Our Variety Assessment

Its strengths, growing requirements and the conditions in which it performs best.

Antonovka 2 Livres is ideal for cold European regions and growers seeking exceptionally large fruit. This Russian sport produces huge sweet-sharp apples suitable for cooking, juice and fresh eating. The vigorous tree is extremely cold-hardy and shows good overall disease resistance. Fruit thinning is essential to obtain impressive apples and prevent the heavy crop from exhausting the tree.

Antonovka 2 pounds

Price range: 26,50 € through 59,75 €

Known by many different names, this is a sport variation of Antonovka, noted for its very large apples.

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Dispatch generally takes place from late November to February, depending on the weather and the progress of lifting the trees.

Choose your tree form

1 year old grafted tree – approx. 1–2 m

Half-standard – 1 to 1.5 m stem

Low-stem tree – approx. 60 cm stem

Standard tree – 1.8 m stem and over

Apple rootstock options

Bittenfelder – approx. 6 m mature height

EM9 – approx. 2.5 m mature height

M116 – approx. 4 m mature height

MM111 – approx. 4 m mature height

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SKU: 2040 Categories: Apple trees, Eating apple trees

Description

Antonovka is a very old Russian apple variety, popular because of its reliable production even in the harhest winters. Antonovka 1.5 Pound, also known as Antonovka Deux Livres, is a sport variation which inherits the same qualities but the apples are much larger.

The apples are juicy and acidic, and ideal for use in the kitchen.

Variety characteristics

Variety origin

Very large-fruited mutation from the Antonovka group, discovered by Ivan V. Michurin in 1888 at Mogilev in Russia and released in 1892.

Origin

Russia

USDA zone

Zone 3 (-40C)

Flowering

3 - mid season

Eating / keeping period

1 month

Use

Cooking, Fresh eating, Juice

Sweetness / acidity

Disease resistance

Self-fertility

Pollinator value

Ploidy

Origin and identity

Parentage

Bud mutation of Antonovka Moghilyovskaya

Synonyms

Antonovka Grammovaya, Antonovka Grammovaya 1.5, Antonovka 1.5 Pound, Antonovka Polutorafuntovaya, Antonovka Deux Livres

Growth and adaptation

Vigour and habit

Vigorous, very cold-hardy, spur-bearing, very large fruits requiring thinning

Disease behaviour

Scab

Fairly resistant / resistant

Powdery mildew

Resistant

Pollination

Compatible pollinating varieties

For reliable fruit set, plant at least one variety with a compatible flowering period nearby. Flowering period: 3 - mid season.

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