Apple varieties: the best reds, yellows and greens
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The classification includes different types of apples in different colors, from green to bright red. Fruit sizes vary from 5 to 13 cm in diameter. To answer the question of what kind of apples are, it is important to take into account a number of factors, one of which is the ripening period. Based on this criterion, summer, winter, autumn varieties are distinguished.
Apple varieties with green fruits
Since ancient times, it was believed that eating green apples promotes longevity and rejuvenation. The peel of the fruit of this color contains a high content of chlorophyll. It is able to have a stimulating effect on the immune functions of the body, accelerates the formation of red blood cells in the blood.
There are many varieties of apples in the world
Granny Smith
The fruits of the Granny Smith triplet variety are distinguished by the correct truncated-canonical form. The most common color is bright green. The pulp is soft, whitish-green, juicy, crunchy. The taste is sweet and sour, which becomes more pronounced after a short storage. Average weight - 140 g.
Granny Smith apple variety
Apples Golden
One of the most common varieties of apple trees. Fruit sizes vary from medium to large. The skin color can be pale yellow, yellow-green or pale yellow. Golden apples ripen in September, early October and have a sweet taste.
Golden
Pepin saffron
Elite variety of apples. The trees are characterized by medium-sized fruits, a dense round crown. The variety is ubiquitous in Russia and the CIS countries. Pepin saffron is a self-fertile type of apples. The predominant form of fruits is round-canonical. The peel is most often yellow-green in color, dense texture with slight ribbing. Taste - sweet and sour with a pleasant aroma.
Pepin saffron
The best types of apple trees with red fruits
There are several dozen varieties in which the fruits are distinguished by the brightness of the peel, the degree of juiciness, and taste.
Red Delicious
Red Delicious is a red apple variety that easily tolerates long-term transportation. The pulp of the unripe fruit is starchy and firm. Ripening, it acquires softness and a pronounced sweetish taste.
Red Delicious
Florina
The variety was bred thanks to the efforts of French gardeners. The weight of the apple varies from 100 to 150 g. The flesh of the florina is juicy and aromatic, of medium density. In conditions of low temperature, the fruits retain their taste and freshness for a long time, and they tolerate transportation well. Florina is characterized by average resistance to frost and lack of moisture.Apples have increased immunity to scab, powdery mildew, and aphids.
Florina
Jonathan
Bred by American gardeners. Jonathan is a thermophilic variety and therefore reacts negatively to low temperatures. Grown in the conditions of the Caucasian black earth, on the territory of Ukraine. Fruit weight reaches 150 g. Apples are characterized by a rounded shape, slightly ribbed peel. The pulp of fresh fruits has a greenish-white color and a wine-sweet taste.
Lobo
The variety belongs to the group of winter apple trees. Lobo has a high yield, bears fruit every year. Lobo's winter hardiness is above average. May be affected by diseases such as scab, powdery mildew. The resistance of the variety depends on the climatic conditions of growth. In conditions of normal humidity and positive temperatures, trees practically do not get sick.
Lobo
Gloucester York
Apple trees of the Gloucester York variety were bred by German breeders by crossing Glocken-Alfel and Red Delicious. Fruit ripening begins in September. Apples of this type are large in size, weight from 140 to 200 g. Covered with a yellow peel with a characteristic pink blush. The pulp has a creamy shade, juiciness, sweet and sour taste. The variety is adapted for transportation.
Gloucester York
Apple varieties with yellow fruits
All varieties of yellow apples have a bright and rich taste. Their pulp contains in a high concentration vitamins of group B, A, PP, as well as phosphorus, iodine, iron and selenium. The daily use of such fruits helps to strengthen the cardiovascular system, improve brain activity.
Golden Delicious
For the first time low-growing apple trees of the Golden Delicious variety were bred in the United States. Translated into Russian, the name sounds like "golden sweetness". High yield, aroma, immunity to a number of diseases served as the rapid spread of trees in the CIS countries and Europe. Golden Delicious is a delicious variety of apples characterized by a rounded shape, medium size, weighing about 150-200 g.
Golden Delicious
Ainur
A sweet variety of yellow apples. Fruit size is medium, weight varies from 110 to 210 g. Fruits are elongated. The color of a ripe apple (pale yellow or bright) will depend on the intensity of the sunlight. The variety is winter-hardy, resistant to low temperatures.
Ainur
Arkad yellow
Yellow Arkad is a cultivar with sweet elongated fruits with yellow peel. They are rarely used for industrial purposes. The average weight of one apple is 150-200 g. The harvesting period is in early summer. Apple trees Arcada Yellow are resistant to unfavorable temperature conditions.
Arkad yellow
Atlantka
A variety of yellow apples with a sweet and sour taste. Fruit size rarely exceeds 200 g. The variety is characterized by increased resistance to low temperatures. Ripening of apples occurs in the middle-summer period. They are used both fresh and in industrial production.
