Apple trees are popular everywhere. The middle belt with a temperate continental climate is no exception. For this region, when choosing worthy varieties, one should take into account the difficult climate conditions, resistance to diseases and the timing of apple ripening. After analyzing all the criteria, the apple trees were divided into 4 categories suitable for the middle lane.

Early summer varieties

The collection of fruits from trees begins in mid-July. Many of the varieties are thermophilic, poorly adapted to the winter of the middle zone. Only 2 varieties - resistant apple trees, varieties for the middle lane, bred by breeders specifically so that the inhabitants of this region can harvest decent harvests.

Elena

By the efforts of Belarusian breeders, the early and early ripening variety Elena was bred. The tree is rather short, rarely reaching a height of 3 meters. This feature allows you to partially cover the apple tree from prolonged frosts.

The first harvest can be taken 2-3 years after the final tree transplant. Light green apples have a bright red blush. The pulp is coarse-grained, very juicy. The pleasant sweet taste has a subtle sourness. Fruit weight ranges between 90-120 g.

Elena is the earliest of all varieties.

On a note! The apple tree endures a strong, not very long frost. Scab is practically not afraid of her.

The early Elena variety has an important drawback - excessive apple formation. This results in crushing of the fruit. Therefore, gardeners simply get rid of excess ovaries.

Arkadik

The winter-hardy variety Arkadik can be grown in any area of ​​the middle lane. He is not afraid of scab. The tree quickly reaches 4 meters in height, forming a rounded crown.

Arkadik variety

The fruit is very large, weighing 200-340 g, sweet, juicy. It has a regular oblong shape, dark green color, on which the blush lies. A mature tree produces over 200 kg of apples.

Summer varieties

The summer variety of apple trees yields a harvest from mid-August. Not all varieties are suitable for storage. Some summer varieties tolerate the difficult climate of the middle zone well.

The most popular varieties include:

  • Apple saved
  • Sergiana,
  • Melba,
  • Dialog,
  • Candy,
  • Papier,
  • Kovalenkovskoe,
  • White filling,
  • Lungwort,
  • In memory of Tikhomirov,
  • Grushovka Moscow.

Melba

The apple tree grows not very high - about 3 meters. Given its average winter hardiness, the height of the tree makes it possible to create shelter, if necessary, during prolonged frosts.

Melba bears fruit annually, yielding about 200 kg of juicy candy-flavored apples. The fruit of this variety is medium, covered with a striped pink blush.

Autumn varieties

The autumn apple variety is removed from the trees by the end of September. The full ripeness of the fruit is not expected. The most suitable and demanded varieties: Triumph, Cinnamon striped, Autumn striped.

Triumph

The semi-dwarf columnar tree has a maximum height of 2 meters. His crown is also compact.The tree, average in terms of winter hardiness, is conveniently sheltered from winter frosts.

Note.The Triumph is ideal for small gardens. The weight of dark red striped apples does not exceed 150 g. The apples are crispy and juicy, with a strong aroma and honey-sweet taste. The harvest lasts 1 month.

Winter varieties

They give a harvest of winter varieties of apple trees for the middle lane since October. Apples do not ripen on the tree and acquire full ripeness during long-term storage. Under proper conditions, the fruit can be stored until the next harvest.

There are more than 50 types of winter apple varieties successfully grown in the middle lane.

The most popular varieties for the middle lane

Crops are collected from both old, proven species, and completely new ones. A new approach to breeding makes it possible to regionalize seedlings for any region. The Lazarevsky greenhouse complex grows and sells recently bred and long-known apple varieties for central Russia. Here you can buy a varietal seedling for every taste.

Jonathan

The popular variety has a lot of fans, despite the average indicators of disease resistance and winter hardiness. The crop is harvested from the 5th year of planting.

Fruits are formed in different sizes (large, medium), have a dark red blush. Delicate creamy shade of the pulp crunches pleasantly, juicy, with a dessert taste.

Antonovka

An ancient late variety that does not lose its popularity. Yellowish-golden apples have a unique aroma, they have a long shelf life. Fruiting is observed from the 7th year of development.

On a note! Antonovka is extremely frost-resistant, unpretentious, and disease-resistant.

Kuban-Spur

The variety is ideally suited for the middle lane. The tree has a small crown, but the yield is high. The average weight of an apple is 170 g. When massively harvested, the fruits have a greenish color. Long-term storage allows the fruit to ripen and acquire a bright red blush.

The ripe fruit is juicy, tasty and aromatic.

Kuban-Spur variety

Pepin Saffron

A very common variety due to its ability to recover from freezing. Round yellow-green apples are covered with a slight red blush. The fruit is very firm, with a creamy pulp with a sweet grape hue and a spicy aroma.

The apples ripened in October are well preserved until April. Fruiting begins at the age of 5.

Note! The crown of the tree needs regular pruning.

Imrus

Winter variety Imrus forms thickened fruits with oily skin. Removable maturity occurs when the apples acquire a greenish tint. Consumer maturity is recognizable by its light yellow color.

On a note.The dense creamy pulp is very juicy, sweet and sour.

Welsey

The American apple tree has taken root well in the middle latitudes of Russia. Her winter hardiness is good, and her resistance to disease is quite high.

The white pulp is endowed with a slight sourness. The crop can be removed in the fifth year.

Selection criteria for seedlings

When choosing an apple tree for their garden, people re-read the description many times to make sure they made the right choice. For apple trees in the middle lane, gardeners consider the following factors to be important:

Winter hardiness

These qualities are possessed by: Solntsedar, Cinnamon new, Baltica, Northern Sinap, Golden Autumn, Auxis, Medunitsa, Bashkir handsome, Antey, etc.

