A review of the best apple varieties for central Russia

Selecting the right apple tree variety for your climate zone requires special attention. However, since it's impossible to sort through thousands of varieties, let's take a look at the best apple varieties for central Russia.

Antonovka

The advantages of this variety are frost resistance and high resistance to parasites. The apples have a wonderful aroma. They are covered with golden-yellow skin, and underneath lies slightly tart white flesh.

Augusta

Augusta trees are winter-hardy and productive. The fruits ripen around September, with a reddish hue on the sunny side and juicy, sweet-tart flesh.

Fetch

Apple trees of this variety are known for their fussiness, which can hinder good fruit production. However, the resulting apples will be very large, bright crimson, and tender inside.

Aphrodite

An excellent apple tree for central Russia, distinguished by its frost resistance and undemanding soil conditions. The final fruit is large, juicy, and has a scarlet blush.

White filling

White Naliv has a very attractive appearance and a sweet flavor, but doesn't have a long shelf life (one month). The variety's downsides include frequent infestation with codling moths and sensitivity to impacts.

Berkutovskoe

One of the best apple varieties for the middle zone. It is distinguished by its winter hardiness, high yield and long storage of fruits, which have a variegated color.

Seedless

Bessemyanka trees are winter-ripening, so the fruit will store for about three months. The apple tree begins bearing fruit quite early—five to seven years after planting.

Bellefleur the Chinese

This variety is well suited for cultivation in central Russia, as it tolerates frost well. It begins bearing fruit late, but the apples have a wonderful aroma and white flesh.

Bogatyr

The Bogatyr variety is native to Ukraine. The trees are tall and strong, with yields of up to 100 kg. The sweet flesh is another advantage. However, the fruits require a long ripening period.

Bolotovskoye

Bolotovskoye is represented by medium-sized trees that produce greenish-golden fruits. The advantages of this variety include complete resistance to scab and good shelf life.

Borovinka

The fruit of domestic selection, Borovinka, is an unpretentious tree that begins bearing fruit early, although the final product will not be stored for long.

Vatutin

This apple tree tolerates frost well and begins producing large, tart fruits as early as the fifth or sixth year. The apples ripen by the end of October and will keep until April.

Venyaminovskoe

This variety is represented by tall trees producing medium-sized red apples. The fruit has a pleasant, sweet, tart flavor. Its main advantage is its resistance to scab.

Grushovka

An apple tree with dense foliage, among which grow small, white, slightly blushed fruits. The pear tree's advantages include a rich content of vitamins C and B and extreme frost resistance.

Zhigulevskoye

A low-growing variety that begins to bear fruit abundantly in its fourth year. This variety is quite demanding of minerals but tolerates drought well. The apples are small and sweet.

Imrus

A winter apple variety that is resistant to scab and produces a bountiful harvest. The fruit's skin is thin and greenish-yellow. Imrus has firm, tart flesh.

July

Trees of the Iyulskoye variety are winter-hardy, grow up to 7 meters tall, and produce a high yield. The resulting fruits are sweet and pale green.

Candy

The fruits of this apple tree live up to their name—bright yellow with red stripes and a distinctly sweet flavor, reminiscent of sugar confectionery. However, they have a short shelf life.

Korean

A dessert variety with a shelf life of up to two months. Its advantages include frost resistance and resistance to scab.

Cinnamon

The Cinnamon New variety bears yellow apples with scarlet streaks, weighing at least 120 g. Trees of this variety are cold-hardy and resistant to pests. The Cinnamon Striped variety (another variety) is even more cold-hardy than the New variety. However, this apple variety is not as resistant to pests. Its significant advantage is its sweet, cinnamon-flavored flesh.

Kurnakovskoye

Kurnakovskoye ripens in late winter, so the apples can remain fresh until early spring. Kurnakovskoye's fruits are pale, with pink streaks, and firm flesh.

Lobo

This apple variety is distinguished by its early fruiting, high yield, and undemanding nature. It also boasts excellent fruit flavor and excellent shelf life during transportation.

Mantet

Mantet is a dessert variety with excellent flavor. The small apples ripen in mid-August on trees that are unfortunately susceptible to pests and frost.

Lungwort

One of the most popular varieties among gardeners, Lungwort is loved for its excellent flavor, frost resistance, and resistance to pests.

