Apple Salvation

Summer, triploid, disease-resistant (gene Vf) apple variety obtained by crossing Redfri x Papировка tetraploid, conducted in Krasnodar (SKZNIISViV). Subsequent selection stages (sowing seeds on artificial infection background, seedling selection in greenhouses, selection school, and orchard) were conducted in Orel (VNIISPK). In 2004, the variety was accepted for State Testing.

Breeders: E. N. Sedov, Z. M. Serova, V. V. Zhdanov, G. A. Sedysheva, L. I. Dutova, T. V. Ragulina.

Trees are large, fast-growing, with round, moderately dense crowns. Main branches are curved, spaced apart, and branch off the trunk at nearly right angles.

Bark on main branches is smooth and gray.

Medium-thick, curved, angular branches, brown, hairy. Numerous medium-sized lenticels. Buds are small, conical, pressed, hairy.

Leaves are large, elongated, egg-shaped, short-pointed, with spirally twisted tips, green, wrinkled, matte, with delicate venation. Leaf blade is concave, curved, slightly hairy. Leaf margin is wavy, serrated. Petiole is long, medium thickness, hairy.

Fruits are large (214 g), medium uniformity, round-conical, sloped, with strongly ribbed surface. Fruit stalk is medium length and thickness. Calyx is blunt-conical, medium width, rust-colored. Receptacle is half-open. Bлюдце is wide, deeply ridged. Skin is smooth, oily, dull. Main fruit color is greenish-yellow, with a covering of raspberry-colored stripes. Numerous, large, green lenticels are clearly visible. Fruit core is bulbous. Seed chambers are open. Sub-receptacle tube is long, medium width, pouch-shaped. Seeds are medium-sized, round, dark brown.

Fruit flesh is greenish, medium density, fine-grained, juicy. Appearance rating is 4.4, taste rating is 4.3. Chemical composition: total sugars 10.3%, titratable acids 0.7%, ascorbic acid 16.5 mg/100g.

Harvesting in Orel region occurs a few days later than Papировка — August 8–17. Consumer period lasts until end of September.

Variety is early-bearing and high-yielding. Young (7–8-year-old trees) produced 40–50 kg of fruit.

Advantages: resistance to scab, early bearing, high fruit marketability.

Suitable for private garden plots.

No disadvantages identified.