Apple tree Pervouralskaya: description and characteristics of the variety, winter hardiness with photo

In the harsh Ural climate, not every apple tree is ready to grow and bear fruit. But still, there are suitable varieties of fruit trees - they were bred by breeders. One of them is the Pervouralskaya apple tree. This plant was eventually noted as the most fruitful of all varieties of fruit trees in the Urals.

Description and features of the variety

The team of Sverdlovsk breeders managed to grow an apple tree of a variety that was not afraid of the cold climate of the Urals. This tree was created thanks to the original Persian variety. This fruit tree gives its fruits to people every year by the end of the first autumn month, and they are stored until the onset of heat after winter.The fruits of this tree have an appetizing appearance and are very tasty.

An additional description of this variety says that the Pervouralskaya apple tree is very resistant to scab, it tolerates winter temperatures of -40 ° C well, and is resistant to droughts.

Features

Experienced gardeners speak very positively about the Pervouralskaya apple tree, because there are no shortcomings in this variety. The only thing that is perceived by the impatient owners of the tree is not very positive - the number of fruits increases gradually.

Tree height

This apple tree is considered medium-sized. At the beginning of development, its growth increases rapidly. But its average value reaches 2.5 meters. There are, of course, specimens that have grown on the plain and in the absence of other competing trees nearby and have reached a height of 4 meters. But this phenomenon is rare.

Crown width

Apple Pervouralskaya - a tree with a wide crown, which has many leaves. Its branches are medium in size, quite thick and compactly located, their color is dark brown. The size of the leaves is medium, rich green with smooth leaf plates.

Fruits

The weight of apples reaches 150 g, but it happens that if the plant develops in good conditions, it grows fruits weighing up to 300 g on its crown. All fruits have a regular round shape and yellow-green color, orange and red shades. Barely noticeable dots are located under the skin of the fruit.

On the cut, apples are creamy in color, their flesh is fine-grained and dense. A faint apple flavor comes from the fruit. Their taste is sweet and sour and rich.

Yields

Average yield after peak fruiting of the Pervouralskaya apple tree reaches approximately 200 c/ha.

Winter hardiness

The breeders who bred this variety for the Ural cold climatic zone of Russia took good care of its winter hardiness. And according to gardeners, the Pervouralskaya apple tree is really not afraid of frost if the thermometer does not fall below 40 degrees.

Disease resistance

This fruit tree is immune to many diseases. Scab will not affect a variety of any species, because the apple tree has perfect resistance to it.

Life span of a tree

The Pervouralskaya apple tree develops in such a way that at first its vegetation is intense, but over time it slows down.

With proper care, the fruiting of this variety will last a long time. The largest amount of fruit can be obtained from this tree after 7-10 years, but fruits are harvested on it up to 50 years.

Features of ripening and fruiting

This variety begins its fruiting in the 5th year of life. The amount of the crop increases gradually, and the fruits themselves grow larger. Fruit on this tree ripens every year.

Pervouralskaya apple trees are harvested in September, and then they ripen until December, after which they are perfectly stored until the end of spring. And if the storage was correct, then until the time of the new harvest.

After the fruits are plucked and put into storage, chemical changes occur in them: fiber acquires a certain softness, and organic acids and starch are converted into sugars. If the apples are not picked at the right time, then the quality of the fruit is reduced.

Variety subspecies

In most cases, the Pervouralskaya apple tree grows in the form of a standard tree, its height is up to 5 meters. But if the variety has been grafted onto rootstocks of low vigor or apple trees that have grown by themselves, then such a plant will reach a maximum height of 2.5 meters.

Features of cultivation in the regions

Since the Pervouralskaya apple tree was bred for the regions of the Urals, it is not afraid of frost. And in other parts of the country with a milder climate, this type of tree will feel great. In other regions of Russia, she will demand the same agrotechnical measures, and even in smaller quantities, as at home. For example: if in the Urals the root system of a tree was mulched to protect it from freezing of the soil, then in a place with a warmer winter this will no longer be necessary.

Among the mandatory procedures that are done when growing Pervouralskaya apple trees are:

cutting annual seedlings half a meter high;
formation of four side shoots to form skeletal branches;
tying to a peg at the initial stage of growth to ensure their vertical position;
regular top dressing in the area of the near-stem circle.

Experienced gardeners appreciated this fruit tree and named it No. 1 among all varieties of apple trees in the Urals. Therefore, this plant deserves to be planted on the plantations of garden lovers. And the tree, in response to their care, will generously give good harvests.