Apple columnar Favorit: variety description and care tips with photo

Among all types of fruit trees, the Favorit apple tree is especially popular among summer residents and gardeners, as well as in large garden farms. The name itself says it. This type of columnar apple tree was bred by Russian botanists in 2000 in the Main Botanical Garden of the Russian Federation, and quickly spread throughout the country.

Variety description

The variety was previously described, which helps gardeners properly care for the tree so that it blooms and bears fruit in a timely manner. The Favorite apple tree is unpretentious and does not require special care - it is enough to follow the basic agrotechnical rules for growing fruitful trees - to provide enough light, loose soil and timely watering.

Apple variety Favorit belongs to columnar varieties of late ripening. The fruits are harvested at the end of September, and they can be stored until spring. The trees have a dense, slightly rounded crown and straight branches. The leaves on them are formed wide, greenish-yellow, with a pointed twisted top.

Pros and cons of the variety

The advantages of the Favorit apple tree include:

• low temperature resistant;
• immunity to a number of fungal diseases and resistance to pests;
• quick fruit ripening;
• high yield;
• apples with a pleasant dessert taste;
• unpretentiousness.

Perhaps the only drawback attributed to this variety of apples is the shrinking of the fruits with an increase in their number.

The combination of these indicators made this tree one of the most beloved by domestic gardeners.

Characteristic

All the main characteristics of the Favorit apple variety provide the tree with mostly positive recommendations.

Tree dimensions

After planting, the seedlings begin to grow rather slowly; it takes 3 to 5 years for the formation of an adult tree 4-5 meters high. At the same time, the variety begins to bear fruit. In order for the first harvest to please with the abundance and size of fruits, the tree must be looked after. There is nothing difficult to care for, it is enough that it is planted in a sunny place, and the soil is periodically loosened and watered.

Fruiting

The first fruits that appear on the apple tree 2-3 years after planting will be large, almost uniform red. Apples will ripen regularly, and their number will increase every year.

With proper care and enough light and heat, the fruits will improve their taste characteristics with each new harvest.

On average, their tasting score is 4.7 on a five-point system. The fruits are sour-sweet, the pulp is medium in density, very juicy and tender. They are dominated by sugar, compared with the amount of acid. This allows you to eat fresh apples, make preparations in the form of marmalade and jam, cook compotes and squeeze juice.

Winter hardiness

Favorite apple-tree is highly frost-resistant. It is recommended to fertilize trees in the fall to give them strength for the winter. In this case, the Favorite's buds will not freeze, even if there are no other trees nearby.

Disease resistance

Speaking about the resistance of the variety to fungal diseases and pests, it can be clarified that the Favorit apple tree is immune to scab and powdery mildew. To prevent other diseases, the tree is treated with chemicals.

Important! You can not use chemicals to protect trees from diseases during the fruiting period, otherwise the apples will absorb some of the chemicals and enter the human body.

Features of ripening and fruiting

These varieties of apples begin their ten-day flowering in April-May. White fluffy flowers bloom all over the tree in bunches. Then the formation and development of the ovary occurs rapidly. By September, ripened fruits weighing from 100 to 300 grams are removed. On reddish shiny apples, during storage, a wax coating appears until February-March, which is easily washed off.

Favorita's young apple trees annually bring a harvest, which, over time, becomes more abundant. Over time, fruiting becomes periodic, and the fruits are smaller. Fruits contain 29 times more sugar than acids, and ascorbic acid in an apple of the Favorit variety is 7.0 milligrams per 100 grams of pulp.

Growing regions

The most favorable climate for growing apple trees Favorit is in Central Russia. Here the tree has enough heat, sun and moisture, so the intensity of fruiting, the size and quality of the fruits here give the highest rates.

Despite good resistance to frost, growing this columnar variety of fruit trees in Siberia or in the North, where the cold sets in quite early, is problematic. Due to the lack of heat, the size of the fruit decreases, the quality deteriorates, and due to the early onset of frost, the crop may be completely destroyed.

Planting and care tips

In order for the Favorite apple tree to take root, some features must be taken into account when planting:

• in the northern latitudes, it is better to plant seedlings in the spring - there is a high probability that the trees planted before winter will not withstand the cold;
• in the Middle Strip an apple tree is planted both in spring and autumn, the main thing is to choose a tree with a developed intact root system;
• it is better to place seedlings in the ground on loamy or sandy soils;
• trees do not like shade and drafts, in such conditions the fruits will not gain enough strength, and the buds will constantly die.

The key to the development of the apple tree and increased fruiting are:

• water every two weeks during summer drought;
• loosening the soil every 10-12 days;
• fertilizing and fertilizing in the off-season (spring and autumn) - compost, humus, fertilizers with potassium.

From the very planting of seedlings, you need to start periodically pruning the sprouts. In the first year, all branches are cut by 30-40 centimeters, which interfere with the formation of a strong trunk, then for two years, branches are cut by no more than 25 centimeters.When the tree begins to bear fruit, you will have to periodically thin out the crown and saw off dry branches. This will help new young branches grow.

Favorite's apple tree will take root perfectly on a personal plot in Central Russia. Its fruits will appeal to the most demanding connoisseurs and those who love sweeter juicy apples.

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