Autumn variety selected by the South-Ural Research Institute of Fruit and Vegetable Growing and Potato Growing. Obtained by crossing Red Raneck with Papirovka. Author: P. A. Zhavoronkov. The variety gained fame and wide cultivation in the Northwest of Russia, from the Urals to the Far East, and in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Approved since 1959.
Medium-stature tree with a dense, rounded, drooping crown. Bark on the trunk and main branches is greenish-gray. Bears fruit on last year’s growth, spurs, and twigs.
Shoots are greenish-brown, thin. Leaves are elongated, light green, hairless, with finely serrated edges.
Flowers are medium-sized, small-cup-shaped, pinkish, with medium-length, hairless stigmas, whose styles are positioned at the same level as the anthers.
Fruits are small, round, single-ribbed. Skin is smooth, glossy, greenish-yellow. Peduncle is long, calyx does not fall off.
Flesh is white, tender, juicy, slightly acidic-sweet, very pleasant. Chemical composition: soluble dry matter 13.7%, sugars 10.6%, titratable acids 0.6%, and ascorbic acid 8.7 mg/100g.
Storage life: 45-60 days.
Fruits are used fresh and for processing into products: juices, compotes, jams.
Trees begin to bear fruit 2-3 years after grafting. Annual fruiting. High yield; average multi-year yields exceed 200 centners/ha. Individual trees have recorded yields over 250 kg.
Winter hardiness of Uralskoe Nalivnoe is high. The variety has high recovery capacity. During epidemics of apple scab, it is affected to a moderate degree.
Advantages of the variety: high ecological adaptability, high yield, suitability for fresh consumption and various processing methods.
Disadvantages of the variety: small-fruited.
The variety is widely used in breeding to obtain winter-hardy, high-yielding varieties in standard and naturally low-growing forms.
