Apple Smuglyanochka

Summer variety obtained at the Scientific Research Institute of Horticulture of Siberia named after M. A. Lisavenko from crossing in 1959 between Gorno-Altai and Altai dessert. Breeders: I. P. Kalinina, T. F. Kornienko, Z. A. Granikina, E. S. Orekhova. Accepted for State Variety Testing in 1994. Widely grown in private gardens of the Altai region. Included in the State Register for the West Siberian region.

Medium-sized trees, with round, sparse crowns formed by few branches, with sparsely distributed fruiting spurs and buds, where fruiting is concentrated mostly on one-year shoots, partially on one-year shoots.

Shoots are shortened, curved, round in cross-section, with short internodes, moderately hairy, brown. Leaves are small, round with a small tip, matte, light green, finely serrated edges, wrinkled, hairy on the underside. Petioles of medium length, with small sickle-shaped bracts.

Fruits are very small (38-50 g), one-dimensional, elongated-conical or oval, slightly slanted, weakly ribbed. Surface is smooth. Main color is golden-yellow, with a dark purplish-red blush and a dense bluish bloom. Calyx is small and rusted. Pedicel is short. Receptacle is small and furrowed. Calyx is small and half-open. Subcalyx tube is medium. Seed chambers are open. Axial cavity is absent.

Flesh is creamy with pink veins, juicy, sweet-sour, good taste. Chemical composition of fruits: total sugars — 11.1% (9.1-13.1), titratable acids — 0.70% (0.42-0.94), tannins — 100 mg/100g (83-266), ascorbic acid — 18.5 mg/100g (5.0-27.1), P-active substances — 133 mg/100g (100-172), pectin substances — 4.85% on dry weight.

Fruits ripen in summer. Stored in refrigerator up to 30 days. Variety is of universal use, valuable for private gardens.

Fruit production begins on 4-5th year. Yields are moderate and annual. Winter hardiness is high, with slight damage in exceptionally severe winters. Highly resistant to scab.

Advantages of the variety: annual fruiting, high taste quality, high resistance to scab.

Disadvantages of the variety: small fruits, short storage life.