The lobo apple tree is a century-old variety that does not lose its popularity and attracts more and more fans, despite some obvious flaws.
It is easy to clean and has an active fruiting.
Further in the record you can read the full description and see the photo.
What kind is it?
Apple trees are representatives of the varieties of the winter ripening period, that is, the time of removable ripeness of apples: mid-end September. Fruits can only be consumed for the fourth week after harvest. harvest. The most common variety in the central region of Russia.
It is a pollinated variety, the most suitable pollinating varieties: Bessemyanka Michurinskaya, Orlik, Sinap Orlovsky, Green May, Spartak, March.
Fruits can not be stored for a long time, the maximum storage period without damage is 3 months. On the fourth month begins to dry outThe flesh is actively loosened. However, it tolerates transportation quite well.
In order for the apples to lie as long as possible, must be stored in a cool dark room (cellars, cellars are best suited).
If there is a risk of a sharp temperature drop in the room, it is recommended to warm the fruit containers.The optimum temperature for storing fruits is from 2 to 7 degrees Celsius.
Lobo variety description
The lobo apple tree is a medium-growth tree with large fruits. In the growing season, the appearance of the apple tree changes.
When a tree is young, in the first years after disembarkation, an intensive growth rate is observedThe crown is formed by an oval.
The older, the slower the rate of increase in the mass of the tree, the shape of the crown undergoes changes: in adulthood, Lobo becomes medium strong with a wide and round crown, prone to rarefaction.
Fruiting in Lobo carried on twigs or kolchatka increment the previous year.
Shoots medium thick, dark brown with a purple tinge.
The foliage has a saturated green color, the individual sheets are rather large, oval or egg-shaped.
The tips of the sheet have a pronounced twisting, the base of the sheet is heart-shaped. Most often the edges of the sheet have biconocular section.
The fruits that the Lobo apple tree brings, often of large size, can be average in bad years.
The average weight of an apple is 160 g.
Apples are often leveled, the shape varies from relatively rounded conical to flattened rounded.
- The ribbing of the fruit is weak.
- There is a strong wax on the skin.
- The background color of the fruit is green with a yellow tinge, the entire plane of the fruit is speckled with a crimson-red color, which has a marble-like texture.
- The hypodermic points are not located densely, but they are large and well marked, the color of the dots is white.
- The fruit stem of the fetus is quite thick, at the end there is a tendency to thickening, but it does not go beyond the borders of the funnel. The funnel itself is deeper than many other apple varieties, wide.
- The saucer of the fruit is quite small and narrow.
- Calyx small, half-open or closed.
- Seed chambers are of moderate size, can be either half open or fully closed.
- The flesh of Lobo fruits has a white color and a grainy structure. In taste it is sweet and sour, juicy and tender.
If we consider the fruit in terms of chemical characteristics, Lobo contains in one apple:
- 10.3% sugar;
- 0.49% titrated acids;
- 15.7% dry matter;
- 10.7 mg / 100g ascorbic acid.
Calorie one apple 47 kcal.
As you know, all apples are useful. But some varieties contain the most vitamins. The most vitamin are: Assumption, Orlinka, Young Naturalist, Amazing and Nastya.
A photo
In the photos, you can see blooming young Lobo apple trees, the fruit of this tree in the section, as well as apple trees of this variety in flowering form:
Breeding history
The Lobo apple tree variety was created in Canada in 1906, in the capital Ottawa.
For the breeding of Lobo, Macintosh seeds were subjected to a free pollination process.
In 1920, close attention was paid to the Lobo apple variety, then it began to be actively cultivated by both ordinary gardeners and famous professional breeders. In the same year, he was zoned on the territory of the Baltic States and Belarus.
In 1979, Lobo again became interested in the representatives of the agrarian sector, when he endured one of the coldest winters well. After this winter, Lobo was dubbed one of the most cold-resistant varieties, which provoked its active distribution in the northern regions.
Good winter hardiness is also demonstrated by the varieties: Veteran, Winter Beauty, Moscow Late, Orlovskoye Polesye and Kvinti.
Natural growth region
Apple Lobo fell in love with gardeners and nurseries in many regions. Officially zoned Lobo in the Central Black Earth region, but has already spread to the Voronezh, Lipetsk, Tambov, Oryol, Belgorod region.
Yield
In fruiting, the apple tree Lobo enters for 3-4 year after planting the seedling, in the case of budding - only for 6-7 year.
Every year the amount of harvest from one tree increases, Lobo produces an annual harvest, with a slight alternation in volume. The most productive years are those in which the predominantly high moisture content in the air. In adulthood, one tree can produce up to 180 kg of crop.
The Lobo apple tree variety is suitable for both farmers and private gardens. is he cold-resistant, brings abundant yields, but rather unstable to scab and has a relatively short period of storage of fruits.
