Apples stand out against the background of various apple varieties. Red hill.
Their unique fertility and good taste will not leave anyone indifferent.
The Red Hill apple tree has become widely known thanks to its fertility.
Gardeners who have decided to plant this variety will be pleasantly surprised by the volume of the crop.
What kind is it?
Red Hill refers for summer early ripening varieties of apple trees.
There are a lot of fruits on apple trees of this variety, therefore it has become very popular among industrial gardeners.
Ripe fruits do not fall off, but firmly hold on the stalk. Apples of this variety not very well preserved.
Their shelf life about 30 days. The optimal storage place for these apples will be the cellar.
If there is no possibility to store in the cellar, then any dark, cold place.
Summer varieties of apple trees include: Yuzhny, Slava, Solntsedar, Siyanets, Silver Hoof, Terentyevka, Wonderful, Hero of the Day, Yandykovskoe, Bely Pour, Apple Spas, Robin, Papirovka, Gornist.
Pollination
Pollination is made by insects.
Due to its bright, cloying aroma during the flowering period, apple trees attract a large number of insects.
Therefore, do not be surprised by the abundance of bees in your area.
Description varieties Red Hill
A gardener is simply obliged to know how to distinguish one apple variety from another. This will help you knowledge of external signs.
The trees are very beautiful in appearance.
Themselves apple trees are not high, their crown is rounded, medium density.
The shoots are heavily let down, brown.
The leaves of the apple trees of this species are small, dark green, slightly pubescent.
Leaf plate slightly curved.
Fruits of a grade the Red hill of beautiful red color.
The shape of the fruit is round.
Usually mature fruits are gaining in weight of 150 g
The fruits of this variety are medium grain.
Pulp cream, with pink impregnations.
Apples possess not very well preserved, and with proper storage retain their taste characteristics up to 1 month.
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Breeding history
This variety of apples was bred by the Institute of Gardening of Siberia. Lisavenko in 1969.
Based on Melba and Bellefle Chinese varieties.
His hybridization involved I.P. Kalinina, T.F. Kornienko. There are many methods of breeding new varieties. But upon receipt of this variety was used hybridization method.
Mother tree made a grade Melba. The experiment involved 20 trees. At the first stage, they were pollinated by the paternal variety; after a successful flowering, pollen was taken from 10 samples to continue the experiment.
At the second stage, repeated pollination of mother trees was carried out, which resulted in obtaining seeds of a hybrid variety. In the third stage, the seeds were stratified in the sand. The fourth stage involved planting seeds.
With further cultivation of new varieties used the method of caregiver. The fifth and final stage implied hardening of a new variety in cold conditions, in order to develop resistance to frost.
The experiment was completed successfully, and scientists were able to instill in this variety all the characteristics that we see so far.
Natural growth region
This variety is highly adaptable, and does not need special conditions. The natural region of its growth is Altai.
But I would like to elaborate on its adaptation in severe climatic conditions.
When planting seedlings in conditions of severe frost, the main action for improving the well-being of the seedling will be its protection from excessive freezing in the winter.
When preparing for winter, the land around the apple tree stands fall asleep leaves, and wrap the trunk of the apple tree near the ground. This will help the tree to avoid freezing.
When adapting to a too hot climate, the main assistants will be plentiful watering and regular dressing.
Apple trees constantly need to be fed with nutrients from the soil, they are sucked through the root system in a dissolved form.
But in dry soil there is not enough moisture for this process, it is because of this that the tree in such conditions requires abundant watering and regular feeding.
Find out which varieties of apple trees are suitable for planting in the specified region: A gift to gardeners, Uspenskoe, Lyubava, Gorno-Altai, Altynai, Sokolovskoye, Wonderful, Flashlight.
Yield
A special role for each gardener is the yield of the tree. They usually bring harvest once a year. The amount of harvest per tree is approximately 30 kilograms.
Begin to bear fruit for 4 years after disembarkation. Fruits are not stored very well. Harvest period falls on august.
Planting and care
Proper landing in the ground and care - the key to the health of your apple.
Apple varieties Red Hill unpretentious to the landing sitebut still the best for them open sunny place, close to other apple trees.
Next, you need to decide on the landing time.
For an apple tree with an open root system, this is the end. March - mid-April, and for a closed root system, the period from the end of March to mid-April will be optimal, and in the autumn period from the end September to mid-October.
TIP: Apple trees should be planted in groups. This will improve their pollination.
Before planting, it is necessary to prepare a hole, fertilize it and allow the ground to warm up in it. It will take about a week.
First of all, care should be worn. complex character. Start it worth in March. The first step is to make a visual inspection of the tree, in the presence of visible wounds - heal them.
Further care includes pruning of diseased and damaged branches. In summer, the soil around the apple tree should be regularly loosen and weed free, carry out as needed spraying against pests.
Diseases and pests
Red Hill apple trees are weakly susceptible to diseases and rarely become the object of pest invasion. But even they are subject such diseases as:
Scab. The main measure in the fight against scab will be spraying the tree in the spring and autumn season with a solution of urea or Bordeaux mixture.
Mealy dew. In the fight against this disease will help processing the apple with a solution of colloidal sulfur for several times.
Black cancer The complex of measures to combat includes the removal of damaged branches and bark, the obligatory disinfection of the damaged area, and the healing of the wound.
Fruit rot. The most effective means will be the timely removal of damaged fruit.
The appearance of pests on apple trees means that the tree was not provided with proper care.
In the fight against insects will help you:
Apple saw. One of the very effective measures to combat it is regular digging the soil around the tree.
Apple Blossom. Well rescues from spruce beetle sprinkling a weak solution of lime.
Green aphid. Fighting green aphids comes down to removing the old, damaged bark from an apple tree. It is also good to spray wood with an extract of tobacco or chamomile.
Listovertka. It is necessary to begin to fight with it in the spring, processing of a tree karbofos will be ideally suited.
Summarizing, we can say that this variety much appreciated among gardeners.
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