Apple varieties with long fruit storability for the improvement of the assortment

Apple breeding has been carried out at the All Russian Research Institute of Fruit Crop Breeding (VNIISPK) for many years. Apple varieties with long stora-bility of fruit are especially required for the up-to-date production. It has been found that long storability of apple fruit is a recessive character and large hybrid pools are demanded for obtaining varieties with storable fruit. However, the development of the ‘Svezhest’ variety which has very long storability of fruit confirms the probability of selecting initial forms with positive transgression on this character. Brief economic and biological characteristics of apple varieties with long storability of fruit are given in this paper: Aleksandr Boiko - a triploid variety with high productivity, scab immunity, large size of fruit and storability until the second decade of March; Blagodat - a fruitful variety with highly marketable fruit which keep quality in cold atmosphere until late February; Vavilovskoye - a scab immune triploid variety with attractive fruit which are stored until late February; Vita - an early fruiting variety with high contents of ascorbic acid in fruit, storage life until middle of March; Ministr Kisilev - a triploid and scab resistant variety with fruit storage until middle of March; Pamyati Hitrovo - a scab immune variety with highly marketable fruit which are stored until late February; Patriot - a winter hardy triploid and scab resistant variety with beautiful and tasty fruit and storability until February; Turgenevskoye - a triploid scab resistant variety with highly marketable fruit and storage life until March; Yubiley Moskvy - a scab immune variety with fine marketable fruit which are stored until late February. Wide-spread varieties Kulikovskoye, Imrus, Sinap Orlovski and Svezhest are also of great interest. Fruit of the Kulikovskoye variety may be stored until late March; Imrus - until late February; Sinap Orlovski - until late April-early May; Svezhest - until late May. The introduction of the mentioned varieties in the orchards of the middle zone of Russia will give a chance to improve significantly the existing assortment and prolong the consumption of home fresh apple fruit.

яблоня, селекция, сорта, лежкость плодов, сортимент, apple tree, breeding, varieties, fruit storability, assortment

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