Mekanis

The burgundy apples of this variety have a mild flavor and can be stored for up to 5 months. Mekanis is a relatively winter-hardy tree.

Moscow

The Moskovskoe variety is available in two varieties: winter and late. They are similar in appearance (yellowish-green fruits), but the former only lasts until April, while the latter lasts until the next harvest.

Melba

Popular apple trees for central Russia. They are distinguished by their early fruiting period and excellent transportability. Their main drawback is their low winter hardiness.

Octobrist

Oktyabrenok is an autumn apple variety. Its fruits are juicy, with red stripes on the skin. These trees do not tolerate extreme cold.

Oryol pioneer

Another autumn-ripening variety. A high-yielding variety with pink-red fruits. It is resistant to scab.

Oryol Polesie

Orlovskoye Polesie apples ripen by winter and will keep until January. The trees are medium-sized and resistant to frost and scab.

Orlik

A low-growing winter-ripening apple tree, Orlik's fruits are medium-sized, crimson in color, and have a harmonious, delicate flavor. At 15–18 years of age, the tree can produce over a ton of fruit.

Orlovim

A new apple variety that stands out among others for its scab resistance and very early fruiting (3-4 years). The apples are bright green with a rosy blush.

Orlovskoe striped

The fruit of this tree has been recognized as the best at many international exhibitions. Furthermore, the tree is immune to scab, produces consistently, and is frost-resistant.

Folder

A very popular summer apple variety, the fruit resembles the White Naliv. The flesh matches its appearance – just as tender, with a subtle aroma. A drawback of this variety is the poor transportability of the finished product.

Saffron pepin

The saffron pepin produces apples, on average, in its sixth year of growth. The fruits are medium-sized, with a distinctive, sweet-wine flavor. The tree has a high ability to recover from cold weather.

A gift to Count

This tree's apples are distinguished by their very large size and sweet-tart flavor. Grafskomu's Gift survives winter well and produces large harvests.

Christmas

One of the new varieties in Russia. Seedlings can reach a height of 70 cm in the first year, and the tree begins bearing fruit in the fourth year. The fruits have a pleasant dessert flavor.

Freshness

The fruit's flavor lives up to its name: juicy, dense flesh with a slightly tart flavor. However, its advantages include pest resistance and a long shelf life.

Sinap Orlovsky

The Orlovsky Sinap is distinguished by its long-lasting apples, which have a distinctive flavor and variegated coloring. The tree produces a harvest every year.

Sun

This apple tree variety could be considered a dwarf. However, Solnyshko nevertheless produces excellent harvests of delicious yellow apples.

Spartan

Spartan is resistant to many pests and diseases, but requires careful tree care. The result, however, is dark red apples with sweet, juicy flesh.

Start

A variety that tolerates winter frosts and scab attacks well. It ripens in September and will keep until January.

Stroevskoe

In terms of fruiting habits, Stroevskoye is a late-ripening apple tree. The advantages of this variety include complete resistance to scab and beautiful, bright red, delicious fruit.

Welsey

Welsey apples are distinguished by their pleasant yellow-red skin and average flavor. However, the tree is highly productive and winter-hardy.

Cellini

Cellini apple trees begin bearing fruit quite early, in their third year. The harvest of fairly large fruits can be harvested in September, and the fruit will keep until January.

Celandine

One of the best varieties for frosty regions—it tolerates winter well and produces very high yields. The fruits are brownish and store for 4–5 months after ripening in September.

Sharopai

This variety is most often used for commercial or breeding purposes. The fruits have a rather sour taste and are large, but the trees are frost-resistant.

Streifling

A tall Baltic apple tree whose fruit boasts a unique dessert flavor. It reaches its peak production at 25–30 years of age, yielding up to 3 tons of fruit.

Moscow's Anniversary

The medium-sized Yubiley Moskvy apple trees produce decent yields of medium-sized, ruddy apples. This variety is characterized by scab resistance and a shelf life of up to 5 months.

Anniversary

Yubilyar trees are distinguished by their rapid growth, compact size, high fertility, and resistance to some pests. However, the tree begins bearing fruit late (eight years after the initial growth). The apple skin is yellow-green, and the flesh has a sweet and sour taste.
There are over fifty varieties of apple trees suitable for growing in the central part of our country. You can choose from several varieties and enjoy fresh, flavorful apples every day throughout the year.

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