Tellisaare apple tree: description and characteristics of the variety, selection history with photo

The source of iron and fruit fiber is an apple. In order for this necessary product to be on the table all year round, it is necessary to choose the right varieties of apple trees. Late-ripening varieties are suitable for winter storage. Until the end of May, the beginning of June, the fruits of the Tellisaare apple tree, a variety of folk selection, entered in the state register of fruit trees under the number 9811660 in 1987, are managed in the cellar.

Variety description

Tellisaare fruits reach a weight of 100 to 140 g. Their shape is round, slightly flattened, asymmetrical. Dense greenish-white flesh is hidden behind a dense, glossy lemon-colored skin with ruddy spots and reddish stripes covering part of the apple.Orange markings resembling rust, bumps and spots are not a disease, but a characteristic of the variety. Large light dots under the skin evenly cover the entire area of the fruit.

From the description of the apple tree, given by gardeners from the B altic States, Leningrad and Pskov regions, Kaliningrad, it follows that the variety:

high yield;
fruiting is variable, in a year;
First crop can be harvested 5 years after planting.

Despite the fact that this apple tree has been familiar to the B altic people for a very long time, information about this variety is rather scarce. There are some discrepancies in the descriptions. This concerns the length and thickness of the stalk, the average weight of apples, stable or variable fruiting. Obviously, this depends on the climatic conditions of the area where the Tellisaare apple tree grows.

Characteristics of the apple tree

The apple tree was first described as a cultivar a little more than half a century ago by J. Tellisaare, after whom it was named. When the variety was actually bred, it is difficult to say. Judging by the stories of Estonian amateur gardeners, more than a century ago, apples of this variety were already growing on the shores of the lake of the same name.

The history of the origin of the cultivated plant came from an unknown seedling, possibly wild. Conscious selection of a tree with a dense, rounded crown has been traced since the 1960s. At the beginning of the second half of the 20th century, the apple tree was widespread only in the B altic republics. After evaluating the high palatability of medium-sized fruits, long shelf life and high yields, agronomists in many regions decided in favor of orchards with Tellissaare.

These apples did not take root in all regions. The temperate climate of central Russia and the B altic states is the optimal conditions for an unpretentious, late flowering plant. This is the pros and cons of the variety:

late-blooming virtually eliminates the possibility of night frost-caused barrenflowers;
fruit ripening by the end of September increases shelf life;
constant abundant harvests will shorten the life of the tree;
Frost resistance of the apple tree is average, in severe winter it can die;
fungal infections, Tellisaare scab are not terrible.

The fruiting of a medium-sized apple tree is stable due to the low growth of twigs. Fruit buds are located on kolchatka - this is a feature of the variety. The tasting assessment shows that the taste of a table apple is sweet and sour, and the aroma is pleasant and pronounced.

The biggest disadvantage of Tellissaare growing in the Northwest regions is low frost resistance.

Terms of flowering and fruit ripening

The Tellisaare apple tree blooms in late May, early June. The fruits ripen by mid-September, but reach consumer maturity only by the end of October.

Apples have good keeping quality. When stored in a cool room, the crop will not lose its presentation until February. If you store fruits wrapped in paper or in a box with sand (in the cellar), then you can enjoy them until June.

Diseases and pests

The damage of the trunk by lichens, mosses occurs due to non-compliance with the gap between the seedlings, which creates shading when the crowns grow. Diseases affecting apple trees planted near flooded rivers and wetlands:

Cladonia;
Hypogymnia;
Parmelia;
Dicranum;
Mnium

Given the neat crown of the Tellisaare apple tree, these diseases, with proper prevention - whitewashing the trunk, are more threatened by branches hidden by dense foliage.

Diseases caused by bacteria and viruses can affect immature seedlings with the wrong choice of planting material:

Tobacco necrosis virus is expressed in the pigmentation of part of the leaf - the loss of chlorophyll.
Pseudomonas syringae van Hall shows up as bark cracking.
Apple proliferation, Apple witch's broom - dormant buds that have not blossomed in spring give a bunch of thin shoots.

All of the above diseases of adult trees are treated or stopped if the problem is noticed in time and appropriate measures are taken. It is almost impossible to save first-year seedlings due to the transience of viral and genetic diseases.

Powdery mildew, leaf damage with “rusty” spots, leaf curl do not threaten Tellissaare fruit trees, because they are caused by fungi, to which the Estonian variety has increased immunity.