Apple Pavlusha

Late-season variety selected by the M. A. Lisavenko Institute of Fruit Crop Selection, chosen among seedlings from open pollination in 1961 of the Borovinka variety with Siberian varieties. Breeders: I. P. Kalinina, T. F. Kornienko, N. I. Dorokhina, G. V. Chupina. Accepted for State Variety Testing in 1995, widely grown in private gardens in the Altai Krai. Particularly valuable for home orchards.

Trees are medium-sized with a pyramidal crown of moderate density, formed by upright branches. Branches are spaced apart and oriented upward. The main yield forms on simple and complex eye buds.

Shoots are thick, round in cross-section, brown, slightly hairy. Leaves are large, broad, elongated, short-pointed, dark green, wrinkled with serrated edges. Petioles have large sickle-shaped stipules.

Fruits are medium-sized (67-110 g), flat-round, broad-ribbed. Surface is smooth. Main color is greenish-yellow, with a pinkish, mottled blush covering most of the fruit. Peduncles are short and thick. Calyx is small and wide, without browning. Receptacle is medium-sized, closed, with a medium-length funnel-shaped nectary tube. Seed chambers are closed. No central cavity.

Flesh is creamy, juicy, finely textured, slightly acidic-sweet, good taste, with strong aroma. Chemical composition of fruits: total sugars — 11.0%, titratable acids — 1.03%, ascorbic acid — 25 mg/100g, P-active substances — 276 mg/100g (103-450), pectin substances — 6.38% on dry weight, tannins — 103 mg/100g.

Ripening is late-season, uneven. Variety is of universal use.

Fruits are good for fresh consumption, stored in refrigerators for 60-75 days.

Fruit-bearing begins on the 4th-5th year. Yields are moderate and regular. Winter hardiness of trees is medium; trees suffer moderate damage in severe winters and recover quickly.

Advantages of the variety: high resistance to scab, regular fruiting, high commercial and consumer qualities of fruits.

Disadvantages of the variety: uneven fruit ripening and partial fruit drop in dry years.