Red Apple Chef: description, planting and care

Apples are a fruit that is known all over the world, which has not only a pleasant taste, but also a mass of useful substances, vitamins and minerals. Therefore, apple trees can often be found on private plots, houses and cottages. Among a large number of species and varieties, winter variants are especially prominent. For example, apple Red Chiff.

Variety description

Apple tree is a fruit deciduous tree or shrub that belongs to the Rosy family. It occurs in all regions of Europe and Asia, as well as in America and China. Apple Red Chif belongs to the selection varieties of the Delicious family. It was brought out many years ago, but is still popular. The variety refers to winter.

The apple tree of this species is short. The height of the branches reaches only 5-7 meters. At the same time, it is distinguished for its precocity. The great advantage of this variety is that it is winter and the harvest is in October. The fruits reach full maturity in December, so in the cold season you can enjoy fresh juicy fruit.

Red Chif - an apple tree, whose fruit description is similar to the variety of Red Delicious, the variety also became popular in the regions of Russia. This fruit has a bright red peel. In addition, these apples are very juicy, fragrant and delicious. They have a slightly elongated shape and a greenish flesh color. The weight of one apple can reach 280 grams.

Care of the apple tree

One of the beautiful and fertile trees is the apple tree Red Chif. Planting and caring is quite simple. If several rules are observed, the result is a beautiful and healthy tree, which yields an abundant harvest annually.

To watering the apple Red Chif is demanding, especially in the spring and in hot, dry summer months. After each procedure, it is recommended to loosen the soil near the trunk, along the crown area and in parallel to remove the weeds. This will allow air to penetrate to the root system. Every year in the spring period a fertilizer is applied under the tree. Begin this process with 3-4 years of plant life. And if the disembarkation was made in "empty" soil, then begin to feed in a year. Also, fertilizers are introduced before wintering and, if necessary, during the season.

Apple Red Chiff is resistant to many diseases: powdery mildew, scab and bacterial burn. But experts recommend that it be treated every spring before flowering with preparations that protect the tree not only from diseases, but also from pests. Pruning is carried out annually in autumn and spring. In this case, sick and dead branches are removed. Cut and excess formations that make the crown thick. Cuttings are treated with a special garden sauce.

Reproduction

In nurseries there is a large selection of seedlings of fruit trees, including Red Chif - an apple tree. The description of the breeding will allow the grower to grow such a tree on his own plot. There are several ways: grafting the cuttings and growing the layers. In this case, both in the first and in the second case the resulting tree will retain all the maternal attributes.

Vaccination is a difficult process for a beginner. But multiplication with the help of a layer can master any. For this purpose, an annual tree is planted so that it is strongly inclined to the ground. In the spring months, young branches dig in, and shoots grown from the buds hill and keep in constant moisture, without pouring or swamping the soil.

By the autumn young branches should grow roots. In order to prevent them from becoming cold in the winter cold, they are warmed. And in the spring, when warm weather sets in and the soil warms up, shoots are separated from the mother tree with a sharp secateur and transferred to a permanent place of growth.

Planting of seedlings

To seedlings of Red Chif apple trees developed well and bear fruits already in 3-4 years of life, it is necessary to choose the right site for the permanent place of growth of the tree. Preferably well-lit, warm and sunny areas. In this case, the place of growth should be protected from the northern winds and drafts. The site can be selected on a slope or on a hillock. Depressions and hollows are excluded, as stagnation of water leads to diseases and decay of roots.

Picking up a good place, you need to prepare a pit in advance. Its size should be such that the root system of the seedlings freely lies along the perimeter of the bottom. Drainage and a substrate made of earth, river sand and peat are laid out in the excavated pit. Next, a seedling is planted, the roots are straightened. Everything is covered with the same fertile mixture. Apple Red Cipher with a properly selected place and a timely planting will begin to bear fruit already for 3-4 years of life. Minimal care and compliance with all the rules will please the annual abundant flowering and autumn harvest.