Recommended high-quality, high-yield apple varieties for planting in the north

Apple is an extremely common fruit, and perhaps many people have eaten them since childhood. Eating one a day can keep colds away, so everyone can keep some apples at home to eat. Now the editor will introduce several high-quality, high-yield apple varieties suitable for planting in the north.

Several high-quality, high-yield apple varieties suitable for planting in the north:

1. Early-maturing varieties:

(1) Mitchla

Bred in New Zealand from Gala; deep ruby red, occasionally striped, tall fruit shape, crisp and sweet taste, fine flesh; strongly productive, with the ability to bear fruit year after year; fruit diameter 65-85mm; ordinary cold storage can keep until December, controlled-atmosphere storage can keep until March of the following year; ripens in early August.

(2) Buckeye Gala

Bred in the United States from Gala; dark red or striped, short conical or round fruit shape, crisp and juicy taste; fruit diameter 65-85mm; ripens in mid-August.

(3) American No. 8

American No. 8 has a crisp and sweet taste, larger fruit size, good coloring, and is more resistant to anthracnose than Gala varieties; its ripening period is generally about one week later than Gala varieties. The drawback is that it does not store well, and if not picked in time, pre-harvest fruit drop may occur.

2. Late-maturing varieties:

(1) Ruiyang

Ruiyang, together with the previously mentioned Ruixue, Qincui, and Qinmi, are all new apple varieties bred by Northwest A&F University. Ruiyang was obtained by crossing Qinguan and Fuji. Ruiyang's ripening period is similar to or slightly earlier than late-maturing Fuji. It has bright red, fully red coloring, large fruit, and a fruit shape similar to Qinguan; its quality is relatively good, and its taste is slightly inferior to Fuji, but with proper management the taste is quite good. Compared with Fuji, it has better stress resistance and disease resistance, and better high and stable yield.

(2) Yanfu No. 8

Compared with other Fuji varieties, Yanfu 8 has the more obvious advantage of fast coloring. During the anthocyanin synthesis process, it uses light more efficiently, and can achieve full color even without laying reflective film. After laying reflective film, with proper management it can quickly achieve full color. Moreover, because of its high light utilization, fruit in the inner canopy and the calyx basin of the fruit can also achieve full color. During the coloring period, leaf removal and fruit turning should be coordinated to make the fruit color more complete. If flower and fruit management and water and fertilizer supply are strengthened, the fruit's trait advantages are very great.

(3) Yanfu No. 10

Penglai fruit grower Wang Zhonghui selected and bred Yanfu 0 from a bud sport of Yanfu 3. The variety performed well, but scion wood was insufficient, so variety scions were collected from Penglai fruit growers. Due to insufficient supervision by the operators, the sources of variety scions were chaotic, resulting in impure varieties. Later, another superior selection was made from Yanfu 0 and named Yanfu 10. The Yanfu 10 variety performs well and has a large planting area in apple-producing regions.

3. Mid-maturing varieties:

(1) Modi

The parent lines of the Modi variety are Free x Gala. It is a new apple variety introduced from Italy by Huasheng Fruit Industry. Modi has certain resistance to scab, powdery mildew, aphids, and so on. The tree grows relatively well and has certain spur-type traits, with a small canopy. The fruit is conical, can be tall-shaped under normal management, and colors deep red, fully, and easily; the flesh is white or pale yellow, crisp, sweet, and juicy, with high firmness and a relatively good taste (proper management is required; with improper management the taste is poor); it basically ripens in early to mid-September, and among mid-maturing varieties it has economic characteristics such as crisp sweetness and beautiful coloring. In management, attention should be paid to water and fertilizer supply, controlling the crop load, and preventing the fruit from being too small, which would affect returns.

(2) Honeycrisp

A variety introduced from the United States. This variety was bred by crossing Macoun (fragrant flesh) as the female parent and Honeygold (sweet, crisp flesh) as the male parent. The tree vigor is moderate to strong, and one-year-old branches are slightly brown. It flowers easily, is relatively productive, and has good stable yield. Honeycrisp's ripening period is around early September, and if not picked in time, pre-harvest fruit drop will occur; its flesh cells are larger than those of other varieties, and the fruit is large. Improper management can easily cause a large outbreak of bitter pit; leaves are prone to physiological disorders, yellowing and wilting with spots, but this has little effect on the tree and fruit; the fruit is oblate to nearly conical, crisp, sweet, and slightly tart in taste, stores well, and has aroma; the skin is thin, colors bright red, and has a beautiful finish. The colored area varies with regional climate differences, and it mostly shows stripe red. As a mid-maturing variety, Honeycrisp ranks first-class in both fruit quality and appearance, but in management attention should be paid to fertilizer, water, and pruning operations, and timely harvesting, to reduce damage from bitter pit, superficial scald, pre-harvest fruit drop, and so on.

(3) Qincui

Qincui was bred by Northwest A&F University through hybridization of Fuji and Honeycrisp. Qincui flowers more easily than Fuji, has good early-bearing ability, is more resistant to trunk and branch diseases than Fuji, and its ripening period is about 7-10 days earlier than Fuji, roughly ripening from late September to early October (the ripening period differs according to phenological differences). Qincui colors brightly and fully, with slight striping; the fruit is large, the stem cavity and calyx basin are deep, and the fruit shape is regular; the taste is crisp, sweet, and slightly tart, with abundant juice and moderate firmness. Many inspectors highly approve of Qincui's taste. Overall, Qincui has excellent appearance traits and superior quality, and for suitable growing areas it is a mid-to-late-maturing variety worth developing.

All right, that is all for today's content the editor wants to share with you. Above, the editor introduced several high-quality, high-yield apple varieties suitable for planting in the north. Have you all eaten them? Which one do you think tastes best?

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