Before buying, you should think about what qualities a tree should have, and also for what purposes the crop will be used. For example, if apples are eaten or used for harvesting for the winter, early or ordinary tree varieties are quite suitable, but if you want to enjoy the taste of the fruit until spring, you will have to choose good late varieties.
If we consider the characteristics of the fruits of apple trees that bear fruit only in the late autumn, their fruits have excellent storage qualities, although they are not always so sweet in taste, as are earlier types of fruits. Today on sale you can see quite a few different types of apple trees, but one of the most popular apple variety Wellsie, according to the description from the photo and planting reviews, you can understand that this plant has many advantages, but the plant has its own minor flaws, all of which will be described in detail in the article below.
Detailed grade description
This apple variety was planted in our area for the first time many years ago, trees grew in our country even in the nineteenth century, which indicates a decent period of use of such an apple tree. For the first time, according to the description with photos and planting reviews, the Wellsley apple tree was bred by American specialists, then this type of new plant began to undergo various kinds of research, and only after careful study, the plant began to be distributed throughout the USSR. Today, this type of apple tree can be found in the European part of our country, as well as in the cities of Belarus and Ukraine.
Now it’s worth talking about what characteristics this plant variety has. The tree itself grows to not very large sizes, the crown at the very beginning of development forms a wide pyramid, but over time it expands, which creates a round shape of the crown. Most of the branches grow from the trunk at a right angle, for this reason it is not uncommon for the branches to break off due to the heavy weight of the fruit. This type of plant is considered to be early-growing, but its fruiting occurs in the late autumn, when the first frosty nights begin to come.
According to the description from the photo (planting reviews), the fruits of the Wellsie apple tree are not too large, most often you can get medium-sized apples weighing from eighty to one hundred and fifty grams. The fruits themselves have a flat and smooth surface, their skin is quite thin, but has a high density, most often the fruits are slightly flat, but in rare cases you can find round and even apples. During ripening, the apples themselves acquire a bright yellow hue, but if left in storage, the fruits acquire a sweet and golden hue.
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The fruits have a pleasant sour taste, but they do not differ in strong sweetness when ripe, if you leave the apples for storage, then after a while they become more sweet and juicy. Since these fruits are winter, they can not always have a strong pleasant fruity smell, only with proper care and good fertilizer, the fruits acquire a noticeable fresh apple flavor. When the fruit ripens, the fruit stalk dries out a little, which helps to easily remove the finished apple from the branch without damaging it.
Such fruits are often appreciated by gardeners, all because the apples contain useful components in the form of vitamin substances and mineral supplements. If we consider the composition of the apples, then the sugar in them will be at least one tenth, that is, the fruits should be quite sweet after ripening. The Wellsie apple variety, as described with photos and reviews, also contains a lot of ascorbic acid, and it is very useful for the body and helps the immune system cope with diseases.
Ripening of fruits occurs only after the fifteenth of September, that is, this is the second half of the month, such ripening is possible only in regions where there is a temperate climate, if the apple tree grows in colder conditions, then the ripening of fruits can take place only in October. This variety is perfectly used in its raw form for human consumption, or apples are processed into juice.
What are the pros and cons of this grade?
According to the description from the photo and reviews of gardeners, the Wellsley apple tree has some of its shortcomings and advantages of growing in a summer cottage. For example, the taste of ripe apples is simply excellent, although in most late varieties the apples differ in acid, in this plant the fruits have a very sweet and juicy taste. In addition, such fruits are perfectly stored, if there is a need to store the fruits for a couple of seasons, then it is worth picking up such delicious apples. It is worth noting the high yield of a mature tree, only in a season a summer resident can get more than two hundred kilograms of fruit.
Fruit tree resists some types of diseases, it also gained immunity to a disease such as scab, which often affects the apple trees in the garden. Winter hardiness of the tree is not too high, but the fruit can withstand a drop in temperature to twenty-five degrees, if the temperature is lower, this can lead to freezing of the kidneys. If the plant will be planted in cold regions, it will be necessary to provide special shelter. It is worth saying that the disadvantages include shedding of fruits during ripening, as well as a change in their taste if weather conditions affect the tree.
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