Apples Glory to the Winners is a summer variety of homemade apples.
In this article we will briefly review the history of the variety, its cultivation, and give some practical tips on care.
What kind is it?
Glory Winners can be attributed to the summer or even late summer varieties apples home selection. Progenitors of this variety - Papirovka and Mackintoshtherefore, the result in many morphological features is very similar to them.
The fruits of this variety can be stored both in buckets and in wooden boxes - Glory to the Winners belongs to the high-grade varieties. The storage room should be clean, dry and dark, the recommended storage temperature is between 5 and 10 degrees Celsius. For this completely the underground cellar will do.
The storage time for apples strongly depends on the growing region. For example, in the south of Russia, fruits can be stored for up to 2 weeks, and in the northern regions of cultivation - up to 3 months (so, in the Oryol region, the harvest is collected in September, and can be stored until December).
As for pollination, Glory to the winners - samobesplodny grade. For this, pollinators are planted next to it. Most suitable varieties such as Melba, Vadimovka, Priam, James Grieve, Delichiya, Antonovka ordinary, Borovinka.
Grade description Glory to the winners
In this section, you can read a detailed description of the variety Glory to the winner and see several photos of apples.
- The Slava tree of the Glory The winners can be called vigorous, it is characterized by a broad-pyramidal crown, which with age changes its shape into a high-rounded or highly-highly.
The main branches are covered with brown bark and are separated from the trunk at a rather acute angle, rapidly rising upwards.
Over the years, the branches are straightened to the sides, overgrown with fruit twigs.
The leaves are medium in size, the shape represents something between the oval and the circle, the ends are a bit pointed.
The color of the foliage is light, sometimes with a yellow tinge. The flowers are pink, shaped like a saucer, the buds are red. Glory to the winners blooms very plentifullywhile emitting a sweet, sweet aroma.
- Fruits are large, less often of medium size, round with oblong, sometimes with small conicity in the upper part. Also on the apple you can see one barely noticeable greenish edge.
The skin of the fruit is smooth, light green in color with a pronounced blush covering the entire surface of the fruit. The flesh is very delicate, white, juicy, the taste is excellent, sweet, with a little sourness.
A photo
Breeding history
Grade Glory to the Winners was received from crossing varieties Mackintosh and Papirovka in 1929 at the Mlievsky station them. L.P. Simirenko. The famous Ukrainian breeder Lev Mihajlovich Ro, together with his assistant - Pavel Yurevich Tsekhmistrenko, worked on the creation of the variety.
Distribution region
Glory to the Winners perfectly gets on almost the entire territory of the former USSR, therefore as such, the zone of natural growth does not exist.
However, the fertility of the tree varies somewhat depending on the area of cultivation.
So, in Central Russia, the variety from late summer turns into autumn. For the rest of the Glory, the winners can be grown both in the extreme south and in the northern, cooler areas - the variety is famous for its winter hardiness.
Yield
The trees of this variety produce fruit in the southern regions on low-growing vegetative rootstocks after about 5 years.
The server goes even longer before the tree begins to bear fruit.
In the extreme south, with a good agrofone, fruiting is also possible on biennial trees.
The first few years the harvest is regular, then the periodicity is formed, strongly determined by the level of the same agricultural background. Yields above average - depending on the region and other conditions can be collected from 110 to 200 centners of apples per hectare of garden.
Planting and care
The general recommendations for planting and caring for a tree are the same as with any other variety, however there are some special features.
A week before planting, it is necessary to prepare pits for 70 centimeters wide and long.
Depth should be up to 1 meter.
At the bottom of the pit you need to pour black soil or other fertile soil, add organic fertilizer, you can ash, humus or bone meal.
Carefully take a sapling by the stem and carefully place it in the middle of the pit and straighten the roots with your hands. Then fill the hole with earth, while not allowing the roots to be bent and not allowing them to be damaged. Then the tree should be poured abundantly - for this is enough buckets of water. You can dig a peg alongside and tie up a seedling to it.
Glory Winners can be planted both in the fall and in early spring. If you decided to plant trees after all in the fall, before that you need to cut off all the leaves from the seedling.
The first 2-3 years of care for a young apple tree consists in regular watering and removal of weeds.. Then the trees of this variety should be handled, as with any others - sprinkle in time, water, feed, and in the spring prune old branches. At the same time, you should not be afraid to cut off the excess.
Diseases and pests
Apple Tree Glory The winners are affected by the same diseases as other varieties.
Will consider the main troubles that a gardener may encounter while growing Glory to the Winners:
- Mealy dew. It manifests itself as a white bloom on the leaves and shoots, which is easily rubbed off with the fingers at first, then becomes stable and acquires a brown tint. The leaves turn yellow and dry, the tree ceases to grow and bear fruit.
To overcome this disease, apple trees are sprayed with copper oxychloride immediately after flowering. It is possible to cure a tree even after the harvest - for this it is used a sprinkling with a solution of copper sulphate or boric acid.
- Scab - like powdery mildew, is a fungal disease. In this disease, the leaves curl, dry and fall off, black spots appear on the fruit.
To get rid of scab, it is necessary to treat trees and seedlings with Topaz.
- Cystoporosis - also caused by fungus. Looks like dark-colored ulcers on the bark of a plant. If cystoporosis is not treated, the bark will begin to dry and fall off. Treat it with a spraying solution of a drug called Hom.
- Fruit Rot - apples rot and become covered with brown spots. Treat her with the same drug Hom.
- Milky luster. Young leaves blister and deteriorate, then the disease penetrates into the wood, after which the process of the withering away of the apple tree is difficult to stop. The struggle with the milky luster is complex and complex - in addition to several preparations, it is necessary to treat the ulcers on the cortex with a special glue.
Summing up, it should be said that the Glory to the Winner - a variety of apples is very common. His winter hardiness, excellent taste and high yield allow him to confidently hold his position in the market.
