Sweet apple varieties: a review of the best

Apples have been popular for a long time. Most children and adults especially like sweet apples. Sorts of apples are considered sweet, the amount of sugar in which is in the range from 10 to 14%, and only about 0.5% of acids.

Content:

• Summer sweet varieties of apples
• Autumn sweet varieties of apples
• Winter sweet varieties of apples

Summer sweet varieties of apples

One of the main advantages of apples is that the fruits grown in your garden can be consumed almost all year round, from mid-July to May. You just need to choose the right varieties.

Determining the choice, take into account the resistance to disease and frost.

Decide which summer, autumn or winter varieties will decorate the garden. Pay attention to the color of the fruit. But one of the most important indicators is the taste of apples. To many, sweet apples are the tastiest. Early ripening (summer) apples ripen on the apple tree. Therefore, they should be consumed immediately after being plucked from the tree. If you need to transport them or store them for some time, the fruits are removed immature.

Some of the early varieties:

• White filling... Weight about 120 g, more on young trees. The skin is thin, yellowish, with white dots. Ripens in mid-July, when children and adults are especially hungry for apples. Fruits that grow on the sunny side become liquid. Apples ripen gradually, ripe ones fall to the ground. Disadvantages - the leaves are affected by scab.
• Arkad summer is also ready for use in the third decade of August. The apples are yellow, monochromatic. Each of them weighs about 70 g. The pulp is loose, with a pleasant original smell, sweet taste. You can save apples of this variety in the cold for up to a month.
• Sweet bliss - apples weighing from 90 g, some grow up to 190 g. Fruits of this variety are distinguished by their yellow skin and pink barrel. They taste sweet, honey, with a pleasant strong aroma. Store up to 30 days.
• Dream is a variety of apples with yellow skin, covered with a red blush. The apples are fragrant. It can be consumed from the middle of summer. The weight of one is about 160 g. You can pick it from the tree in the first half of August. You need to store in the refrigerator for no more than a month.
• Korobovka is an old variety with small apples, up to 70 g. There is a legend that they were sold by pouring them into boxes, which is where the name of this variety came from. It grows up to 50 years, but the first fruits appear late, by 7 years. Needs pollinating varieties. Apples are yellow-skinned with pink stripes, fragrant. The variety is early, the first apples can be consumed from the end of July. They stick well to the tree even after ripening.
• Sugar Myron is a variety of apples with a yellow skin with an oily bloom, weighing about 70 g. The color of the apples is yellow, with strokes of pink. The fruits are sweet, but the flesh is dryish. Ripen a little later, in the last week of August. You can save after ripening for 30 days.
• Cypress - an old variety with fruits weighing 40-50 g, sweet, slightly spicy in taste. Sugar acidity index 46. The peel is white, with a red blush.
• Candy is a relatively new variety. Fruits are yellow, with a blush, liquid. Weight 80-120 g. Sweet in taste, with a pleasant strong aroma, apples are ready for consumption in August. You can save up to 60 days.

Autumn sweet varieties of apples

Cultivars ripening in autumn are stored better than summer varieties. They have a varied taste, are distinguished by a large amount of juice, and often have a pleasant aroma.

Some varieties of autumn sweet apples:

• Lungwort received this name for the honey taste of the fruit.The apples are ready to eat in September and can be stored for 2 months. The weight of one apple is from 100 g. The first fruits with a yellow peel will appear at the age of 4-6, and a stable harvest can be obtained at the age of 8.
• Folk - a variety that can be called late summer or early autumn, because fruits with a yellow skin ripen in the second decade of August. Their weight is about 120 g. But it can reach 180 g. The amount of sugar is 11%, acid is 0.5%. Begins to bear fruit early, usually the next year after planting. But a bountiful harvest will give in 4 years.
• Medoc is sometimes confused with Medunitsa, but these are different varieties. Large apples weighing about 200 g are ready for consumption in the first decade of September. They have a honey taste. You can save for about 30 days. The tree has good frost resistance.
• Delight is an apple variety with a raspberry aroma and a slightly sour taste. Each apple weighs about 120 g. The peel is yellow with red stripes. Ready to harvest in the second decade of September.
• The sweetness of scarlet is distinguished by small (80 g) scarlet apples, in which there is practically no sour taste. Ready for use in early autumn, stored for 2 months.
• Seman is a variety that is distinguished by a large number of fruits weighing about 80 g. The color of the skin is pink, the flesh is white. Stored for a month and a half.

Winter sweet varieties of apples

Winter apples are distinguished by the fact that they must be removed from the tree long before the onset of ripeness. Then the fruits will be stored for several months, gradually ripening. Usually they are not consumed immediately after removal because they are hard and tasteless.

The best varieties:

• Orlik is stored until the third decade of February. The fruits are large, about 110 g, yellow in color with a purple barrel. Often, the blush covers the entire surface of the apple. They taste sweet, slightly sour.
• Jonathan is a late winter variety. Each apple weighs about 120 g. The taste is sweet and sour. Contains 11% sugar. Fruits are stored until March, at low temperatures - until the second decade of April.
• Belarusian sweet is a late winter variety. Each apple weighs about 190 g. Fruits with a golden skin and a red barrel. Sugar 9.4%. Apples differ in that they can be eaten immediately after they are picked from the tree. The fruits are stored until early February.
• Golden Delicious variety with oblong fruits. On the tree, they are yellow-green, and in the process of maturation they acquire a golden color. The weight of one apple is about 150 g. The pulp is tasty, with a slight sourness, but very aromatic and tender. Plucked in late September or early October. Can be eaten after 3 weeks. The first fruits on the tree appear in the fourth year. Bears fruit regularly.
• Renet Simirenko Is a very popular variety. Fruit weight about 140 g. The apples are round, the skin color is salad, with barely noticeable light specks. Delicious, with a lot of sugar and a strong aroma. Plucked from the apple tree in the third decade of September. Can be used after 40 days. The first fruits appear in the 6th year. The disadvantage is that it is affected by diseases. Requires pollinators for regular fruiting. The best - Jonathan, Renet champagne.
• Starking - apples of intense red color. Delicious, but a little hard. The tree is not tall, the number of branches is small. Apples are picked in the second decade of September, they are saved until March. Not affected by fungal diseases.
• North synap - late winter apple tree. The peel is yellow, with a beautiful blush. The apples are white inside, slightly spicy on the palate. Sugar - 11%. Apples are picked in early October. You can save at low temperatures until May. Trees give a harvest from 5 years.
• February is a frost-resistant variety, which is distinguished by small round fruits weighing about 80 g. The apples are green in color, sometimes with a slight blush on the sunny side. Experts give the variety a grade of 4.3 out of 5. You can save apples for 7 months. They soon become usable.

These are just some of the varieties that can be called sweet.

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