- Authors: selection of I. V. Michurin
- Taste: wine-sweet-sour, dessert
- Scent: pleasant
- Fruit weight, g: 133
- Fruit size: average
- Frequency of fruiting: annual
- The beginning of fruiting varieties: for 5-7 years
- Ripening terms: autumn
- Keeping quality: 105 days
- Appointment: universal
To grow a good apple tree on your site, which will delight you with a regular tasty and healthy harvest, you need not only to study the main agricultural techniques used for such a crop, but also to learn all the nuances and features of the variety that is chosen for planting. For example, if you want an apple tree to produce beautiful and large fruits suitable for storage, fresh consumption, and also for processing, there is nothing better than the Bessemyanka Michurinskaya apple tree.
Breeding history of the variety
The Bessemyanka Michurinskaya variety was obtained, as you might guess, by Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, our renowned scientist and breeder. For breeding, he took the varieties Bessemyanka Komsinskaya and Skryzhapel. In 1913, one of the first seedlings of the bred variety was born, and after a long 8 years, the first fruits ripened after grafting the variety on a fruit tree.
The results exceeded all expectations. So, the Bessemyanka Michurinskaya variety turned out to be so successful that later it was repeatedly used by breeders for hybridization and obtaining other interesting and productive varieties.
Description of the variety
The apple tree is a tall crop with powerful roots that extend 5 meters into the ground. The plant grows quite tall, above average. The crown of a young tree is oval, then it becomes wide-round. A rich harvest is formed on the powerful branches.
Features, pros and cons
Like any other variety, this one has positive and negative properties.
Advantages of Bessemyanka Michurinskaya, which attract numerous gardeners and farmers:
- excellent commercial properties;
- excellent appearance;
- good frost resistance;
- a strong trunk that grows in the center and withstands wind load;
- regular rich harvests;
- an impressive shelf life of apples, amounting to 100 days or more;
- medium-sized fruits;
- juicy and aromatic pulp, sweet apples;
- resistance to scab, fungi.
There are also disadvantages:
- the need for pollinating apple trees planted nearby;
- if apples are not removed in time, they fall off, and this shortens their shelf life.
Ripening and fruiting
Bessemyanka Michurinskaya is a crop with an autumn ripening period. The apple tree begins to bear fruit for 5-7 years. The yields are regular and abundant.
Growing regions
The variety has been zoned for the East Siberian, Central, Central Black Earth, as well as the North-West regions of our country.
Yield
The apple tree will give out the first decent harvest only for 5-7 years of life. If the flowers bloom before the onset of fruiting age, then it is better to cut them off. So the apple tree will be stimulated to further development. The yield of an adult tree of the Bessemyanka Michurinskaya variety is quite high - in the region of 200 kg per plant.
Fruits and their taste
The Michurinsky variety gives rather large fruits. So, the average weight of apples is about 133 g. They have a round shape, a slight flattening in the center is possible, and a subtle ribbing is also observed. The fruit is very sweet and juicy.
Growing features
Experts recommend planting Bessemyanka Michurinskaya in early autumn or in spring, closer to the middle. It is necessary for the apple tree to take root and harden before the cold weather, then it will survive the winter.
The plant will develop well in sunny and elevated areas, at a great distance from the occurrence of groundwater. The soil must be selected light, water and air permeable, fertile. Sandy loam soil or loam is suitable.
The procedure for planting seedlings of Bessemyanka Michurinskaya is traditional for apple trees. After the young trees are planted, it is recommended to regularly loosen the topsoil in the near-trunk circle for the first time. This is necessary in order to improve air exchange and the passage of moisture to the roots and root system. This must be done the next day after watering, then the liquid will already be absorbed, and the earth will not have time to dry out yet.
Diseases and pests
The Michurin variety is very rarely exposed to scab, and it is also resistant to fungal diseases and fruit rot. However, this does not mean that it is not necessary to prevent diseases and pest attacks. This must be done. Activities include such measures as spraying, fertilizing and feeding, removing diseased and affected branches, spoiled fruits (with their subsequent destruction). Experts recommend performing preventive spraying with fungicides and insecticides 2 to 3 times during the growing season. Such actions will help prevent the invasion of fruit pests: leaf rollers, weevils, fruit mites.
The apple tree is a popular fruit crop among gardeners. It can be found in many summer cottages. But at the same time, such trees are often affected by various diseases.It is very important to recognize the disease in time and carry out the necessary procedures for a speedy recovery. Otherwise, the fruits will be spoiled, and the tree itself may die altogether.
