The results of the introduction of varieties of apples in the Mountainous Dagestan

Abstract

The characteristic of 41 varieties of apple-tree from Sverdlovsk Research Station of Fruit Growing in mountainous Dagestan are given. The estimation of varieties by their stability, quality of fruits for further growth in the highlands of Dagestan is conducted. The results of research revealed possibility of northwarding of apple-tree in harsh climate of high-mountainous Dagestan due to its introduction from the northern regions of the Russian Federation. Many cultivated apple-tree varieties were hastive. By the best characteristics of growth and yield perspective for the High-mountainous Dagestan varieties are: summer - Iset white, Dream and Papiroyantarnoe; autumn - Jantar; autumn and winter - Fermer, Marina, Persianka; winter - Kerr and Nastenka; Decorative - Malinovka, Sibirka parsheustoychivaya and Gazonaya zontichnoya.