Apple tree Renet Chernenko: description and characteristics of the variety, yield with photo

Each gardener in his area is planting various fruit trees. Among them, apple trees are considered the most common. Specialists of breeding stations are engaged in breeding varieties that are adapted to certain growing regions. It is there that they reveal their properties and give more yield. One of them is Renet Chernenko's apple trees.

What species is it?

The variety is included in the list of late winter varieties. The apple tree is partially self-pollinating. Placement near it is recommended:

• Renet Kursky;
• Autumn Striped;
• Pepinki Lithuanian;
• Welsey;
• Antonovka Ordinary;
• Northern Sinap.

These varieties contribute to the full pollination of the Renet Chernenko apple tree. The harvest is well preserved for 235 days. Fruits are harvested in wooden boxes, which should be placed in rooms where the temperature is within 0 … +2 degrees and with a degree of humidity of 85-90%.

Features and description of the variety

Apple trees grow vigorous. By the age of 15, they reach 4.8 m, their diameter is about 5.4 m. The crowns are transparent and rare, have a hemispherical shape. The leaves are medium-sized dark green.

Renet Chernenko trees during flowering are covered with white small saucer-shaped flowers with slightly wavy petals.

Apples are formed from flowers. The fruits are large, slightly flattened, weighing from 110 to 180 g. The color is yellow-green. Sunlit flanks show a faint blush with garnet or scarlet hues.

Renet Chernenko's description of apples can be supplemented with information about the pulp. It is white in color with a wine-sweet taste, characterized by density, juiciness. It contains a large amount of vitamin C.

History of selection

The following is known about the breeding of Renet Chernenko:

1. The place where the variety was obtained is the All-Russian Research Institute of Genetics and Breeding of Fruit Plants. V. Michurina.
2. The author of the project is Chernenko S.F.
3. In the process of working on the variety, the seeds of Renet Pepenova were sown.
4. This apple tree has been in the State Register since 1986.

Yields

Renet Chernenko's apple tree begins to bear fruit 7 or 8 years after grafting. Having reached the age of fifteen, one tree yields a crop of about 62 kilograms. In practice, cases of collecting fruits in the amount of 120 kg from an apple tree have been recorded. Handling the harvest in September. For further ripening, Renette Chernenko apples are placed in boxes, where they lie until November. The fruits are stored until the end of May.

Landing

To pick a lot of fruit in autumn, you need to know the nuances of planting, as well as properly care for Renet Chernenko.

Apple trees are recommended to be planted in full accordance with the following rules:

1. Planting seedlings are done in the spring, when the buds are not yet open.Or after the leaves fall in the autumn, but 14 days before the onset of the first frost. Otherwise, low temperatures will destroy weak seedlings. If apple trees are planted in areas where far from warm autumn prevails, it is better to postpone planting until spring.
2. Renet Chernenko's apple trees purchased from the markets must be carefully transported. They should be transported to the sites in mixtures with clay, wrapped in wet burlap.
3. If several trees move, then peat or sawdust, slightly moistened, is poured under the roots.
4. Having delivered the apple trees to the site, their roots are shortened. Only those that have a dried or rotten appearance are removed. And also painful and with growths.
5. If the root system dries out, it is recommended to keep it in water for several days.
6. In areas where clay soils predominate or groundwater flows, it is not necessary to keep the pits open for a long time. In such lands, trees of the Renet Chernenko variety should be planted exclusively in the spring.
7. Planting holes must be sheer-sided, over half a meter deep and up to 120 centimeters wide.
8. During the planting of seedlings in clay soil, drainage is placed at the bottom. Usually branches are used. This action will help to avoid stagnant water, and the tree will get access to air and nutrients.
9. Clay is poured into the bottom of the hole with sandy soil to hold the liquid.
10. A stake is hammered into the finished hole, then a seedling is placed, so that the neck of the root system is located 30 centimeters higher from the ground. The tree is tied to a support, a nutrient mixture is poured onto the root.
11. The hole is filled with earth. The result is a low mound, which is trampled, watered, sprinkled with hay. Sawdust and straw are also used for this.

Care

Properly planting seedlings is just the first step on the way to harvest. The active period of growth of Renet Chernenko apple trees is observed in June after the 15th. During this period, the trees are fed with liquid fertilizers.

Feeding is done after the rain or before it. Fertilizer is poured into 15 cm holes. Prepare them in advance.

During the first few years after planting, the trees need constant watering. Until mid-July, they are watered at least 5 times. One apple tree requires 30 liters of water. Trees that have entered adulthood are moistened differently. The first watering is done before June 15, the second - after 1 month, the third - until mid-August, the fourth - in the autumn months, but before the onset of frost.

For a rich harvest, pruning is required. If this is not done, then insufficient side shoots are formed. As a result, the main branches have to carry an excessive amount of heavy fruit. Pruning is carried out before fruiting, then at its very beginning, the last time during the formation of apples.

Diseases and pests

Proper planting, timely care is not a guarantee of a great harvest. Apple trees need to be protected from various diseases and pests. Trees are often attacked by rodents. A small fence will help protect plants from them. The material for it will be a fine mesh half a meter in height. It digs into the ground to a depth of 30 centimeters. So that rodents do not gnaw through the trunks, they are wrapped in glass wool. It will also protect the trees well from the cold. Damaged apple trees are covered with garden pitch, a film is wound on top.

Various insects can also choose plants. To fight, the following actions are required:

• digging and cleaning each trunk circle;
• sanitary pruning;
• whitewashing boles;
• installation of protective structures;
• spraying with insecticides.

The main advantage of Renet Chernenko is a high level of resistance to scab. This disease is most common in fruit trees. If signs of scab are found (and it can still appear in a particularly rainy summer), apple trees are sprayed with copper or iron sulphate.

Good Growing Areas

According to the State Register, plants are recommended for breeding in the following regions:

• Central;
• Central Black Earth;
• Middle Volga;
• Ural;
• Volga-Vyatka;
• Northwest.

It is in the above areas that apple trees grow well, give a rich harvest and reveal their qualities as much as possible.

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