Peculiarities of growth and fruiting of apple cultivars in the world selection

Abstract

The results of long-term studies and analysis of the indices of a complex of economically valuable traits (the timing of the passage of phenophases, picking maturity, the duration of keeping capacity, the indices of commodity and organoleptic qualities, fruit biochemical composition, crown size, early maturity and yield) of 27 introduced apple cultivars in the southwestern piedmont zone of the Crimea are presented. The cultivars with the best indicators of agronomic characters have been selected and recommended for breeding and production purposes: Gragama Jubilee, President Dumanso and Roxbury Resset.