Apple varieties that bear fruit in summer
Apples ripening in summer have a short shelf life. This is due to their ability to overripe. In this case, old apples lose their taste. Such varieties are consumed fresh or used to make juices, jams.
Quinty
Trees begin to produce their first harvest within three years of planting. The fruits are distinguished by a rich taste, medium size, with an average weight of 150 g. The pulp is dense, juicy with sourness. The rind is greenish-yellow in color with an orange blush.
Quinti apples can be stored for up to a month. Most often they are consumed fresh. Garden trees tolerate low temperatures and lack of moisture well.
Quinty
Candy
The fruits of this type of apple trees are small in size, rarely reaching a weight exceeding 150 g. The color of the peel is yellow. The pulp is juicy and dense with a honey aroma. Candy keeps its marketable appearance for a couple of weeks. The shelf life can be determined depending on how the apple looks.
Candy
Katya
The northern summer apple variety Katya was bred by Swedish breeders. The fruits begin to ripen in the second half of August. They reach a weight of 150 g, have an elongated canonical shape. The skin color can be yellow or with an orange blush. The variety is ubiquitous in the gardens of the Moscow region.
Katya
Ambassi
Ripening of Ambassi apples begins in early September. They are distinguished by their large size, oval-cylindrical shape. The color of the peel is red with a rich yellowish blush, which can occupy up to 70% of the entire surface of the apple. Ambassi belongs to the group of industrial varieties. Can be stored for a long time at low temperatures. Apple trees are resistant to powdery mildew and scab.
Ambassi
Delkorf
A French species of apple trees, the fruits of which are ready for harvest at the end of the summer period. In the refrigerator, Delkorf can stay fresh for several months. Delkorf apples are large, weighing up to 190 g, with yellow, sweet and sour pulp. They are used both for fresh consumption and for the needs of the food industry.
Delkorf
Close
Close apples ripen in early July. It is considered one of the earliest varieties. Fruits are medium in size, weighing up to 160 g, round in shape. Close's flesh is fine-grained, white. The degree of adaptation to low temperatures is medium.
Williams Pride
Purple Williams Pride apples weigh about 200 g. They differ in a round-canonical shape. The peel is a red-burgundy shade with a blue tint and a purine tinge. Williams Pride's pulp is juicy with a sweet taste and rich aroma. The fruits tolerate transportation well and are resistant to typical diseases.
Williams Pride
Glory to the winners
The Russian species belongs to the varieties of the summer ripening period. Glory to the winners - these are large fruits with a rich taste, juicy creamy pulp. Apple trees provide a stable and bountiful harvest. Popular with most gardeners.
Autumn varieties of apples
Such apples are able to maintain an attractive appearance until the middle of winter, provided they are stored correctly.
Rozhdestvenskoe
Rozhdestvensky apples are medium in size. Maximum weight - 180 g. Fruits have a flattened shape with large portions of insignificant expression. Their pulp is juicy and tender with a sour-sweet taste. Apples are not intended for long-term storage.
Rozhdestvenskoe
Autumn striped
Such trees are highly productive. But the Autumn striped does not tolerate dry periods, therefore it needs special care and careful watering with a lack of moisture. Fruits can weigh up to 300 g. They are round in shape with pronounced ribs. The peel of the Autumn striped dense texture, slightly oily with a matte bloom. The pulp is white with sourness and sweet aroma.
Autumn striped
Rose of Tartu (Welsey)
Apples Tartu rose have flat-round outlines, can reach a weight of 150 g. The predominant color of the peel is yellow with a green tint. Wesley is used for fresh consumption or for juice production. The main advantage of the Tartu rose is early maturity, immunity to scab, and winter hardiness.
Sava
The fruits of this type are distinguished by an attractive appearance. The average weight of apples is 180 g. The pulp is juicy with a pronounced aroma. Apples can be stored for a long time.
Sava apple variety
Mac
Late grade. Apples are medium in size, flattened, green peel with an oily coating. The pulp is juicy, with a candy aroma. Shows a stable yield, tolerates transportation well without losing the presentation.
Mac
Bessemyanka Michurinskaya
It is appreciated for its taste. The variety is practically not subject to rot, scab. A distinctive feature is the absence of seeds. The fruits are large, round in shape. The pulp of Bessemyanka is juicy with a sweet aftertaste. Can be stored for a couple of months. It is often used in the confectionery industry.
Bessemyanka Michurinskaya
Bellefleur-Chinese
Belongs to the group of late autumn varieties. Apples reach a weight of 200 g, are distinguished by a rich taste and white pulp with a fine-grained structure. Low temperature resistance - medium.
Bellefleur-Chinese
Spartan
The fruits of the variety are medium in size. The rind has an oily bloom with a purple tint. The pulp is white, juicy, dense with a sweet taste without characteristic acid. The species is resistant to scab, bacterial cancer. For planting, it is recommended to use loamy, breathable soils.
