Absolutely scab-resistant apple tree vem-pink. A novelty of domestic selection - apple tree Vem yellow Vem pink
We offer seedlings of fruit trees grown in our own nursery.
1 summer apple and pear seedlings - 750-800 rubles.
2-3 year olds seedlings -1200-1600 rubles.
4-5 year olds seedlings - from 4 thousand rubles.
fruitful seedlings - from 5 thousand rubles.
APPLE VARIETIES
* SUMMER(ripen on the 20th of August and consumed within 2-3 weeks)
silver hoof
The tree is winter-hardy, medium-sized, early-ripening (3-4 years).
The fruits are round 80 g, thick cream, very good sweet and sour taste, stored for 2-3 weeks.
In wet years, it is moderately affected by scab.
Pouring Isetsky
The tree is winter-hardy, vigorous, early-growing, the crown is rare.
fruits - 110 g yellow, very good sweet and sour taste.
Scab resistance is average.
Dachnaya
The tree is winter-hardy, medium-sized, early-growing, fruitful.
fruits - 90 g, conical, pale yellow, good sweet and sour taste, not stored.
Papyro-amber
The tree is medium-sized, productive.
fruits - 90 g, yellow, sometimes light yellow, excellent sweet and sour taste, stored for 2 months.
In wet years, it is slightly affected by scab.
Ural pink
The tree is winter-hardy, tall.
fruits - 100 g, oval, pink-striped, very good sweet and sour taste, stored for 1 month.
Practically not affected by scab.
Bugler
The tree is powerful, highly winter-hardy, annually productive.
fruits - 100 g, red-orange, good sweet and sour taste, stored for 2-3 weeks.
Used for the production of juices.
Practically not affected by scab.
Aksyon
Immune to scab. The tree is winter-hardy, medium-sized, annually productive.
fruits - 90 g, brightly colored with a striped blush, very good sweet and sour taste.
* AUTUMN(ripen in September and consumed within 1.5-3 months)
Rosette
fruits - 80-100 g, bright yellow with dark red blush, very good sweet and sour taste.
Screen
fruits - 65-90 g, oval, blurred pink-red, very good sweet and sour taste, stored until February.
Anis Sverdlovsk
The tree is winter-hardy, medium-sized, fruitful.
fruits - 100 g, rounded, yellow with a bright red blush, very good sweet and sour taste, stored until the end of November.
In wet years, the variety is moderately affected by scab.
Juice-3
The tree is highly winter-hardy, medium-sized, productive.
fruits - 75-90 g, one-dimensional, flat-round, cream, completely striped, good sweet and sour taste, stored up to 120 days.
VEM souvenir
Immune to scab. The tree is winter-hardy, medium-sized, fruitful.
fruits - 100 g, striped, very good sweet and sour taste, stored until December.
Available from autumn
Nastenka
The tree is vigorous, with a tall crown. Winter hardiness is good. Fertility and productivity are good. In wet years it is strongly affected by scab.fruits about 100 g, large up to 180 g, juicy, sweet and sour taste. The fruits ripen in mid-September, lie until mid-winter.
* WINTER(ripe at the end of September, stored until March)
VEM-yellow (Danila)
fruits - 95 g, yellow with a blush, good sweet and sour taste, consumed until March.
VEM-pink
Immune to scab. The tree is highly winter-hardy, medium-sized, productive.
fruits - 75 g, pink, good sweet and sour taste, consumed until February.
Pinkish winter
The tree is winter-hardy, medium-sized, fruitful.
fruits - 140 g, yellow with a red blush, good sweet and sour taste, stored until December.
spring
Immune to scab. The tree is highly winter-hardy, medium-sized, productive.
fruits - 150 g, yellow with a pink blush, very good sweet and sour taste, stored until December.
Persian
The tree is medium-sized, productive.
fruits - 100 g, rounded, yellow with a striped blush, very good sweet and sour taste, stored until March.
In wet years, it is poorly resistant to scab.
Sverdlovchanin
The tree is winter-hardy, tall, with a sparse crown.
fruits - 80 g, white-yellow, excellent sweet and sour taste, stored until February.
Practically not affected by scab.
Beauty of Sverdlovsk
The tree is medium-sized with a sparse crown.
fruits - 140 g, round-conical shape, creamy red, very good sweet and sour taste, stored until April.
Practically resistant to scab.
good news
Immune to scab. The tree is winter-hardy, fruitful, medium-sized.
fruits - 95 g, reddish, very good sweet and sour taste, stored until May.
Pervouralskaya
Immune to scab. The tree is hardy and productive.
fruits - 125 g, orange-red, good sweet and sour taste, stored until May.
