Bayana apple tree: variety description, characteristics and cultivation with photo

To get tasty and juicy apples every year, it is not enough just to plant a tree. You need to study the features, know how to care for it, whether it is worth helping in pollination, what to do in winter and many other points. Not all trees common in the region are suitable for growing in the garden. Below are the characteristics of the Bayana apple tree.

Variety description

Bayan's apple tree was specially bred as a large-fruited tree for the Siberian and Ural regions. Previously, locals received small fruits, so Bayana became a breakthrough in gardening.

The description of this variety says that this is a medium-sized tree of autumn ripening. Fruits of sweet and sour taste, rounded shape with slight ribbing. The skin of apples is dense, even slightly rough, with a slight wax coating. The color is yellow-green with a purple color around the perimeter.

In the mature state, the proportion of purple hue increases. Fruit pulp is juicy, coarse-grained, delicate cream color.

Advantages and disadvantages

Bayan's apple tree has a number of advantages over other species:

extraordinary winter hardiness;
early start of fruiting;
gives a lot of harvest;
scab resistant.

The disadvantages of this variety include:

Modest yields in early years;
some gardeners note the rapid fall of apples.

Characteristics of Bayan's apple tree

If you study the variety in detail, you should look at the main characteristics of this species.

Sizes

The tree is considered medium-sized, by the age of 12-15 it rarely reaches above 4.5 meters. This facilitates the process of care and harvesting. The crown is wide, sprawling (diameter 3.5-4 meters), but rare.

Apples are considered large, especially for the Siberian and Ural regions, and can reach a weight of 150 grams. Average weight 85-110 grams.

Yields

The yield of the tree is gradually increasing every year. An apple tree 7-8 years old can produce up to 75 kilograms of apples. The first years the yield is low. The variety is considered fast-growing: apples appear already in the 3-4th year.

Frequency of fruiting

Fruiting in this type of apple tree is good, stable, annual. But if bad climatic and weather conditions are observed throughout one year, the regularity of the harvest may be disturbed.

Winter hardiness

The variety was specially bred for regions with severe winters, so the Bayan apple tree is highly frost-resistant and winter-hardy. It easily survives a long winter with a temperature of minus 30-35 degrees. Not afraid of more severe frosts, provided they are short. However, for better preservation, it is recommended to cover the trunk circle for the winter with peat 10 centimeters thick, and cover it with leaves on top.

Disease resistance

Bayana is highly resistant to scab and powdery mildew. But other diseases can slay the tree:

European cancer;
black cancer;
lichens;
shrinking bark;
shrinking branches.

To prevent this from happening, you need to properly care for the tree, spray it with special products in time and fertilize.

Spreading the apple tree

Initially, the Bayana apple tree was widely distributed in the Siberian and Ural regions. Now popular in other cities of Russia.

What are the subspecies?

Apple tree of this variety can be grown as a bush or on a low stem 2-3 meters high. This is a semi-culture on a seed stock. Differs in smaller fruits - up to 130 grams. Differs in the increased winter hardiness.

Reviews of gardeners

Natalya, Novosibirsk: “We bought a seedling of Bayana on the advice of a market seller. The first fruits were received already in the 3rd year. A year later, they collected a bucket of apples. Now the tree is 8 years old, already giving a good harvest. Apples are juicy and beautiful. For all the time the apple tree never froze.”

Oleg, Altai Territory: “The variety of the apple tree is good, the fruits are tasty, juicy, they lie for a long time. We eat both fresh and processed. Of the minuses: the irregularity of the harvest. ”

Maria, Orenburg: “After moving to Orenburg, a friend advised me to plant a Bayana apple tree in my dacha. The seedling took root easily and began to develop well. Now it is a large tree that brings an annual harvest of 75-80 kilograms. Enough to eat and sell.”