Apple tree Amber: description of the variety and variety, advantages and disadvantages

The Yantar apple tree was bred by breeders of the Sverdlovsk Experimental Station. The variety has spread to many regions of the country, with different climatic conditions, due to its ability to adapt to any conditions. The Red Amber variety was created by Krasnodar, together with Oryol, breeders in the middle of the 2000s. Zoned for dry and hot climates with possibly cold winters, Red Amber has virtually no disadvantages.

Variety description

Red Amber belongs to the early summer varieties of apple trees.

Description of fruits: large-sized apples weigh up to 200 grams or more, the fruits are even.Ripe apples have a red color and transparent amber juicy flesh. The main use of apples is fresh consumption. From apples, an aromatic pulp-free apple juice with a bright sweet taste is obtained.

Amber is an autumn variety, with cross-pollination, it must be planted on a site with pollinators: Renet Simirenko, Super Chief, Fuji, Empire. This variety is grown with pleasure by gardeners in conditions of risky farming: in the Urals, in Bashkiria, where frosty winters, early autumn and late spring frosts.

Description of fruits: apples are small, up to 50 grams, but under good weather conditions in summer and proper care, young trees give large apples, weighing up to 80 grams. Apples have a thin skin, during the period of ripening and pouring juice, they become transparent and glow in the sun.

When describing apples of this variety, one cannot fail to note their resemblance to transparent large drops of petrified resin - hence the name of the variety.It is not for nothing that many amber jewelry works reproduce this small wonderful apple. Here are earrings, pendants, apple-shaped boxes and just the apple itself, as a talisman of family well-being and love.

The fruits of the Amber variety practically do not fall to the ground in late autumn. When harvesting, you have to pick apples from the branches. With prolonged storage, apples lose their juiciness, become soft, crumbly. From juicy not overripe apples, a very tasty jam is cooked with transparent slices, viscous honey syrup, juice is squeezed out, compotes with whole apples are cooked. Puree for baby food, jam, marmalade are made from overripe crumbly fruits.

Advantages and disadvantages of the variety

The main advantage of Red Amber is fruiting in the second year after planting, early ripening of apples. And also a beautiful presentation of apples. The fruits are completely painted bright red when ripe, do not lose their marketable appearance during transportation, and are stored in cool rooms for up to 2 months.

Apple trees tolerate dry summers well, withstand moderate frosts, are not infected with scab spores, powdery mildew.

Disadvantage can be considered zoning for a warm climate, intolerance to severe frosts.

The main advantage of Amber is getting used to various climatic conditions, from hot to sharply continental climate, in a short time. The variety is widely used to create new elite varieties of apples with unique properties.

Long shelf life - up to 5 months. Preservation of a trade dress at warehousing, transportations. Use as a raw material for obtaining juices, jams, confiture, baby food puree, dried fruits and other types of products with high palatability.

The disadvantages are the possibility of infection of trees (in rainy summer) with spores of scab, powdery mildew, a long period of non-fruiting when planting seedlings (bearing fruit for 6-7 years), late ripening of apples.

Tree dimensions

Mature Amber apple trees are medium in size, their height reaches 4 meters with good care, suitable soil, mild climate. The tree scatters the main branches almost at a right angle, hence the sprawling crown, which occupies a large space. Branches do not grow densely.

Red Amber in adulthood does not exceed the average size. Branches form a spherical crown with medium density.

Yield and palatability of fruits

In terms of yield and taste of ripening fruits, these varieties have common advantages - high yield, excellent taste. Apples have a delicate aroma, sweet and sour taste, which are appreciated by tasters, gardeners, consumers.

Yantar variety gives a regular, abundant harvest over a long period (up to 20 years). Good weather conditions, competent care allow you to harvest up to 170 kilograms from 1 tree.

Ripe fruits have juicy, dense cream-colored flesh, granularity appears during storage of the crop. The tasting score of apples is 4.85-4.95 points.

Red Amber gives consistently large yields. Fruit nurseries in the Kuban and the North Caucasus grow up to 28 tons per hectare.

The taste of apples is high, evaluated on a five-point scale of 4.7 points. The taste of the fruit is sweet and sour. Apples have thin red skin, light amber flesh with fine grain.

Winter hardiness

The Amber variety withstands strong winds, hard frosts, sudden changes in temperature (from above zero to cold snaps). He is not afraid of late spring cold snaps during flowering.

Red Amber is zoned to the southern latitudes, has an average frost resistance.

Disease resistance

Amber is considered a resistant variety to diseases and pests. In humid climates or rainy summers, apple trees can be affected by scab and powdery mildew. If this happens, it is necessary to collect diseased leaves from the branches, burn them, and treat the tree with special preparations for fungal diseases. If the apple tree grows in a humid climate, it is necessary to take preventive measures regularly - in spring and autumn.

It is necessary to plant seedlings in high, well-ventilated areas, monitor the density of the crown of mature trees, thin it out in a timely manner, and correctly apply mineral fertilizers.

Red Amber is not affected by powdery mildew spores, has scab immunity gene.

Terms of flowering and fruit ripening

The timing of flowering of fruit trees depends on many factors: climatic conditions, on the area of growth (city, suburban areas, terrain of the garden plot, sunny or shaded place where the trees grow), on the timing of the onset of spring (early or late beginning of spring) , varieties of apple trees (some varieties bloom earlier than others).

Mass flowering of fruit trees begins when the atmospheric air warms up in the range of 15-23 ^{C. Flowering time depends on the weather. In hot dry weather, apple trees bloom for up to a week. Cloudy, rainy spring bloom lasts up to 2 weeks.}

Amber in the warm regions of the Volga region blooms in early or mid-May, in the regions of the Urals - in the middle or end of May, in the regions of Western Siberia - in late May or early June.

The timing of the ripening of Yantar apples depends on weather conditions during the summer. Usually apples begin to ripen at the end of August, at the beginning of September the harvest is fully harvested. The early onset of a full-fledged spring, hot summer accelerate the ripening of fruits.

Red Amber is zoned for the southern climate and early spring, it blooms in late April. In a hot, humid or dry climate, apples ripen in mid-July, and at the end of July, the crop is completely harvested from the trees.

Growth regions

The growing regions of these varieties are different.

The Amber variety grows in the regions of the Urals, the Middle Volga region, Western Siberia. Red Amber apple trees grow in the regions of the Stavropol Territory, the republics of the North Caucasus.

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