Landing and care
Landing
Apple and pear trees are planted in spring or autumn. A landing pit 100 cm wide and 60 cm deep is prepared in advance, 2-3 weeks before planting. Mix the soil taken out of the pit with superphosphate, ash, peat, humus. In the spring, add 200-300 g of nitrogen, in the fall - it is not necessary. Drive a stake into the center of the planting hole, which will protect the seedling from breaking, then pour a hill, press down, install the seedling, straighten the roots, water and cover with the prepared mixture. Pour again, up to 5 buckets of water. Form a rim. The root neck should be at ground level, and the grafting site 4-5 cm above ground level.
pruning
It is necessary to cut young seedlings in the spring, before bud break, at a height of 50-60 cm from ground level (for an annual seedling), cover the cut with garden pitch. Combine pruning with nitrogen fertilization. In the first half of summer, for timely growth and formation of leaves, it is necessary to water and loosen the soil well enough. In the second half of summer, loosening and watering should be stopped.
Care
To prevent burns, it is recommended to whitewash trees in autumn and early spring with garden whitewash.
To fight mice and hares, lay out poisoned baits, trample snow around trees, tie trunks with pine branches or other material. Spud young seedlings with snow.
If you are going to plant a garden on your site, you need, first of all, to determine which varieties of fruit plants will grow well and produce crops in your specific conditions. That is, choose zoned varieties - varieties that are best suited for growing in the local climate. They must have a set of qualities that allow them to successfully grow and bear fruit in these conditions.
For example, when selecting varieties of apple trees for the Urals, first of all, they pay attention to such characteristics as:
1. Frost resistance. The climate in the Urals is continental, with severe winters, no thaws, good snow cover. Here, a very necessary quality will be good frost resistance of wood and flower buds.
2. Drought resistance. There is little precipitation in the Ural region in summer, so undemanding to moisture will be a useful quality.
3. Non-susceptibility to scab disease. An important quality, since the defeat of apple trees by such a disease as scab seriously affects the quality of the fruit and the overall health of the tree and involves a large number of chemical treatments in the garden.
4. Early fruit ripening. Relevant for the northern regions of the Urals, for example, the Chelyabinsk region. Here, compared with other areas, the provision of plants with summer heat is the smallest. Late and large-fruited varieties simply do not have time to ripen and gain flavor.
- small-fruited semi-cultivated varieties, especially in the northern parts of the Urals;
- as well as winter-hardy large-fruited varieties, including in creeping form;
- and natural weeping dwarfs.
Consider what breeders offer gardeners in the Urals. Selection of frost-resistant apple trees is carried out at the South Ural Research Institute of Fruit and Vegetable Growing and Potato Growing. A great contribution to the development of northern horticulture was made by the workers of the Sverdlovsk horticultural selection station. Through their efforts, the gardens of the northerners were replenished with the following wonderful varieties:
summer varieties
silver hoof
Probably one of the most famous varieties. The sweet taste of very juicy apples brought him popularity. They have a rather large weight for northern apples - just over 100 grams, elegant. They ripen by mid-August and can last up to two to three weeks. If you are late with the removal, then the apples, remaining on the tree, pour and become transparent. The disadvantage is the susceptibility of the variety to scab in wet years.
Another favorite of gardeners not only in the Urals, but also far beyond its borders. Such love was brought to this variety by yellow, sweet apples, which also often become liquid. As well as their late-summer ripening, high productivity and early onset of fruiting. The winter hardiness of the tree is simply amazing - it can withstand temperatures as low as -51 degrees!
Aroma of Uktus
Productive, winter-hardy variety with summer-ripening apples. Very beautiful fruits for lovers of sour apples. The tree has a comfortable crown that does not need to be artificially formed. Scab resistance is not its strong point.
Papyro-amber
Amber-colored, pouring apples of sweet taste will not leave anyone indifferent! They are quite large - 120-140 grams, have a pleasant aroma. They ripen in late summer and can be stored for about two months. Trees begin to bear fruit early and delight with a large harvest.
An excellent summer variety with immunity to scab. The trees are small and very winter-hardy, producing a large harvest of red-striped apples every year. Ripening occurs in mid-August. The taste of apples is sweet and sour, pleasant.
Dreamer
Another variety that is practically not susceptible to scab. Trees with very high winter hardiness. In the summer, at the beginning of August, juicy, wonderful sweet and sour apples ripen. They are yellow with stripes and weigh about 100 grams.
