Apple Tree Mantet

One of the popular varieties of apple trees, whose fruits ripen in summer, can be called the variety Mantet.

It was bred by Canadian breeders in 1928, through the natural pollination of such a variety as the Moscow Grushevka.

But, what is good about this sort of apple tree, what are its advantages, are there any disadvantages, or are there any particularities in caring for an apple tree?

Features grade

Fruit

The fruits of the apple tree Mantet are the most juicy, with white and tender flesh, sweet and fragrant, have a special sourness, endowed with dessert qualities. Apples contain such beneficial substances as fructose, pectins, P-active substances, ascorbic acid.

Apples begin to ripen from the end of July, and continue to sing until the beginning of autumn. The fruits are very quickly ripening and overripe, the ripped fruits are not stored for long.

The apple tree, variety Mantet, bears fruit of average size. The weight of one apple reaches 90-180 grams. Their shape is oblong-round, conical, in the upper part there is a slight ribbing.

Apple fruits are yellow-green or fully colored yellow with a bright red blush. Their skin is thin and smooth. The fruit of the apple funnel is narrow and small.

The length and thickness of the stalk, i.e. it is long, medium, thick or thin.

The apple saucer is small, folded and narrow. The seeds of apple fruits are small, have a triangular shape, the tip of the seeds is blunt, and the color is dark brown.

Tree

The tree of the apple tree variety Mantet grows medium size. The apple tree has a rare crown, which has an oval shape and very strong skeletal branches, looking upwards.

The tree has a juicy, leathery, green, large leaves with an elliptical shape. The greatest number of fruits is observed mainly on kolchatka.

Harvest

Already from the third year of growth, a very good harvest can be gathered from an apple tree. Variety Mantet fruits abundantly in a year. Fruits, with a large crop, small.

A special feature of Mantet variety is that the apples are not sown at the same time, they quickly re-sing. Here the main thing is to keep track of the fruits, and not to miss the beginning of their collection. Young trees produce more fruit than adults. Apple-tree Mantet belongs to skoroplodny grades.

Shoots

Apple shoots brown, articulated, with gray small lentils. In the variety Mantet green leaves, they are large, leathery, shiny. The shape of the leaves is slightly elongated, elliptical. The slightly elongated tip of the leaf looks up, with a pointed or tapered base.

Smooth, smooth sheet plate has a slightly raised, wavy, serrated edge. The scape, in the cultivar of the apple tree Mantet, is separated from the shoot, it is thick, long, too colored with anthocyanin coloration. And stipules are medium in size, not very large, awl-shaped.

The apple tree is characterized by medium-sized deciduous buds, they are conical in shape, convex and omitted. Flowers are large, with white and pink buds, sometimes with a purple tinge. The variety Mantet has oblong, light pink petals, a short pistil, and there are stigmas below the anthers.

Merits

Skoroplodnost, very early ripening of fruits, excellent dessert taste.

disadvantages

One of the main drawbacks can be called the vertical growth of many shoots, the fragility of the wood, the propensity for the irregular fruiting of adult trees.

You can also disadvantages include:

There is a high risk of developing a disease like scab, especially if it rains frequently;

It tolerates severe frosts, it is not recommended to plant apple trees of Mantet variety in the northern regions, seedlings may die;

Young apple trees, bringing a good harvest, gradually lose their fecundity. Good yields now follow in a year, and in the fruitful year mostly small apples hang on the tree;

The minimum shelf life (no more than a month), fruits can not be left until spring, it is better to eat them right away, or make compote, jam, jam from them.

Landing features

The soil

Apple is a perennial plant, so it requires careful and proper preparation of the soil before planting seedlings. The life span of a single tree is about 50 years, and throughout the entire period it brings a good harvest of fruits. So where should you start?

First you need to decide on the place where the future apple tree Mantet will grow. This should be a place that is reliably protected from drafts, the absence of stagnation of cold air, and the presence of sufficient amount of sunlight.

Variety Mantet can be planted in autumn and spring, the main thing is to do it during the rest period of plants. In the fall, you should catch up to the beginning of the first frosty days, and in the spring - before the first buds bloom and the earth has not completely warmed up.

But if apple seedlings were planted during this period, they will need additional watering, because the lack of moisture leads to a drying of the root system.

On seedlings remove damaged and rotten roots, broken branches.

For apple trees Mantet fit loamy soils, but with proper and timely care, it can grow on almost any soil. After choosing a place, you should take care of the landing hole, do the preparation of the land, meet the landing time.

Landing pit begin to dig a few months before the planting of the fruit tree. This process is important so that the soil becomes denser and the side walls absorb enough moisture.

The size of the dug hole depends on the level of soil preparation, and what qualities it possesses. For example, if the area with fertile soil was dug, then dig a small hole.This pit is used for laying out the roots of an apple tree. The width of the pit will be about 40 cm, and the depth reaches 30-35 cm.

A larger landing pit is dug in the event that the place of the future garden was not dug up, or the soil on the site is heavy. A hole is dug to a depth of about 70 cm, and its width is 1 meter.

There is also a third option, this is when crushed stone, marl and chalk clay are included in the earth, the soil has not been dug up and not cultivated. The width is from 1 to 1.2 meters, and the depth is 1 meter.

After the pit has been dug, it should be prepared. The pit is filled with fertile soil. Peat, compost, humus and rotted manure are added to the upper layer of the pit. Sand is added to the clay soil.

The next step is to make mineral fertilizers. To fill the pit, the soil should be prepared in layers: each layer, 20 cm thick, is poured with fertilizer.

Then the layer of soil is stirred and compacted. Do not forget that after filling the pit should form a hill, because the earth has the ability to sit down and compacted, you can not allow the formation of a funnel.

Now you can plant an apple tree. A small hole is made, according to the size of the root system, and a tree is carefully planted there.

Basic rules for planting seedlings Mantet apple trees:

- Carefully and carefully, before planting, it is necessary to straighten the roots. The root system of the apple tree is filled with fertile soil, and after fertilizer.

- It is necessary to shake trees a little bit, then the earth is best covered with sapling.

- Around the planted seedling is recommended to stamp the ground in the hole, so it will be better to water and fertilize.

The last step - watering the seedlings. The rate of watering is 15-20 liters of water per tree. Soil mulching is carried out either by humus or by leaves.

Since the trunk of the tree is thin and can be very damaged or bend in strong winds, it is recommended to tie it to three pegs.

Peculiarities of care

Mantet apple variety care is not particularly different from other fruit trees: weed removal, soil loosening around a tree, soil digging, preparation of a planting hole, pruning of trees, timely watering of seedlings, whitewashing of apple tree trunks.

The apple tree needs frequent abundant watering, about once a week. But do not get carried away, as a large amount of water can have a detrimental effect on the tree. Contribute fertilizer once throughout the year:

humus, sulfuric potassium (20 grams) and superphosphate (50 grams). Instead of sulfuric potassium, wood ash can be used.

Pruning branches carried out in order to improve fruiting, remove dry and damaged branches, annual shoots. Cut branches painted over with garden pitch.

For prophylaxis from various diseases, in addition to spraying the crown of a tree, remove the old bark from perennial plants. Places where the bark was torn off, whitewash, thus reducing the risk of penetration of various infections into the crown.