Spartan
Uralets
An apple tree with small fruits, the weight of which rarely exceeds 70 g. The Uralets is adapted to unfavorable growing conditions, resistant to scab, powdery mildew, but is often influenced by the moth. Doesn't require careful maintenance.
Uralets
Winter varieties of apples
Winter apple varieties achieve their optimum taste after extended storage. Such species are resistant to low temperatures, thaws.
Ural aurora
Ural aurora is characterized by medium resistance to scab. Fruits are medium, weighing up to 90 g, round in shape. The color of the peel is dark scarlet with a slight waxy bloom. The pulp is distinguished by its wine flavor and juiciness.
Ural aurora
Bezhin meadow
Early winter grade. Apples reach a weight of 180 g. They have an oblong shape. Their peel is greenish with a crimson blush and large subcutaneous dots. The pulp of Bezhin Meadows is juicy with a low sour aroma.
Bezhin meadow
Bolotovskoe
The type of Bolotovski apples is winter. Fruits weighing 180 g have a flat-round shape, dense sweet and sour pulp. Apple trees have an increased immunity to scab. The variety is included in the state register for the Central Black Earth Region of the Russian Federation.
Veteran
Veteran are medium-sized conical apples. The peel is glossy with a white bloom, predominantly yellow with pink blotches and stripes. In the first few years after planting, trees need nitrogen fertilizers, feeds with a high boron content.
Veteran
Cherry
The variety is obtained by crossing Pepin saffron with Antonovka. The species is distinguished by large fruits, high productivity. The average weight of Cherry is 120 g. The pulp has a granular structure, juicy, with a pleasant aroma, sweet and sour taste.
Champion
The champion allows you to get an annual harvest of 25-30 kg from one tree. Not subject to cyclic fruiting. Champion apples are large, weighing 230 g.Skin color is greenish with yellow tint and orange blush. In intense sunlight, apples can weigh up to 500 g.
Champion
Kuibyshevskoe
Differs in good winter hardiness (grown even in the conditions of Russian Siberia, the Urals) and weak immunity to scab. The first fruits appear on trees 6 years after planting. Harvesting begins in September and ends with the first frost. The weight of Kuibyshevsky is about 140 g. The color of the peel is bright yellow with a slight brown blush. The pulp is tender, with a light aroma and sweetish taste with a note of sourness.
Kuibyshevskoe
Winter striped
Advantages of the Winter Striped - early maturity, high yield. The fruits are large, with dessert-like flesh and a red skin. For a long period, they retain their taste and attractive appearance.
Winter striped
Star
It is recommended to start harvesting in autumn. Representatives of the variety are distinguished by excellent taste. Fruiting occurs on a regular basis. The older the tree, the smaller the apples. For this reason, regular pruning is essential. The species is prone to rust, powdery mildew, spotting.
Star
Knight
The knight has a juicy pulp with a sweet and sour aftertaste. Harvesting begins in early October and can be stored until May, subject to all necessary conditions. The rind is yellowish green with dark red strokes. Vityaz is the result of crossing Anis striped and Pepin saffron.
Knight
Bryansk
Bryanskoe is a type of apple characterized by a fast ripening of the crop. The weight of an individual fruit can reach 300 g. Their shape is round, the skin is greenish. The pulp has a pleasant sweet and sour taste. Apples are able to maintain consumer qualities for a long period. Trees are susceptible to rust and powdery mildew.
Bryansk
Berkutovskoe
Berkutovskoe is characterized by fruits weighing 160-260 g, round in shape with slight tuberosity. Skin color can range from yellow to greenish yellow. Berkutovsky's pulp is juicy, fine-grained, with a sweet and sour aftertaste. It is characterized by low immunity to scab and rust.
Aphrodite
The early winter variety was bred in the early 80s of the last century. The weight of apples is average, rarely exceeding 160 g. The shape is oblique, wide-ribbed. The skin has an oily coating. Its color changes from greenish to greenish-yellow depending on the ripening period. The flesh of Aphrodite is white with characteristic pink veins.
Antonovka ordinary
One of the most popular varieties common in Russia and Belarus. It is used both fresh and for industrial purposes in the manufacture of jam, juices, baked goods. The form of Antonovka ordinary is canonical. The peel is smooth with an integumentary blush. After long-term storage, it acquires a yellow tint. The pulp is yellow with a sweet and sour taste. Has a tendency to be affected by scab, powdery mildew.
The world list contains more than 7 thousand descriptions of apple varieties with various names and properties. When choosing, it is important to take into account the shelf life of fruits, growing conditions, the purpose of using the fruit, and susceptibility to the most common diseases. The best varieties of apple trees allow you to harvest a rich harvest and enjoy the taste of your favorite fruits throughout the year.