Country
Favorite variety of summer apples in the Urals. Its advantages, along with a good sweet and sour taste, productivity and early fruiting, include almost no susceptibility to scab. It can also be noted that apples of the Dachnaya variety are pale yellow in color, without integumentary coloring, and weigh about 100 grams.
bugler
Large, powerful trees of this variety practically do not suffer from scab. Orange-red apples hang with bright lights. They are medium in size, sweet and sour in taste, will appeal to lovers of crispy apples. Ripening period - after mid-August.
Iset white
This late-summer variety has everything large: the trees are tall, powerful, the fruits often gain weight up to 260 grams. Apples of excellent sweet and sour taste, elongated oval shape and almost white. This variety is also not afraid of scab.
Solntsedar
Another variety with large apples that have a bright color and a very good taste. Popular among gardeners in Bashkiria.
Autumn varieties
VEM souvenir
Not susceptible to scab. The fruits ripening in autumn are covered with a speckled-striped pattern, juicy and pleasant to the taste. The period of consumption is from September to December. The trees are of moderate growth.
Screen
Popular variety of autumn-winter ripening. Winter-hardy trees have a valuable quality: the main branches depart from the trunk at almost a right angle. Medium-sized apples, 90-100 grams, pinkish, juicy, have a very good sweet and sour taste. These apples, after being picked from a tree in September, can be stored until the New Year and beyond.
Anis Sverdlovsk
A well-known cultivar. Very winter hardy. The apples are round, medium in size and dazzlingly beautiful with their bright red blush. And the taste of juicy pulp is wonderful. Harvest in September, and you can consume it until December. Of the minuses - a tendency to scab.
Juice-3
Harvest autumn variety with medium-sized tasty fruits. Apples are pinkish, sweet and sour, very juicy with crispy flesh. Good for making juice. It is worth noting the great winter hardiness, the constant yield of this variety, as well as such an important quality as resistance to scab.
Danila
This new variety is not susceptible to scab at all. Danila's trees are quite tall, with a comfortable crown, they tolerate frosty winters well. The fruits are large, up to 160 g, yellow, somewhat elongated, with a very pleasant sweet and sour taste, they ripen in September and can be consumed until March.
Juice-2
We love for their beautiful and tasty fruits. Although they are small, only 30 grams, they have an excellent taste, and are also rich in vitamins. These apples are indispensable for making juices, and other preparations are obtained from them anywhere!
Winter varieties
Persian
Large fruits, beautiful appearance - a bright carmine blush, crispy, juicy pulp with an excellent sweet and sour taste - all this has made Persian a popular and widespread variety of apples. Of the minuses - in wet years it can get sick with scab.
Beauty of Sverdlovsk
Beauty among apples! Taste, size, appearance, ability to long-term storage - make this variety one of the best. The fruits are large: 160 grams and up to 200-250 grams, regular shape, bright red, with juicy, cleaving pulp and wonderful taste. Ripening in September, they are stored until April-May. Proper pruning at a young age is required to obtain large yields.
good news
A derivative of Krasa of Sverdlovsk, inheriting all of its best qualities and also receiving immunity to all scab races. Only the fruits of the Good News are smaller, about 100 grams, taste, juiciness, quality of the pulp - everything else is of the same excellent quality as that of the paternal variety. The fruits are harvested at the end of September, and they can lie until the next harvest.
Natural dwarf apple trees
The main differences from the usual apple tree:
- small stature: the height ranges from 1.2-1.5 to 2.7 m on a seed rootstock, and if such a variety is grafted onto a clonal dwarf rootstock, then it will rise only 1.2-2 m;
- flat-rounded crown, where the branches are located horizontally - the tree seems to spread along the ground;
- increased winter hardiness;
- the best pollinators are other varieties of dwarf apple trees;
- not simultaneous flowering on the upper and lower branches.
This winter variety was bred at the South Ural Research Institute of Fruit Growing. It looks like a completely dwarf tree: the height is only 2.7 m on a seed rootstock. Medium-sized apples, shiny, yellow, with a ruddy side, with pronounced ribbing. The taste is very good. Begins to bear fruit early. Yields are large, more than 100 kg per tree.
Autumn variety with rather large apples of wonderful sweet and sour taste. The height of the tree on the seed rootstock does not exceed 1.5 m.
Snowdrop
Winter variety. Apples are light with a slight blush, slightly elongated, ribbed. Very tasty, with juicy sweet and sour pulp. Stored up to four months.
mundane
mundane
The height of the tree is 2.5 m. Medium-sized brightly colored apples ripen in autumn. They are juicy, sweet and sour, very good in taste. Their harvest can reach up to 130 kg from a tree, and the Earthly begins to bring it from 2-3 years of age.
wonderful
Light yellow with blush apples ripen in summer. They are quite large: about 130 grams, some specimens reach 200 grams, slightly ribbed, slightly flattened. Juicy, good taste. Winter hardiness is slightly lower than that of other dwarf apple trees.
