Bred in the early 1930s apple varieties Michurin's memory attractive looking and very tasty. Usually these are dark red rounded fruits of fairly regular shape. with a strong aroma.
They perfectly carry transportation over long distances, while maintaining an excellent presentation.
Apples Michurin Memory - late winter variety. They are stored for a long time, often until the end of the cold. Juicy and very tasty fresh, apples are suitable for home canning in many ways.
The description and photo of an apple tree in memory of Michurin - hereinafter.
Species
Under the right conditions of storage, the apple tree Michurin memory does not lose its taste for a long time.
but in practice, the storage period is quite dependent on the region where the crop is harvested.
Apples of this variety can be stored until the end of spring in Central Russia, but in other regions, for example, in Volgograd, they lie well only until January.
Winter varieties also include: Grushovka Zimnyaya, Golden Delicious, Aidared, Antey and the Anniversary of Moscow.
Description varieties Memory Michurin
Consider separately the appearance of the apple and its fruit.
Apple Trees Michurin Memory medium height, with a wide crown. Often the branches hang down, which creates certain inconveniences when taking care of the garden.
For more convenient and faster harvesting, apple trees are often grafted onto a dwarf stock. An adult tree in such cases is almost never above 170 cm., and it is easy to collect fruits from it.
Apple trees grow relatively slowly.
The shoots are straight, of medium length and thickness, rather numerous. The bark is not too dark, brown-brown.
The flowers have pinkish-white petals, the level of the stigma and the anthers are the same. During the flowering period, the tree is densely covered with large and very beautiful flowers.
Apples of medium size, with a golden yellow basic color, often a greenish tint. Cover sheet the color is usually saturated red, darker strokes are noticeable on this background.
The skin is rather dense. A small wax coating is almost invisible.
The shape is fruit-like or onion-conical. A distinctive feature of this variety is a deep funnel, often in combination with a short stalk.
The average weight of an apple is about 140 grams. At the same time, the weight of apples equal to 145 grams in some sources is considered maximum.
Apples of this variety are juicy, with white flesh of a very pleasant sour-sweet taste. The structure of the pulp of fresh fruit remains fine-grained, not changing even after long storage.
Apples of the following varieties will also delight you with excellent taste: Pepin Saffron, Yandykovsky, Orlik, Belarusian Raspberry and Screen.
A photo
Breeding history
Variety Michurin Memory was bred in the late 1920s - the first half of the 1930s. in All-Russian Research Institute of Horticulture (VNIIS) them. I.V. Michurina.
One of the tasks was to ensure that apples of this variety could be stored for a long time.
Authorship in the selection of a variety belongs to a team of scientists led by S.I. Isaeva.
An important contribution to the work made Z. I. Ivanova, M. P. Maximov, V. K. Zayats and others with the active help of young naturalists.
The source material for breeding served as a grade. Shamparen-Chinese.
Growing and distribution region
The variety bred in the Moscow region, then spread widely across Russia. The greatest value of apple varieties are in Central Black Earth and Lower Volga regions.
In these regions, varieties such as Zhigulevsky, Stroevsky, Moscow's Jubilee, Aport, and Antonovka ordinary are successfully grown.
Yield
Yields are above average, with young trees - regular, with older ones - periodicity is more noticeable.
On average, one tree is harvested from 50 to 80 kg of fruits.
A decrease in yield is observed after particularly severe winters, and subsequently the indicators return to their normal level.
Fruiting begins in the fifth or sixth year.
Harvesting usually occurs in the last decade of September, less often - in early October.
Apples of Michurin's Memory variety Well tolerated transportation, while maintaining an excellent presentation.
High yields differ also can boast varieties: Korey, Elena, Zvezdochka, Vityaz and Bratchud.
Storage
For proper storage, apples need to ensure that the temperature is flat, without sudden changes, preferably slightly above 0 ° C.
The best storage place will be a basement or a cool room in the house.
Good ventilation and moisture protection are important..
Fruits are placed in wooden or plastic boxes, you can use boxes made of cardboard.
Before laying the apples for storage, they are carefully sorted by hand.
Fruits for long-term storage do not wipe, so as not to damage the thin wax coating.
Slightly broken or spoiled apples are not suitable for storage: they will spoil first.
Their set aside for food or culinary processing in the near future.
Apples of Michurin Memory variety make wonderful fresh juices, jams and dried fruits.
There are many ways to preserve these delicious apples.
Diseases and pests
The apple trees of Michurin have proven to be immune to diseases such as powdery mildew.
As for pests, it never hurts to carry out preventive measures against their appearance in the garden. What to do so that your trees are not encroached on the codling moth, mining the mole, fruit sapwood, hawthorn and silkworms, read the special materials of our site.
Apple trees are also quite winter-hardy and drought-resistant.
The advantages of the variety, in addition to resistance to scab, also include a small tree height..
Among the shortcomings of the variety indicate reduced winter hardiness.
These beautiful, juicy and fragrant fruits are deservedly popular in many regions of Russia. The Michurin Memory variety apples are very tasty fresh or dried, in addition, excellent juice is obtained from them and very tasty jam is made.
Apples Michurin Memory - excellent source of vitamins and pleasant emotions for the whole winter season.
