Old varieties of apple trees are often forgotten, reversingattention to new ones. But many of them are not inferior to fashionable novelties, and sometimes surpass them in some parameters. One of these varieties is the apple tree of Bellefler-Chinese.
A tree of high stature, with a wide round crown.It is formed by thick branches. Begins to give the first fruits for the sixth year of life. Apples are placed on last year's growths and fruit twigs. Their number is average. But every year it is almost the same. Apple tree yields annually. Fruits do not crumble and can hang for a long time on the branches.
The leaves are dark green or even dark gray, large, oval, covered with fluff from below. Shoots of light brown color, reddish, also with a margin. Lentils on the branches are rounded.
Belfl-Chinese is an apple tree, which in our timegrown on dwarfish rootstocks. This allows you to significantly reduce the area under the tree of this variety, and on the saved territory to grow other trees.
Belfl-Chinese is an apple tree of late maturity. Apples are stored in good condition for about two months. And if you store them in a cool place, they can lie down until January.
It is believed that for the middle belt the variety Belfler-Chinese is autumnal, and for the southern stripes it is late.
But her immunity to disease is weak. Affects scab and powdery mildew apple Bellefler-Chinese.
Fruits can be very large. The weight of one can be even 500 g! But their average weight is much less, but also impressive - 190 g. The apple is round, slightly elongated. Saucer is shallow.
The main color is yellow.Cover coat is very beautiful, pink. It is located on the fruit stripes or spots and gives the apple a very beautiful appearance, covering at least half the area. Light subcutaneous points - one of the hallmarks of the variety.
The aromatic pulp of white color is filled with a lot of sweet and sour juice. It is fine-grained and dense. A peculiarity of the variety is that its fruits have a spicy taste.
When apples are torn, their peel is light yellow.But the fruits are not yet ready for consumption. They are not yet ripe. In order for this to happen, you need to let them lie down in a place with low humidity for two weeks. Gradually, as it ripens, the color of the skin changes, and apples become white with a bright pink blush.
The Belfl-Chinese variety was obtained at the beginning of the last century from the crossing of the American apple-tree Bellefler yellow with China large-fruited. And I. Michurin did it himself!
The variety was very popular inCentral Black Earth region, the North Caucasus, Ukraine and Armenia. Then new varieties of apple trees appeared, resistant to frost and disease. They pushed Bellefleur-China out to the Caucasus, where she is still growing.
The number of apples of this variety varies depending on the age and the growth zone. In the south it is higher than in the middle band.
The yield of young trees begins to grow after 15 years. And after 20 years it reaches 200 c / ha.
Belfry-Chinese is an apple tree, which is poorly adapted to winter frosts. That is why the area of its distribution was reduced to insignificant territories.
Comments gardeners talk about how you can get a frost-resistant tree. To do this, I advise you to pin a branch of this variety to a more frost-resistant trunk.
Belfry-Chinese is an apple tree that requiresan external pollinator. They can be varieties Antonovka, Cinnamon striped, Autumn striped. Not the best, but acceptable are Pepin saffron and Slavyanka.
Unfortunately, unstable to apple scabBelfrol the Chinese. Comments gardeners say that the tree of this variety can not be grown without appropriate treatment from the causative agents of this disease. In order to protect the apple trees from the scab, gardeners are advised to plant them on high ground. The air must pass freely between the branches.
Resistance to disease depends on the nutrition of the tree. Belfl-Chinese is an apple tree, in which an excess of nitrogen fertilizers increases the risk of scab disease.
If the soil around the tree is acidic, it is usuallydeoxidize in the vicinity of the stem circle. But in a few years the roots grow and penetrate into the soil, unsuitable for growing apple trees. This also contributes to the development of the disease. Therefore, the size of the pit for planting apple trees is better to dig as much as possible.
To prevent scab, leaves under the treesclean in the fall. Used to make compost, covering the ground with a layer of at least 7 cm. In this case, the spores of the fungus causing the scab will not develop.
From chemical preparations it is possible to use"HOM", "Skor", "Horus", 1% copper sulfate. A good result is given by sprinkling the Bordeaux liquid in the early spring. But it needs to be done before the kidneys swell.
Growing and caring for an apple-tree varietyBelfrol-Chinese is largely associated with a tendency to infect the scab. It is also planting on a spacious elevated place, and digging up the stump circle every fall.
The pit for planting should be prepared more, 1 m deep and 1 m wide. The distance between trees should be at least 4 m.
The seedlings are rather tall, the bark is dark brown in color. An interesting feature of the leaves is that they grow almost perpendicular to the stem.
The time for planting this variety depends to a large extentfrom the composition of the soil in a place where the apple-tree of Belfl-Chinese will grow. Saplings in chernozem or loams can be planted two weeks after the pit is ready.
Comments gardeners advise when planting in sandy soil first lining the bottom with moss, make fertilizer. Landing in such soil, they are advised to spend the next year.
The soil, mixed with fertilizers, falls asleep to the bottompit, approximately half. Score a peg that will support the tree. Pour a mound of the remaining soil, install a tree on it. Its roots before it are slightly pruned, soaked in a clay chattle. Set the seedling by determining the location of the root neck. If the seedling has a pinhook, then it is turned towards the north. They fill the rest of the earth, carefully sealing it.
The tree is watered regularly after planting.The trunk and the thickest branches are treated with slaked lime. This will protect them from sunburn. The stalk circle is mulched. Over time, the shelter layer can thin out. Therefore, you need to add it. Remove the weeds.
Apples are sorted, selecting the same in size.Putting in boxes and set in a room with a temperature of about 0 degrees. So apples can be stored for several months, until January. Although this period is often shorter, until the end of November.
Apples of the Belfler-Chinese variety can be transported for long distances. They normally carry transportation.
Large apples of the Belfry-Chinooke emit a large amount of ethylene, which harms other foods harvested for the winter. Therefore it is desirable to store them separately.
Now Belfler-Chinese is an apple tree thatUsed more for breeding new varieties. Cultivated for consumption in its food only in the north of the Caucasus. And in the last century it was common in more northern regions.
Now some gardeners use the propertyapple trees of this variety give very large fruits. Therefore, they often grow a sort of apple-tree Bellefler-Chinese to serve them as their achievement at various exhibitions.
