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The apple tree is one of the most common garden crops. The number of varieties just rolls over, new ones are added every year. Experienced gardeners understand that new apple trees will still have to be tested for compliance with the description and suitability for growing in a particular area. Therefore, they often prefer old proven varieties that have already proven their excellent qualities. Among them is the apple tree Glory to the Winners.
History of breeding
90 years ago, employees of the Mliyevskaya Experimental Horticulture Station, named after the famous Ukrainian breeder, pomologist L.P. Simirenko, L.M. Ro and P.E. Tsekhmistrenko, began hybridizing the old folk variety Papirovka with a guest from North America, the Mekintosh apple tree. This is how Glory to the Victors appeared. In Ukrainian, the name sounds like Glory to Peremozhtsy. It is precisely this that is present in the State Register of Breeding Achievements, where the apple variety was introduced in 1975. It was originally intended to be grown in industrial gardens in the following regions:
- North Caucasian;
- Nizhnevolzhsky;
- Central Black Earth.
It is there that all the advantages of the variety are most manifested.
Gardeners quickly appreciated them and began to plant this apple tree in the Central region.
Description of the variety and characteristics with a photo
Apples of the Slava Winners variety ripen at different times, which depend on the region of cultivation. In the south, it is summer or early autumn. Closer to the north, apples ripen much later.
Mature tree height
Old apple cultivars often have great vigor. Glory to the Winners is no exception. Brown linear shoots are covered with small lentils. The weakly articulated structure of the reddish-brown shiny branches makes the crown structural. The height of an adult apple tree is directly dependent on the agronomic background and the place of planting, it can reach 3,8 m. If all the necessary conditions for planting and care are not met, the tree will be lower.
Fruit
Slava Peremozhtsam’s apples are elegant, large or medium (up to 150 g), oblong-rounded, often with a slight conical narrowing at the top. The shape of the fruit is either leveled or has slightly visible ribs.
At full ripeness, the apples are light green, but the main color is almost invisible under the blurred red blush that covers the fruits.
Apples have a slight wax coating, and the entire surface is dotted with subcutaneous dots. Some of them have a corky center. The stem is thin and not very long.
The narrow funnel has no rusting, it is smooth. Seed chambers are voluminous, elongated vertically. Small brown seeds in them no more than 6 pieces.
Productivity
The productivity of this apple tree variety depends on the place where Glory to the Winners grows. Where there is enough moisture, they collect up to 195 centners from each hectare of the garden. In drier regions, the yield is lower.
If we talk about a single tree, then the average yield that can be obtained from it is 72 kg, with good care, up to 10 kg of apples are already removed from a 120-year-old tree.
They won’t hang on the branches for long after maturity, especially if the soil isn’t moist enough. In this case, the fruits crumble easily. The shelf life of apples depends on the region. In the south, they can lie for only 2 weeks, in the north of the Central Black Earth region – this is a variety of apple trees of the autumn ripening period. Apples are stored here until December.
Winter hardiness
In the regions recommended for cultivation, the winter hardiness of Glory to the Winners is at a good level. In the central region, in severe winters, apple shoots may freeze.
Resistance to diseases
Among the main diseases of the Glory of the Winners is scab, it is affected by it moderately. In some years, the manifestation of other diseases is possible:
- fruit rot;
- powdery mildew;
- cytosporosis;
- milky shine.
If you take preventive measures, diseases on the apple tree can be avoided.
crown width
At Slava Peremozhtsy, the shape of the crown depends on the age of the apple tree: at first it is wide-pyramidal, after a few years it becomes highly oval or takes on a rounded appearance. Skeletal branches with a trunk form an acute angle in the initial phase of growth, which must be taken into account when choosing a pruning method. Over time, the crown of the apple tree becomes spreading.
It is covered with slightly wrinkled light leaves that have a barely noticeable yellowish tint. In spring, the trees blaze with red buds, they open into fragrant pink flowers, reminiscent of the shape of a saucer. This makes the apple tree very decorative, as well as at the time of fruit ripening.
Self-fertility
This apple tree is not self-fertile, which is inherent in the vast majority of old varieties. Therefore, in the garden for Glory to the Winners, there must be pollinators. The distance between them is no more than 40 m. Experienced gardeners specially attract bees to the garden, this increases the yield.
Pollinators
Glory to the Winners is best pollinated by Melboy, Borovinka, Vadimovka, Antonovka. These varieties have the same flowering time.
The frequency of fruiting
It is inherent in most of the old varieties. Glory to the Winners does not have it in the first few years of fruiting: apples ripen annually. In the future, the value of the harvest fluctuates in different years.
Tasting assessment
Wonderful dessert taste is the calling card of Glory to the Winners. This variety has become the basis for the creation of many other apple trees with no less tasty apples. White, slightly creamy flesh is distinguished by tenderness, juiciness, aroma. Its taste is sweet and sour, and this is understandable: with a sugar content of almost 11%, the acid in the granular pulp is less than 1%. The tasting score is high – 4,5 points.
