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Delicious: apple variety
“Delicious” is a late autumn variety that ripens in late autumn and sometimes in early winter. Possesses excellent taste and rich productivity.
Description of the apple tree “Delicious”
Apple trees of this variety grow up to 3 meters in height and have a dense, wide crown. Often there are branches drooping under the weight of a bountiful harvest.
“Delicious” has excellent taste and is stored for a long time
The tree can be described as follows:
- The crown of young trees is cone-shaped. Older trees are circular.
- The trunk is dark gray and with many skeletal branches extending at an acute angle.
- Leaves are bright green in color, oval in shape, with a pointed end, smooth.
- The flowers are white-pink, medium-sized, shaped like saucers.
- Fruits are large, round, in the shape of a cone. Covered with a dense skin with a rough structure. Color from light green to light honey. Brown pigmentation and a pinkish tint on one side are acceptable. The apple pulp has a rich, sweet taste, light green hue, dense.
The fruits lend themselves well to storage and can remain fresh even until May. This makes the taste more spicy and the flesh acquires a creamy hue.
Advantages of the Delicious apple tree
The variety has many advantages that distinguish it from the general mass of other apple trees. The main strengths of the Delicious variety include:
- Good frost resistance.
- High yield and productivity.
- Precocity.
- Resistant to major pests and diseases.
- Compliance with international quality standards for apples.
The fruits contain a large amount of nutrients and useful substances for the human body, including pectin, sugar, ascorbic acid and vitamins.
The apple variety “Delicious” is so strong that it is actively used as a donor in breeding. He transfers all his advantages to new varieties and is very appreciated for this by breeders.
But against the background of all these advantages, one can also mention some of the weaknesses of the variety. The main disadvantage of the apple tree is that during periods of abundant yields, the size of the apples can suffer, they become small. Fruiting can be periodic, and a plentiful harvest can be replaced by a poor one every year. When caring for a tree, copper-containing preparations are often used, which can subsequently give the apple a rusty tint.
The variety is popular all over the world. It is highly valued for the external decorative qualities of the tree and fruits, as well as for their beneficial taste properties.