
Removable maturity
late July - early August
The beginning of fruiting varieties
1 year after planting
Frequency of fruiting
regular
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