Landing
Planting according to all the rules determines the entire future fate of the tree.
Site selection, pit preparation
In order for the apple tree to feel comfortable, the following conditions must be met:
- the spreading crown of the Glory of the Winners dictates the distance between seedlings when planting 6 m;
- choose a well-lit place, there should be no prevailing winds;
- a good supply of moisture for Slava Peremozhtsy is very important, but groundwater should be low;
- the mechanical composition of the soil is selected by light loam or sandy loam with a sufficient amount of organic matter.
If the soil is clayey, the apple tree is planted not in a hole, but in a bulk hill from fertile soil.
The standard size of the planting hole for an apple tree is 80×80 cm. It should be prepared a month before planting.
In the autumn
In autumn, an apple tree should be planted a month before the onset of stable frosts. If the seedling is acquired later, it is better to dig it in, since it will not have time to take root. One or two-year-old apple trees are chosen for planting – they take root better. Landing algorithm:
- we fill the dug hole with fertile soil by a third;
- we dig in a peg on the south side of the pit – we will tie an apple tree seedling to it;
- we install it, spreading the roots, and fill it with soil so that the root neck is not ruined.
We lightly tamp the trunk circle, pour 1-2 buckets of water into it and mulch.
During the autumn planting of an apple tree, fertilizer – superphosphate and potassium salt (150 g each) is poured into the trunk circle before mulching.
In the spring
You can plant an apple tree until the buds have blossomed. The planting algorithm is the same, but fertilizers are added to the upper third of the pit.
Care
For Glory to the Winners, proper care is very important. Without it, the fruits shrink and lose their quality.
Watering and feeding
Novice gardeners also know that it is necessary to water a young apple tree after planting weekly until young growths appear. But mature trees of Glory to the Winners need moisture no less.
During dry periods, an adult apple tree requires at least 7 buckets of water for every meter of the trunk circle.
Glory to the Winners is sensitive not only to soil moisture, but also to air. Therefore, if possible, equip watering with sprinkling.
Feeding scheme:
- in spring – complete mineral fertilizer with the addition of nitrogen;
- in summer – complete mineral fertilizer, but it must be applied no later than mid-July;
- in the fall – phosphorus-potassium top dressing.
In order to bring nutrients closer to the roots of the apple tree, top dressing is applied to a 40 cm deep ditch dug along the perimeter of the crown, filling it with fertile soil.
Preventive spraying
Preventive garden treatments in the spring are carried out to combat possible diseases and pests. For the first, copper-containing preparations are suitable – Bordeaux liquid or a solution of copper sulfate, Hom, Topaz. From pests, tank mixtures of Aktara and Horus, Decis, Kinmiks are used. Sprayed on a green cone. After flowering, Selinon is most effective. This is not only protection of the apple tree from pests, but also from scab.
Trimming
The overall crown of the apple tree Slava Peremozhtsy requires constant shaping, thinning and lightening of the crown. You can see more about this in the video and on the diagram.
Shelter for the winter, protection from rodents
Where Glory to the Winners is zoned, she does not need shelter for the winter. In the Central regions, it would be useful to insulate the root zone with additional mulching with peat or humus with a layer of up to 15 cm. A young apple tree seedling can be wrapped with spunbond. But protection from rodents is a must. The easiest way to do this is with a special mesh, wrapping the trunk of an apple tree. Poison baits are laid out around him.
Advantages and disadvantages of the variety
Like any apple tree, Glory to the Winners has its advantages and disadvantages. Let’s display them in a table.
Advantages | Disadvantages |
Great taste | Poor drought tolerance |
Good yield | Rapid shedding of fruits |
Sufficient winter hardiness | High growth – apples are inconvenient to pick |
| Density of the crown |
Prevention and protection against diseases and pests
Prevention of apple diseases begins in early spring, it has already been described above. Diseases affecting the apple tree:
- scab – brown spots on fruits and dried leaves, copper-containing fungicides help;
- powdery mildew – a white coating of fungal spores on the leaves of an apple tree, the methods of control are the same as in the previous case;
- fruit rot or moniliosis – circular white growths and brown spots on fruits, fight it with copper-containing fungicides or phytosporin.
The main pests of the apple tree:
- apple felt mite – sucks juices from leaves, fight – treatment with Fufanon, Aktellik, Kinmiks;
- apple sucker – a sucking insect with transparent green wings, control measures – Karbofos, Rovikurt, Fufanon, they will also help against aphids;
- the codling moth is a caterpillar of a small gray butterfly, from which Glory to the Winners is sprayed with biopreparations or chemicals based on pyrethroids.
Conclusion
Apple-tree Slava Winners is a good variety that can be planted both in your own and in an industrial garden. The dessert taste of his apples will not leave anyone indifferent, as evidenced by consumer reviews.