It may look strange if you see a young blooming apple tree and say that this is, say, our veteran. But everything will quickly become clear when it becomes clear that we are talking about the name of the popular apple variety "Veteran". For nearly thirty years, apple varieties of this variety have been favored by many gardeners, both in private farms and on plantations of large agricultural enterprises. With the high competition that exists between the solid number of apple varieties bred by the breeders, this says a lot.
History of breeding varieties
In 1961, Soviet breeders sowed seeds that were harvested from American "King" apples into the ground. However, this is only the tree itself completely belonged to this variety. And the fruits obtained as a result of free pollination, carried in themselves already the genes of other apple trees, from which pollen was brought to the flowers of "King." As a result, a remarkable combination happened by chance, which then led by the efforts of Soviet breeders N. Krasova, M. Mikheeva and E. Sedov to the emergence of a new winter variety, distinguished by valuable qualities.
Did you know? In some German villages, the tradition of planting an apple tree on a child’s birthday has been preserved to this day. It is believed that by the way it will grow, you can find out the fate of the baby.
Tree description
The appearance and characteristics of the apple tree "Veteran" are all average: growth not exceeding three meters, growth rate, frost resistance, resistance to diseases, crown thickening, size of flowers, fruits and leaves. The crown of the tree is spherical, and the trunk and branches are painted in a characteristic brown color.
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Fruit Description
In this winter variety, fruits ripen late and can reach a weight of 160 grams, although on average they weigh 100-140 grams. Fruits are round with a slight flatness and with a slight conical top.
The peel of apples is smooth, looks like it is waxed, and slightly shines. The color of the fruit is golden-yellowish-green with a noticeable blush on the sides. The juicy flesh of the apple has a creamy color tint, a very weak aroma, but the richest sweet-sour taste. Tasters in evaluating the taste of the five possible points give the fruits of "Veteran" to 4.5 points. 
In these apples, a lot of pectic substances, vitamin C, sugars, acids and P-active substances, which in cold conditions, along with the fruits can be stored until mid-March.
Characteristics of a variety
This winter variety can also be attributed to high-yielding and skoroplodnyh varieties that are very well suited for intensive gardening. The apple tree "Veteran" lives, on average, up to the age of forty; however, with proper care, it can live up to sixty years.
Disease and Pest Resistance
Gardeners rate Veteran’s ability to resist pests and diseases as average. What this means in practice can be illustrated by the example of scab, one of the most dangerous apple enemies. Under normal conditions, the apple tree "Veteran" well withstands the onslaught of this disease, however, during prolonged rainy periods, the resistance falls, and the tree may undergo disease. In wet weather, a fungal disease in the form of powdery mildew can descend on an apple tree.
Check out the rules for dealing with scab on apple trees.
As for pests, this variety can be invaded as well as many others. The apple tree beetle, hawthorn, pinworm, creeper, aphid, bark beetle and many more voracious pests that can not only damage the foliage, bark and fruits, can attack an apple tree, but also reduce the frost resistance of the tree, its resistance to diseases and productivity.
If you want to protect the crop of apples, read what to sprinkle an apple tree from pests.
Drought resistance and winter hardiness
Frost resistance of this tree is also average. That is, it can withstand frost, but not strong. 
As for the requirements for soil moisture and air, then everything is more complicated. As we have already said, waterlogging adversely affects the ability of a tree to resist diseases. However, the lack of moisture also adversely affects the health of the apple. After planting and during the care of young apple trees should be watered abundantly. In dry weather, you need to water and mature trees. Especially good for this method of sprinkling in the evening. Otherwise, during the dry season, an apple tree may lose its leaves ahead of schedule.
Did you know? The first apple planting in Russia appeared in the XI century under Yaroslav the Wise on the territory of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.
Gestation period
Apples ripen fairly well together at the end of September, as indicated by the appearance of a red-orange blush on the apple side.
Fruiting and Yield
Speaking of the precocity of this variety, they mean that the tree enters early into fruiting four to five years after planting. At the age of eight to nine years old, an apple tree can produce up to 60 kilograms of fruit from a tree, and a crop from older plants can reach 80 kilograms.
For a bountiful harvest, learn how to get an apple tree to bear fruit.
Transportability and storage
The fruits of the apple tree of this variety are remarkable for their excellent stability and can, if placed in a cool place, remain in good condition until mid-March. When properly handled, which consists in proper packaging of fruits, apples tolerate transportation, which is also facilitated by their dense skin and rather elastic flesh.
Growing conditions
This apple variety prefers sunny, open spaces for its prosperous existence, where freezing air stagnation and water harvesting after heavy rains are excluded. This tree does not tolerate closeness to its roots of groundwater, since it drastically worsens the growth of the tree itself and its ability to produce crops.
