Apple Sokolovskoe

Winter variety selected by the Southern Ural Research Institute of Fruit and Vegetable Growing and Potato Cultivation. Obtained from seedlings of free pollination of the 'Yadubetskaya Weeping' variety. Breeders: M. A. Mazunin, N. F. Mazunina, V. I. Putyatyn. Cultivated in the Ural horticultural zone. Approved in 2002.

Tree is a natural dwarf with a flat-horizontally spreading crown. Height of trees on seedling rootstocks up to 1.5-2.0 m, on vegetatively propagated clonal rootstocks up to 1.0-1.5 m. Bark on trunk and main branches dark brown. Fruit-bearing on all types of fruiting wood, often bears fruit on last year's growth.

Shoots are greenish-brown, thick, elastic. Leaves are large, elongated-oval, dark green, slightly hairy, with finely serrated edges.

Fruits are medium-sized, flat-round. Fruit skin is smooth, dry, glossy, greenish-yellow with strong dark-red blush on most of the fruit. Peduncle is medium-length, thick, upright.

Fruit flesh is creamy, dense, juicy, finely-grained, tart-sweet, good taste.

Fruits contain 14.6% soluble dry matter, 10.8% sugars, 0.8% titratable acids, 15.6 mg/100g ascorbic acid, and 1.7% pectin substances (on fresh weight).

Storage life is 110 days.

Fruits are suitable for fresh consumption and processing: compotes, jams, preserves.

Best pollinators: varieties 'Podsnezhnik', 'Bratchud', 'Kovrovoye'.

Trees begin fruiting on the 3rd-4th year after grafting. Fruit-bearing is irregular. Yield up to 65 kg per tree. Winter hardiness of the variety is good. During years of epiphytotic scab, disease severity does not exceed 1 point.

Advantages of the variety: natural dwarf habit, yield, high fruit flavor and commercial qualities, large fruit size.

Disadvantages of the variety: insufficient winter hardiness of fruit buds, irregular fruiting, under prolonged high summer temperatures and dry air, fruit quality decreases.