The influence of soil differences on the quality of apples in the garden and in storage
To produce high quality and easily stored Golden Delicious and Reinette Simirenko fruit varieties, the best soil is a medium loam. The fruit grown in a light loam ripens earlier, but their mass is 10-13% lower. They are more affected by sunburn, water core, russetting, bitter pit, and wilt. The plantations located on light loams have less photosynthetic activity and are more susceptible to adverse environmental factors, especially in winter.