Apple tree VEM pink

Apple tree VEM pink
The main characteristics of the variety:
  • Authors: L. Kotov (Sverdlovsk Experimental Gardening Station)
  • Taste: sweet and sour, dessert
  • Fruit weight, g: 120-150
  • Fruit size: small or medium
  • Yield: high, 75-90 kg
  • Frequency of fruiting: regular
  • The beginning of fruiting varieties: for 3-4 years
  • Ripening terms: late autumn
  • Removable maturity: in September
  • Keeping quality: until February (in a cool place)
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For regions with a harsh climate and a zone of risky farming, breeders have presented a unique line of hybrid apple varieties of VEM. They got their name from the VM gene, which gives fruit trees excellent resistance to scab and other diseases. VEM pink is the brightest representative of this family. Universal fruits of autumn ripening are suitable for fresh consumption and canning.

Breeding history of the variety

A group of breeders of the Sverdlovsk Experimental Gardening Station under the leadership of Professor Leonid Andrianovich Kotov, who devoted many years to breeding varieties for the Ural region and northern regions, worked on the hybrid.

Description of the variety

An excellent hybrid with a short growing season perfectly tolerates harsh winters, which indescribably pleases residents of cold regions, who most of all need fruits and vitamins. VEM pink is a medium-sized tree, growing by 3-4 meters, with an annual growth of 50-60 cm. The rounded crown of medium density tends to thicken, therefore it needs monitoring and regulation of shoot growth. The branches are covered with green ovoid leaves with almost smooth edges. VEM blooms with beautiful fragrant pink flowers that cover the crown with a continuous “carpet”.

Features, pros and cons

It is not in vain that the Ural variety is gaining more and more popularity indicators. It has excellent qualities for the fruit tree of the northern regions.

  • High yield and stable fruiting.

  • Apples are firmly attached to the stalks, which saves gardeners from falling.

  • Excellent transportability, attractive appearance, good taste and long-term keeping quality make it possible to realize the harvest by transporting it over long distances.

  • Ability to endure northern winters without loss, resistance to return frosts and unfavorable weather conditions in summer (rain, drought).

But the main advantage is that the tree is so unpretentious that even a beginner can cope with its cultivation. Of the shortcomings, only the small size of the fruit can be noted.

Ripening and fruiting

The hybrid belongs to late autumn fruit varieties - fruits reach removable maturity in September. The apple tree begins to bear fruit 4 years after planting, it continues to do so with enviable regularity and stability.

Growing regions

The apple tree is adapted to the northern regions - the Urals, Northwestern, West Siberian, East Siberian, Southwestern regions.

Yield

The plant annually brings a consistently high yield - 70-90 kg per tree. Frequency is not observed, which allows you to plan actions with the harvest and income from it. Cultivation on an industrial scale allows you to get up to 277 centners / ha, subject to the observance of agricultural practices: watering, feeding, pruning.

Fruits and their taste

Rounded yellow fruits weighing 120-150 g are covered with a smooth thin skin, almost imperceptible when eating. Apples have a beautiful bright pink blush almost all over the surface. The white pulp has a coarse-grained structure and a pleasant sweet dessert taste with a slight sourness. The tasting assessment of the hybrid according to a five-point system is 4.5 points.The fruits can be stored fresh and, if necessary, until February.

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

VEM pink prefers fertile loamy soils with an acidity close to neutral. Sunny areas are chosen for planting, however, with a limited space, the apple tree easily tolerates temporary shading, for example, in the morning or after lunch. As you know, the time for planting seedlings of fruit trees is spring and autumn, but one should not lose sight of the fact that VEM is designed for growing in areas of risky farming, so it is best to plant plants in spring. Over the summer, even a short one, they will have time to build up a full-fledged root system for a safe wintering. Autumn planting can destroy them due to the early onset of severe frosts. Successful rooting and subsequent fruiting largely depend on the quality of the planting material. It is best to buy seedlings in proven nurseries than to buy a plant on the market and lose several years if the plant turns out to be of the wrong variety or, in general, something else.

Pits are dug in places where there is no close groundwater. The standard hole size 80x80 cm can be increased to a cubic meter. At the bottom, a drainage layer is arranged, where you can place not only pebbles or crushed stone, but also chopped branches, crumpled iron cans, fragments of bricks and more. The excavated soil is enriched with organic matter and mineral fertilizers (superphosphate, saltpeter, urea, 50-60 g each). The plant should stand upright, do not forget about additional support - for the first year, a peg to which a weak trunk is tied will not interfere. After planting, the trunk circle is carefully shed, then they make sure that the soil does not dry out and does not crack. Mulching and weeding will help with this. The distance between the pits is 3 m, the spacing is 4-5 meters. Subsequent tree care consists of watering (3-4 times per season), processing, pruning, crown formation.

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

The plant is self-fertile, so you need to take care of the neighborhood of apple trees of other varieties with the same flowering time.

Top dressing

After a couple of years from the moment of planting, the tree will need additional nutrition. Top dressing is applied twice per season: in the spring - organic matter with nitrogen fertilizers, in the fall the time for phosphorus-potassium compositions comes.

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

VEM pink has excellent performance in this regard - plants easily tolerate severe 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

The hybrid is highly resistant to scab and fungal diseases, but this does not relieve the fruit grower of the need to carry out annual preventive treatments with insecticides and fungicides.

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
L. Kotov (Sverdlovsk Experimental Gardening Station)
Yield
high, 75-90 kg
Transportability
Yes
Early maturity
early
Decorative
No
Wood
Height
3-4 m
Crown
round, medium density
Leaves
matte green, ovoid
Flowers
pale pink, densely covering branches
Fruit
Appointment
universal
Coloration
main - yellow, integumentary - bright pink blush on most of the fruit
Fruit shape
rounded
Fruit weight, g
120-150
Fruit size
small or medium
Skin
thin, dense, smooth, not hard, with a slight bloom
Taste
sweet and sour, dessert
Pulp
white, juicy, coarse-grained
Keeping quality
until February (in a cool place)
Crumbling
No
Tasting assessment
4,5
Growing
Self-fertility
self-infertile
Growth type
medium-sized
Growing regions
Ural, North-West, West-Siberian, East-Siberian
Frost resistance, ° C
high
The soil
moist, fertile, loamy with acidity close to neutral
Location
illuminated places, darkening is acceptable
Resistance to fungal diseases
steady
Scab resistance
steady
Maturation
Ripening terms
late autumn
Removable maturity
in September
Duration of the consumer period
September-February
The beginning of fruiting varieties
for 3-4 years
Frequency of fruiting
regular
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