Apples early: varieties, features and reviews

Apple tree is, perhaps, the most widespread variety of fruit culture in our country. Almost all gardeners grow such trees. Apple fruits can be eaten either fresh or recycled. There are a lot of varieties of this culture. And all of them can be divided into three main types: summer, winter and autumn. The first group is represented by sweet and fragrant apples early. Varieties of this variety ripen in the middle zone of the Russian Federation in late July - mid September.

The most popular summer apple trees

The early varieties of this traditional garden culture are especially appreciated by summer residents. Although such fruits, if desired, can be used, including for processing for the winter, most often they are still eaten fresh or added to baked goods.

The earliest varieties of apples grown in Ukraine, in Belarus and in Russia, are:

• Close.
• Elena.
• Early sweet.
• Red earlier.

All these apples ripen at the end of July. Their distinctive features are rather loose juicy pulp and very delicate, in comparison with autumn and winter varieties, taste.

In early August, summer residents gather the harvest of the popular Papirovka and the White filling. There are also late-aged apples early. Grades Melba and Julie Red, for example, give a harvest somewhere in the middle of September.

Apple Blossoms Close: description and reviews

The fruits of this variety in the garden ripen very first. This happens in late July. To the pluses of apple trees Close, in addition to early ripeness, summer residents include:

• Good transportability;
• Attractive appearance of fruits.

The apples of the Klaws variety are of average value, and have a round-to-holed shape (with some ridge at the apex). The color of these fruits is cream-yellow with a fuzzy dark raspberry blush. Their flesh is white, medium-dense and with a wine-and-sweet taste (with sourness). Ripen these apples early, but, unfortunately, judging by the reviews of residents, very uneven. The very tree of this variety has a luxurious dense crown.

Good reviews of gardeners apple tree Close has deserved basically only for earlier maturing of fruits and their good transportability. To the disadvantages of this variety, summer residents attribute not too high yields and relatively low winter hardiness.

Early sweet

This variety is appreciated by gardeners primarily for resistance to scab and the ability to tolerate very severe frosts without harm. Give apple harvests Early sweet begins already for 3-4 years after planting. The fruit is small - 90-100 g, have a flat-round shape. The skin of apples of this variety is light yellow, and the flesh is white and very sweet. Hence, in fact, the name of the species.

A variety of apples Early sweet is not very good. Crown is neat, compact, flat-rounded.

Reviews about the apple tree Elena

This popular variety was bred in Belarus in 2001. Its fruits are small (120-150 g), flattened. Color apples Elena have light green, with a blurry bright raspberry blush. The flesh is white, medium-dense, and has a fine-grained structure.

Good reviews of gardeners this variety deserved primarily for the sour-sweet and delicate taste of fruits, which have everything else, also a very pleasant aroma. Yelena ripens apples from late June to the second decade of August. Fruiting occurs at the second or third year of planting. Too high the trees of this variety do not grow. The crown is round-pyramidal, slightly elevated, medium-thickened.

To the disadvantages of apple trees, the summer residents attribute not too high resistance to scab and the tendency to overload the crop. Care of this variety, among other things, includes a procedure such as regular thinning of ovaries.

Papillage and White Pouring: a description

These two species are perhaps the most popular apples from Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian farmers in the early years. Varieties Papirovka and the White Cargo were withdrawn at the end of the 19th century. Their biological characteristics are almost identical. Many scientists-breeders even consider that this is one and the same variety. However, in most cases, the distinction between these two varieties of biologists is still carried out. The fact is that some differences between them exist. So, for example, the fruits of the White filling do not have the characteristic stitching in the middle of the Papistka. In addition, these apples ripen later for ten days - at the end of the first decade of August.

They appreciate these varieties of gardeners primarily for their magnificent fruits. The light flesh of these apples has a very sweet taste, a coarse-grained texture and a pleasant strong fragrance. The skin color of these fruits is white, ivory. Dimensions they are large - 150-170 g. Like Elena, Papirovka and White filling are inclined to overload the crop. In fruiting, both varieties enter the year 4-5 after planting. At first, apple trees give very large fruits, but in small quantities.

Crown in trees of both these varieties is wide-pyramidal. With age, it gradually becomes round. Refers to White fill and Papirovka to a group of medium-high varieties. There are almost no bad reviews of these two species at the gardeners' forums.