For the "Veteran" most suitable chernozem, as well as sandy and loamy soils. 
Optimum time and recommended landing pattern
Planting apple trees can be in the spring before bud breaks or in the fall a couple of months before the arrival of frosts. Most gardeners prefer planting in the fall, believing that the seedling takes root more successfully.
During the spring planting, the pit should be prepared in the autumn, and in the autumn - they should be dug a month before planting. Usually, a pit is dug out of a cubic form with sides of 80 centimeters. If there are several seedlings, the interval between the pits must be at least four meters.
Then the pit should be filled with a mixture of topsoil, humus, compost, ash, as well as superphosphate and potash fertilizers in the amount of two hundred grams per well. When clay soil should be added coarse sand in equal parts with the earth. Pour this mixture, which needs to be compacted, with a margin so that it rises above ground level. 
Important! In order not to burn the roots of a young tree, it is not necessary to apply lime and nitrogen fertilizers to the soil during planting.After the ground has subsided for a month, the seedling can be planted, for which holes that are equal to the size of the roots should be prepared in the pits, and a stake should be hammered into the center for the seedling garter. Falling asleep the roots of a tree, you need to slightly pull the trunk to eliminate the voids between the roots and the ground.
Then the ground around the barrel must be slightly compacted, and the barrel itself tied to the stake. After that, the seedling should be poured with water (a pair of buckets) and mixed with the compost. After two weeks, the irrigation operation must be repeated. 
Basics of seasonal care
Taking care of young trees consists of regular watering, weeding of the tree circle, its loosening and mulching, as well as pruning, fertilizing and preparing the tree for winter.
Soil care
According to experts, timely watering of apple trees is able to increase their productivity by 25-40 percent. Under freshly planted and young trees in dry weather, you need to pour in two buckets of water every ten days, and you need to water the mature apples four times a season: until the leaves bloom, then two weeks after the flowers flowering, then two weeks before the apples ripen and last time in October. The most preferred method of irrigation is sprinkling.
After watering, be sure to loosen the soil around the trunk, which allows not only to retain moisture, but also facilitates the penetration of air to the roots, and at the same time eliminates weeds. Mulching of the tree trunk should also become a mandatory procedure after watering. 
Top dressing
Since the planting of seedlings in the soil has already been fertilized, then during the first three years, you can do only a spring feeding of the tree with organic fertilizers. And the apple trees, which are already bearing fruit, need annual autumn fertilization with nitrogen, phosphate and potash fertilizers.
Cropping and crown formation
Do not underestimate the importance of the procedure of pruning branches for the well-being of the tree and even its ability to produce a high yield. Moreover, the timely pruning of the branches of young trees in spring can even stimulate early onset of fruiting.
Taking care of the state of health of the tree and the ability to produce a high yield, read how to properly prune an apple tree.Immediately after planting the seedling into the ground, the first pruning begins. Young buds are left on the lower branches, and the tip is removed on the main trunk. In trees that already bear fruit, two thirds of the crown are removed, for which dry branches, as well as branches that grow vertically, are cut out first. As a result, access of sunlight to ripening fruits is greatly facilitated.
Important! Do not prune the lower branches of trees..
Preparing for the winter
Shortly before the onset of the first frosts, it is necessary to loosen the trunk circle thoroughly, mix it with compost, peat or just sawdust, and tie the trunk itself with reeds, parchment paper or nonwoven garden material. Before this, the stem of a young apple tree is useful to whiten with a solution of chalk, and an adult tree with a solution of lime.
Apple use
The fruits of the apple tree "Veteran" are widely used in the human menu. They are happy to eat in their natural form, since the high quality (even in the opinion of professional tasters) taste of these apples very few people can leave indifferent. From the fruits of "Veteran" are obtained excellent dried fruits, as well as juices. Well, just wonderful come out of these apples jam, jams, jam and confectionery. 
The advantages and disadvantages of the variety
The advantages of apple trees varieties "Veteran" include:
- high yield;
- precociousness;
- relative frost resistance;
- high taste of fruits;
- the ability of apples for long-term storage without loss of quality;
- easy tree care.
- fear of severe frosts;
- susceptibility to scab during the rainy period;
- early fall foliage in the dry period.
The variety of apples "Veteran" for almost thirty years of its existence and against the background of intense competition from many other apple varieties not only did not lose its fans, but also strengthened its leadership position among winter varieties in the areas of gardeners and on the plantations of agrofirms.
Feedback from users of the network about the benefits and benefits of apples
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