Apple Antey: description and peculiarities of cultivation

Appleberry Antaeus is a winter variety characterized by excellent taste and commodity characteristics. As a result of crossing a hybrid of winter varieties Babushkino and Newtosh with Belarusian raspberries, it is characterized by regular fruit bearing, good yield and high frost resistance. Appleberry Antey is able to grow safely and bear fruit in those regions where the temperature drops below -30 ° C. The flowering period allows the plant's ovaries and buds to avoid possible spring frosts.

Apple Antey: description of the variety

The photo below vividly demonstrates that the tree is quite high; The average growth rate is 2.5 meters. The crown is pyramidal (less often rounded), slightly branched, not sparse. The arched-sparse structure facilitates the easy implementation of shaping trimming. Color of branches light brown. The leaves are dark green, elongated oval, with long petioles, large. The edges are cut with rounded teeth.

Apple Anteus for fruiting needs neighboring trees, with which cross-pollination will occur. The most suitable summer or autumn varieties: Autumn striped, Welsey, Anise, Pepin saffron.

Fruiting begins 2-3 years after planting. The laying of fruit buds occurs annually, so the tree pleases beautiful and tasty fruits regularly, even in lean years.

Characteristics of fruits

Yablonya Antey, description, photo, reviews about which are interesting even to beginning gardeners, is characterized by large apples weighing more than 200-300 grams. As the gardeners note, from one tree you can get about 50 kilograms of quality fruits. Their shape is round-conical, with a small ribbing and slightly pressed edges. The fruit funnel is deep, often roasted. The main color of the peel is green, the cover color is a blond or red blush all over the surface. On the bulk of apples there is a wax coating, which gives them a bluish tinge. The flesh is dense, light green. Appleberry Anteus is characterized by sweet and sour, pleasant taste of fruits with a light fragrant aroma. Seed chambers are open, bones large. Fruits are used for fresh consumption, can also be subjected to all types of processing.

Picking apples starts in the middle of autumn (September-October); After 2 months from the moment of harvesting, consumer maturity comes. Shelf life is 6-7 months: from the end of autumn to the middle of spring. At the same time, the fruits remain fresh due to dense skin and flesh.

To the pests applety Antey is medium-stable, is affected by scab, so it requires the use of chemical preparations. On lands with insufficient amounts of calcium, it can be affected by subcutaneous spotting, which subsequently causes fetal rot disease during storage.

Conditions of care

According to reviews, apple tree Antey - the plant is not whimsical and does not require labor-intensive care. The tree, as well as other apple varieties, is required to provide:

• Watering in hot dry weather;
• Feeding events;
• Pruning: sanitary and shaping;
• Treatment against diseases and garden pests.

Planting a plant

Planting young seedlings is best done in the autumn. At this time the Anteous apple tree is better established than during the planting in the spring, due to a longer adaptation period. Young seedlings have time to accumulate nutrients before hibernation, so they easily transfer the movement to a permanent place of growth. The main thing is to have time with their landing in the ground before the onset of frost, thus giving time for the appearance of new roots. To actively form them, the root system is recommended to be treated with stimulant preparations.

Land for planting should be well lit, without the presence of drafts and close groundwater table. The soil is neutral, fertile.

It is not recommended during planting to allow drying of roots, it is better to keep them in a slightly wet state, wrapped with a waterproof cloth. Immediately before placing on a new place put for several hours in the water.

Seedling in the planting pit should be lowered in such a way that the root neck was placed above the surface by 2-3 centimeters. Its penetration can lead a plant to a delay in development or death. For the first time it is recommended to dig a supporting peg to which to tie a seedling. Young apple Antei needs abundant watering.

Pruning and top dressing

Apple pruning is performed in the spring, in March-May. The plant needs regular removal of dead branches and tops, which are fungal growth sites. In hot weather, the plant should be watered at a rate of 50-80 liters per tree.

Qualitative growth and good fruiting can provide regular measures for fertilizing the plant. The flower buds will be provided with preparations containing phosphorus and nitrogen, both mineral and organic (bird droppings). Top dressing should be done after the flowering, with the beginning of ripening of fruits, and also in August-September - to maintain the growth of the root system. When the soil is poor, it is required to fertilize the soil annually. For a more dense and fatty substrate, fertilizing can be done every 3 years.

Pests and diseases

Yablonya Antey, description, photo, reviews about which cause a desire to acquire such a tree in its own garden, - a grade characterized by medium resistance to pests. The plant can be affected by aphids, apple sawfly, leaf roller, weevil, cvetogen, fruit moth. Therefore, in order to avoid parasite damage and yield reduction, the tree needs to be treated with complex insecticides every spring.

Also Antey is prone to defeat such a fungal disease as a scab. Most often occurring in regions with a moist and cool climate, it mercilessly damages the leaves and fruits of the plant. The best solution will be timely treatment with fungicides, ensuring quality care and maintaining the apple trees in a healthy state.

Antey is a variety that is able to bestow abundant and delicious harvest of large red-apple apples with minimal care.