Julie Red

The fruits of apple trees of this sort also mature at the end of July. This interesting variety was brought out in the Czech Republic. Apples Julie Red have a light green color with a raspberry tint throughout the surface. Their dimensions are rather large (from 160 g), and the shape is thickened, round-conical. The taste of fruits is rich, sweet. By its characteristics, Julie Red strongly resembles well-known to all horticulturalists post-Soviet space Melba, the description of which will be given below.

Assortment of apples Red early: characteristics

This variety was derived by NIIS them. IV Michurina and is regionalized in the Central Black Earth region. Growing apple Reds early varieties are low, and the fruits are rather small (90-120 g). Paint apples in the stage of maturity have a light yellow with bright raspberry blush. The flesh of the fruit is creamy, medium-heavy, juicy. Her taste is pleasantly sour-sweet, dessert.

Melba: the opinion of gardeners

In addition to Papyrovka and the White filling, there are other varieties of early-ripening apples, which are familiar to almost all cottagers. To such, for example, can be attributed Melbou. This popular variety, which earned a lot of good reviews of gardeners, was bred in Canada in 1889. To its merits, summer residents include, first of all, good yields, as well as excellent transportability of fruits (which is a rarity for early ripening varieties).

The apples of Melba are also kept very long. Many gardeners are advised to tear off their greenish and put into the refrigerator. With this method of storage, apple fruits of this variety can remain fresh until January.

Paint apples Melba have a light green with a striped blush. Their sweet flesh is distinguished by its characteristic coffee aroma. The Melba tree itself is a medium-sized tree, forming a pretty neat round crown. During fruiting, these apples enter the year 4-5 after planting. To the positive characteristics of the variety, among other things, summer residents include resistance to scab and the ability to easily tolerate low temperatures.

What to cook from the early varieties of apples?

Fruits of summer varieties of this garden culture usually have a very delicate taste. Therefore, they are often used to make summer pies, cakes, pies, compotes. In the latter case, the fruits are usually placed in a pot with berries (usually with raspberries and currants).

Of apple pies, the most popular is, perhaps, charlotte. It suits sourish fruits with dense flesh (you can take even a little unripe). The dough for such a pie is usually prepared from 2-5 whipped eggs, 1 tbsp. Sugar and 1 tbsp. Flour. For splendor, add baking powder and a little starch. Unripe sliced apples are pre-poured with a small amount of sugar and stand for about 10 minutes. Bake a charlotte in the oven for 20-30 minutes.

Ways of processing for the winter

Thus, apples of early ripening varieties are usually used fresh. For canning, fruits of autumn varieties are most often used. For storage without processing in most cases, lay some late or early winter variety of apples. In a cool place, such fruits are able to lie down until April-May next year.

However, in the event that the garden, for example, is new and only the summer varieties of apple trees grow in it, of course, the harvesting for winter can also be done from their fruits. For example, a very tasty jam from early varieties of apples is prepared according to this recipe:

1. Ripe fruit should be washed, take out the core and cut into slices.
2. Prepared in this way, apples should be filled with sugar and add a little citric acid.

Cook the fruit should be about two hours. For 1 kg of apples take 2 kg of sugar and 1 tsp. Citric acid. While the jam is cooked on the stove, you need to prepare a can under it (0.5-1 l). They should be thoroughly rinsed and dried. Ready cooled jam is poured into cans and covered with capron lids.

A delicious compote for the winter is also something you can use to make apples early. Sorts with sour pulp are suitable for this purpose just fine.

In the preparation of compote of such fruits, you need to ensure that they do not boil. After all, the flesh of the apples of the early varieties is in most cases not too dense. Make a winter compote of such fruits as follows:

1. Apples are washed, the core is removed from them and cut in half.
2. Prepared fruits are put in slightly salted or acidified cold water for 20-30 minutes (longer can not be kept).
3. Thoroughly washed and scalded 3 liter cans.
4. They put apples in them and pour inside a hot liquid syrup (250-300 g of sugar per 1 liter of water).
5. Hold the syrup in the can for 5-7 minutes and drain it back into the pan.
6. Once again bring it to a boil and then pour it into the jar.
7. Roll the finished compote with a metal lid.

A can of hot compote, in order that it is not subsequently opened, it is necessary to put the lid down in a warm place, wrapped in a thick blanket. In this form, the compote should be allowed to cool to room temperature. Further it needs to be stored for storage in a pantry or in a cellar.

Conclusion

Thus, we have in detail examined what kinds of early apples exist (with the name and photo). As you can see, summer varieties of this culture are characterized by good yields and simply excellent taste qualities of fruits. The latter can be used in food both fresh and canned. Excellent fit for apples and for baking.