Stolovka apple plant, summer variety

Description of an early-summer, traditionally selected Baltic apple. The original text also names Suislepskoye. A medium-sized tree with a dense spherical crown and dark, upward-growing branches. Fruit is borne on spurs, short shoots and fruiting twigs. Shoots are thick, reddish-brown and moderately hairy. Medium or large leaves are broad, almost rounded, strongly curved, dark green, glossy, slightly wrinkled, serrate-crenate and moderately hairy. Large teeth point outwards; leaves are firmly attached to short petioles. Fruit is medium to above average in size, usually flattened with a conical upper part, sometimes asymmetrical, with distinct ribs. Greenish or straw-yellow ground colour becomes glossy at maturity, with a pink blush overlaid by bright red stripes. Greenish subcutaneous dots are distinct, and skin is smooth. Stalks are medium to long and laterally flattened. The eye basin is narrow and shallow; the funnel is moderately deep, often with radiating pale brown russeting. The core is very large and broad-onion-shaped, with large open seed chambers. Seeds are medium-sized, flat and dark brown. Flesh is white, often pink beneath the skin and veined pink inside, with a sweet-tart dessert flavour. Composition: sugars 9.8%; titratable acids 0.70%; ascorbic acid 9.2 mg/100 g; P-active compounds 116.0 mg/100 g; pectins 12.2%. Ripens in the first ten days of August in the Oryol Region and keeps about two weeks. Fruiting starts after 6–8 years, with low productivity. Young trees crop annually; mature trees show slight alternate bearing. Winter hardiness is close to Pepin Shafrannyy but below Antonovka, Autumn Striped and Wealthy. Advantages are attractive fruit and dessert flavour; drawbacks are low yield, insufficient winter hardiness and poor transportability.