Variety Solntsedar

Tree size

The size of the apple tree is important for a small garden, and the height of the tree also affects the quality of the harvest, the complexity of caring for the plant.

  • Medium-sized apple trees do not grow higher than 5 meters, bear fruit up to 40 years. These are Imrus, Zaslavskoe, Bryanskoe, Belorusskoe raspberry, Immant, Vesyalina, Borovinka, Antey, Verbnoe, etc .;
  • Column-shaped trees are very compactly located on the site: Vasyugan, Moscow necklace, Currency, etc .;
  • Dwarf and semi-dwarf are very compact, caring for them is simplified due to their small stature. These are: Candy dwarf, Lighthouse Zagorya, Elena, Solnyshko, Wagner's Daughter, Legend, Skala, etc.

Feature of fruiting

It is very rare among the old varieties to find a tree that yields a harvest annually. The size of the fruit and its taste are also important.

  • Large-fruited: Rock, Radiant, Zhigulevskoe, Bryanskoe, Antey, Svezhest, Zaslavskoe, Wagner's Daughter, Bogatyr, etc.
  • Annual fruiting: Lobo, Kovalenkovskoe, Brusnichnoe, Kandil Orlovsky, Arkadik, Verbnoe, Legenda, Bogatyr, etc.
  • Sweet varieties: Welsey, Uslada, Zhigulevskoe, Candy, White filling, Medunitsa, Antonovka, etc.

Yield

A bountiful harvest - more than 200 kg from an adult, well-developed tree with proper care - can be obtained from the following varieties: Gift to the Count, Wellsey, Orlovskaya Zarya, Antonovka, Sinap Orlovsky.

Note.It should be noted that a self-fertile apple variety does not differ in a large harvest.

Scab resistance

Almost complete immunity to the disease are: Solnyshko, Rozhdestvenskoe, Bolotovskoe, Imant, Orlovskoe woodlands, Nadzeins.

Keeping apples

Winter apples and some of late autumn ones are stored for a long time. Approximate month keeping quality by variety:

  • January: Antonovka, Anis scarlet;
  • February: Imrus, Bolotovskoe, Belorusskoe sweet;
  • March: March, Veteran, Antey;
  • April: Belarusian raspberry, Winter beauty, Spartan, Gift to Grafsky, Immant;
  • May: Sinap Orlovsky, Freshness, Bogatyr, Northern Sinap, Verbnoe.

The most promising varieties that meet the requirements of the middle lane are named Farmel Pozdneletniy and Slava Winners.

Growing features

Many varieties of apple trees develop well in the middle lane. Some trees are undemanding, easier to care for, and resistant to viruses. However, general agricultural techniques must be observed, since the neglected garden will die.

Important! Apple trees should not be planted in high groundwater conditions.

In heavy soils, a fertile hill is pre-prepared for each seedling. Until the tree has strengthened the root system, it needs feeding, timely watering.

Depending on the variety, pruning is systematically carried out to form the crown and sanitary. For mature trees, the care is standard.

Cultivation of varieties by region

Each region of the middle lane has its own characteristics. Depending on them, the apple tree should be chosen according to the prevailing nuances.

Nizhny Novgorod Region

When choosing apple trees for the Nizhny Novgorod region, first of all, you need to determine the level of occurrence of groundwater. Depending on the indicator, you can choose apple varieties:

  • Level not less than 2.5 m - semi-dwarf variety Elena;
  • Water below 3 m - tall varieties Bellefleur-Kitayka, Zhigulevskoe are suitable;
  • The dwarf varieties Solnyshko and Gloucester are not afraid of the occurrence level of 1.5 m.

Breeders especially for this region and more northern ones have bred new varieties that can withstand frost of -35 ° C: Young Naturalist, Mayak Zagorya, Narodnoe, Imrus, Brusnichnoe.

Tver region

If you are going to grow apple trees for the Tver region, you should choose winter-hardy varieties with vigorous rootstocks. The most successful of them: Streifling, Uslada, Bogatyr, Golden Antonovka, Welsey, Spartan.

Kostroma region

  • Summer varieties of apple trees for the Kostroma region: yellow and pink Arkad, Katya, Summer striped, Melba, Moscow Grushovka, Papirovka.
  • From autumn - Zhigulevskoe, Macintosh, Cinnamon striped, Streyfling.
  • The best winter ones are Sinam Orlovsky, Antonovka, Welsey, Jonathan.
  • Vladimir region

The most popular apple trees for the Vladimir region, loved by many gardeners, are: Autumn Joy, Spartan, Borovinka, Zhigulevskoe, Bogatyr, Pepin saffron, Zvezdochka.

Volgograd region

The Volgograd region is planted with the favorite legendary variety Jonathan, early Yandykovka, as well as Jonared, Starkrimson Delicious, Golden Delicious.

Golden variety

Yaroslavl region

Varieties that are resistant to prolonged frosts filled the Yaroslavl region: Naliv Isetsky, Sharopay, Grushovka Moskovskaya, Bashkir handsome, Young naturalist, Good News, Letnee Polosatoe, Streifling, Antonovka, Brusnichnoe.

Volga region

The following varieties are successfully cultivated in the Volga region: Astrakhan red, Astrakhan white, Mekintosh, Jonathan, Golden Delicious, Melba, Welsey, Pamyat Michurin, Pepin saffron, Yandykovskoe.

Apple varieties are bred for cultivation in any region, for almost every climatic zone.