Apple Tree Pink filling is a fruit tree that is very popular with domestic gardeners. It is grown not only to obtain fruits with excellent taste, but also to protect other crops that are afraid of drafts. Moreover, during flowering, the apple tree surprisingly transforms the site.
General characteristics
Apple tree Pink filling, or robin, is a close relative of the White filling apple variety. However, in terms of taste, they are not inferior to each other. There is no reliable information about who, when and where brought out this variety of fruit trees. Currently, the most common opinion is that this variety is the property of folk selection.
The plant is a summer variety. Depending on weather conditions, you can pick fruits in late July or early August. The first fruits can be harvested 5 seasons after planting seedlings in open ground. But if you properly care for the plant, it will bloom much earlier.
It is necessary to tell about the yield of the apple tree. Its peak falls on 15-20 years. During this period, from 75 to 80 kg of ripe apples can be collected from each tree. The yield does not decrease for several years (from 30 to 35), after which the tree quickly ages, bears fruit worse. Experienced gardeners note that with proper care, the life expectancy of an apple tree is about 70 years.
Description
Apple tree Pink filling, a description and photo of which you can find in our article, is a plant whose height reaches 2.5-3 m. Young trees of this variety can be unmistakably identified by the pyramidal shape of the crown and a powerful trunk. In adulthood, the appearance of apple trees changes significantly: the branches descend, forming an angle of 90o with the trunk, the crown becomes more rounded.
The leaves are egg-shaped. They are slightly elongated at the ends. The branches of the plant are very strong, they are densely strewn with foliage. The fruits are evenly spaced. Young shoots are lowered parallel to the ground. The bark is brown, with a reddish sheen in certain light.
Fruits
Apple tree Pink filling has large fruits of a rounded, but slightly flattened shape. Their mass reaches 140-150 g. The rind is medium in density, with a slight wax coating. As for the color of the peel, it is pinkish. Gardeners compare it to the color of rose petals, it is just as tender and rich.
The flesh is white and firm, may have a pinkish tinge. Taste qualities are very good. Fruitsweetish-sour. This apple variety is grown as a dessert variety. Ripe fruits can be eaten fresh or used for canning. They make excellent jams, marmalades, jellies, jams and juices.
Advantages and disadvantages
Apple variety Pink filling, according to reviews, has the following advantages:
- High cold resistance. Trees withstand frost reaching 35o below zero. However, they also tolerate dry heat well.
- The variety easily adapts to various soils, even if they contain a small amount of nutrients. But this does not mean that you can plant apple trees in completely barren soil.
- High yield. The plant begins to bear fruit in the fifth season after planting, that is, after about two years. At least 50 kg of fruits are harvested from one tree.
- Pink apple tree has a strong immunity to a common disease called scab that affects fruit crops.
- The content of a large number of pectins, vitamins and other useful substances. The presence of pectins makes it possible to prepare jams, mousses and jelly from robin apples.
- No tendency to fall off. The fruits hold well on the branches.
However, there are several disadvantages that this variety has. First, he has no immunity to the codling moth. If the garden is not processed in time with special means, this caterpillar will spoil the fruits of the apple tree. Second, if summerwet and rainy, fruit will suffer from fruit rot.
Selection of seedlings
To get a tree with a dense crown and a large number of fruits, you need to choose the right planting material. A good seedling has the following characteristics:
- The crown consists of five branches.
- Vaccinated at a distance of 8 cm from the roots.
- The height of the seedling reaches one and a half meters.
- The plant has many roots.
- There is no visible damage on the bark.
Landing
Apple tree Pink filling, the description of which was presented above, requires special planting rules. Planting seedlings in open ground is carried out either in spring, in April, or in autumn, in September-October. This must be done before the ground freezes. Sandy, loamy and permeable soils are best suited for growing this variety. Choose a well-lit area for planting seedlings.
Before you start landing, you need to prepare the pits. They should be deep (80 cm each) and wide (the diagonal should be 90 cm). The distance between seedlings and other fruit crops can reach three meters. Peat and humus are poured into the pits, after which they are mixed with the ground. After that, holes are formed in the pits where the seedlings are placed. They are carefully buried and watered.
Soil care
The best way to prevent various diseases in an apple tree Pink filling (photo of the variety can be found on the Internet) is to properly care for the soil aroundplants. It is necessary to carefully weed the site, as well as loosen the soil regularly. This will get rid of the weeds.
In addition, gardeners are advised to mulch the soil around the trunk. For this, any materials that you can find will do. Most often, grass, sawdust, cloth, paper and bark are used. Every year, in the spring, mineral and organic fertilizers are applied to the soil.
Cutting
The tree grows very quickly, which cannot but please gardeners, according to reviews about this variety. Every year the branches grow by several centimeters, the width of the shoots increases, the crown becomes denser. To make the apple tree look well-groomed, it is necessary to prune in a timely manner.
This procedure is carried out in early spring, while the buds have not yet blossomed. This allows you to painlessly remove excess shoots. Neat cuts are made with a pruner or garden shears. Once the procedure is completed, the sections must be thoroughly disinfected. For this, a solution of copper sulfate is used.
Fruiting
The period of active fruiting falls on 4-5 years after planting seedlings in the ground. In a warm summer with a normal amount of precipitation, apples ripen in the second half of summer, and in a dry and cool period - in mid-August. According to reviews, apple fruits have a very short shelf life. Just 3 weeks after the end of the fruiting period, the fruits begin to deform and lose their taste.
Protection
The fact that the plant tolerates low temperatures well is certainly a huge advantage. But this does not mean that no procedures need to be carried out to protect the Pink Filling apple tree (description, photos and reviews are presented in our article) from external influences. To do this, the trunk is whitewashed in the fall. As soon as snow falls, it is carefully compacted around the trunk. To protect the tree from rodents, spruce and pine paws are used. After collecting them, they are tied to the trunk, starting from the top.
Fight against fruit rot
This disease can strike the plant at any time. It is impossible to fight it, so gardeners carry out preventive procedures. According to reviews, you can use preparations with fungicides. They process the ovaries several times. And to drive away obsessive insects, you can plant tomato seedlings or flowering bushes near the apple tree.
