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Apple variety Mantet will soon celebrate its centenary. He began his triumphant path in 1928 in Canada. It quickly came to Russia, its ancestral home, since it was bred on the basis of a native Russian apple tree variety: Grushovka Moskovskaya. Apple tree Mantet became popular due to the early ripening of its beautiful liquids. apples. Its range has reached far enough even to the north of the middle climatic zone, as far as a tree of average winter hardiness, like the Mantet apple tree, can withstand frosts.
The Mantet apple tree is quite unpretentious not only to the climate, but also to the soil. It is lovingly grown by amateur gardeners; according to their reviews, they highly appreciate the irreplaceable qualities of the aromatic and sweet fruits. Apples of the Mantet variety are like a bright flying star: they amaze with their magnificent appearance, delicate taste and leave a pleasant memory of tasty morsels. They are stored for only a week or two, but are suitable for all kinds of preparations. An important advantage of the Mantet apple tree variety is that it is not only early-bearing, but also that after planting the tree begins to quickly bear fruit - in the third or fourth year.
Description of the variety
The varietal characteristics of apple trees of the Mantet variety are visible in the structure of the silhouette of the tree and crown, the shape of the leaves, and the color of the flowers. The characteristics of a fruit tree variety are manifested by the characteristics of the fruit.
Wood appearance
The Mantet apple tree has a crown of medium height, not dense. It is enchantingly beautiful in the spring when it blooms, and gives a pleasant coolness in the summer in the shade of powerful skeletal branches. The leaves are oval, long, with elongated tips. Young annual stems of uniform thickness and medium vigor.
The apple tree of this variety is characterized by the fact that the fruits are mainly formed on the ringlets. The buds of the predominant white and pink background are shaded with purple. Opened, slightly elongated light pink petals form a large saucer-shaped flower.
Properties of fruits
At the end of summer, the young tree generously shares picturesque, appetizing apples, each weighing up to 180 g. In old trees, the fruits of the Mantet apple variety may be smaller, as well as the yield may be lower. Round-oblong greenish-yellow apples are slightly ribbed at the top. The outer color of the delicate skin of the fruits of this variety is a bright red blush, striped, with specks of a more saturated shade. It, as can be clearly seen in the photo, is often located on a bright orange-red background. The apple is not rough to the touch, with a delicate cover, and fully corresponds to its description.
The main advantage of summer apples of the Mantet variety is their exceptional sweetness, perhaps with the slightest hint of sourness. These are excellent dessert sweet apples with delicate white flesh and an unsurpassed aroma. According to the chemical composition of the fruits of the Mantet variety, the sum of sugars is 10.4%, 12.4% - pectin substances, 100 g of pulp contains 11.2 mg of ascorbic acid.
Features of fruiting
The early-fruiting apple tree variety Mantet is loved by gardeners due to its early ripening period. Under favorable weather conditions, apples begin to ripen from the end of July. True, their “reserves” on the tree run out quite quickly - by the middle of the next month. And if ripening is delayed, then they feast on the sweet fruits of the Mantet variety until the end of August. Unfortunately, fragrant fruits are not at all suitable for long-term transportation and storage.
Among the relative disadvantages of Mantet apple trees, one of the main ones is that the tree is susceptible to scab pathogens. This disease is more common in years with heavy rainfall and gloomy summer days.
Planting and care
Particular attention is paid to planting trees of the Mantet variety. Having decided in the fall that this tree will be planted in the garden in the spring, you need to prepare a place for it and dig a hole right away. Over the course of six to seven months, the soil compacts and accumulates moisture. This is the difference between the Mantet apple tree. For most other varieties, the holes can be prepared even a week, in other cases - a month before planting.
Proper tree planting
It is advisable to purchase 1-3 year old apple tree seedlings of the Mantet variety. These are the trees that take root best.
- The apple tree loves a sunny location and suffers in conditions of cold air flow and drafts;
- Apple trees of the Mantet variety should be planted in the spring, in more northern regions - at the end of April. In the south, planting is carried out until mid-October, starting from the third ten days of September;
- The Mantet apple tree prefers loamy soils.This is the most suitable soil for it, but it will grow on others if well cared for;
- If several trees are planted, the minimum distance between them is four meters. A hole with a diameter of 50 cm to 1 m is dug at least 70 cm deep, nut shells are placed down;
- During planting, first fill up with fertile soil, then a layer in which humus, compost or peat are mixed. Sand must be added to clay soil. If the soils are acidic - up to one kilogram of lime. A mound is made from this mixture, where the seedling is placed, carefully spreading the roots along the sides. Sprinkle with the same composition;
- Addition of mineral fertilizers: 35–45 g of potassium sulfate, 30–40 g of potassium salt, 80–100 g of superphosphate;
- The earth is compacted well, two buckets of water are poured near the trunk and two buckets are poured out. Then mulch with leaves or humus.
Basic stages of apple tree care
Good care will significantly improve the formation of the tree from a very young age and increase its productivity. The tree will gratefully respond to care for its condition, and it is not at all complicated.
- The Mantet apple tree needs to be watered once every seven days. The volume of water for one tree is from 20 to 40 liters, depending on the weather;
- After watering, slight loosening of the tree trunk circle is necessary;
- Although the crown of the Mantet apple tree variety is sparse, autumn pruning of branches that grow inward, as well as damaged and annual ones, will only increase the yield of the tree;
- Considering the high yield of the variety, it would not be superfluous to garter the branches with fruits. Otherwise, the branch may break off, not only the fruit will suffer, but also the tree itself;
- In spring, hunting belts are put on the trunk. They will protect the tree from the apple blossom beetle and ants.
Chemistry helps: how to deal with scab and other diseases
The tree is sprayed with appropriate preparations against diseases and harmful insects. You can find a lot of chemicals on sale now. You just need to carefully follow the instructions when using them. Natural compounds will also come to help in preserving the harvest. Since the Mantet apple tree is threatened by a fungal disease, it is treated with effective mixtures.
- Prepare a solution: 2 liters of hot water and two hundred to three hundred grams of chopped garlic, leave for 24 hours. Strain, add 30 g of grated laundry soap and 8 liters of water;
- In the spring, they are treated with Bordeaux mixture (9 liters of water, 300 g of copper sulfate, 400 g of quicklime): 2 liters will be used for a young tree up to 6 years old, up to 10 liters for an older tree;
- Fungicides Horus and Strobi are widely used. The first - for the prevention of spotting, scab and moniliosis - is used twice: when the flower buds have not bloomed and at the end of flowering. The second fights sooty fungus and powdery mildew, spraying is carried out 3 times.
On almost every plot, be it a peasant farm or a summer cottage, you can find seedlings of various apple trees. Hundreds of new varieties have been developed. But we don’t want to forget the old successful varieties because of their wonderful fruits.