The climatic conditions of the Urals are different in different areas of the region: in the northern part (Chelyabinsk region) there are especially cold winters and cool summers. To the south, in the Orenburg region and Bashkiria, winters are milder and summers are warmer. But, nevertheless, in general, the climate of the Urals is quite severe, with frosts in winter. Therefore, it is necessary to carefully choose varieties of apple trees, paying attention, first of all, to their adaptability to harsh climatic conditions.
In this article, we will list proven varieties of apple trees bred in the Sverdlovsk region, which have passed the test of time and have shown good results not only in the Middle Urals, but also in the Southern Urals and Central Russia, the Northern Volga region, and Siberia.
VEM souvenir
The variety was bred by L.A. Kotov at the Sverdlovsk horticultural selection station. Tree of medium height. Winter hardiness is high. Early. The yield is high. Has immunity to scab disease. Fruits of medium size, weighing 100 g. Coloring - red stripes on most of the fruit. Pulp of excellent sweet and sour taste. The fruits ripen at the end of September and are stored until the end of February.
One of the best varieties of early autumn ripening.
excellent student
Description: autumn variety. The tree is tall, with a sparse, strong, rounded crown. The variety is winter-hardy, fruitful.
Dimensions: height up to 3 m.
Leaves: medium size, oval with crenate-serrate serrated edges.
Flowers: large, saucer-shaped, pink buds, petals white, slightly pink, oblong, with raised edges.
Flowering period: blooms in May-June.
Fruits: weight up to 200 g. Rounded or rounded flattened shape. The main color is greenish-yellow, superficially in the form of pinkish-red strokes, turning into a solid reddish blush with a waxy coating. The pulp is juicy, medium density, sweet and sour taste.
Winter hardiness zone: 3.
Pest resistance: medium.
Light Requirements: Better in bright areas, but some shading is acceptable.
Soil Requirements: Prefers moist, fertile, loamy soils with acidity close to neutral.
Use: recommended for single and group plantings in gardens, parks. The main purpose of fruits is fresh consumption, they are also good for processing into juices, compotes, jam, drying, etc.
Features of agricultural technology: in the hot season, the apple tree needs watering. Responds well to feeding. It tolerates urban conditions well.
spring
Variety of autumn-winter ripening.
The variety was bred by L.A. Kotov at the Sverdlovsk horticultural selection station. Trees with very good winter hardiness, medium height, productive.
Fruits weighing up to 150 g, yellow with a striped pink blush, very beautiful. The pulp is white, very good (4.4 points) sweet and sour taste.
The fruits are harvested in September and consumed until December. The variety is immune to scab.
Carpet
Natural creeping large-fruited group of apple trees (Kovrovaya-1, Kovrovaya-3, Kovrovaya-7, Autumn Slate) with a modified type of growth, created for slate gardening in the northern regions of the Sverdlovsk and Perm regions and snowy regions of Western Siberia, as well as for palmette formations in the southern regions.
By their nature, the trees are dwarf, the crown has a flat-horizontal, drooping shape. On a seed rootstock, the height of an apple tree does not exceed 1.5 - 2 meters, and when using vegetatively propagated clonal rootstocks, the trees grow even lower - up to 1.2 - 1.5 meters. Apple trees bear fruit on all types of fruit wood, quite often on last year's growths.
The size of apples exceeds the average value, the weight of one fruit averages 150 - 170 g, but can reach 200 g or more. Fruits are flat-round in shape. The peel of apples is quite tender, to the touch - smooth, without roughness, slightly oily. The main color of apples is greenish-yellow, the integumentary color occupies more than half of the surface of the fruit in the form of a rich dark red blush.
The early maturity of the variety is high, fruiting of trees begins 3-4 years after grafting. The yield indicator reaches 60 kg of fruit per tree.
Beauty of Sverdlovsk
One of the most common varieties in the Urals. On good soil, with proper care, you can harvest a fairly large crop, even though the tree of this variety is very compact and low. If you want the yields to be stable, select the most secluded place on the site for the seedlings of Beauty of Sverdlovsk, protected from the piercing north wind. And then the grown trees will thank you with large cream-colored fruits with a perky blush. Sometimes (not every year) trees can be affected by scab.
Iset white
The variety was obtained by L.A. Kotov at the Sverdlovsk horticultural selection station. The tree is medium. Winter hardiness is good. Early. The yield is good. Practically not affected by scab. The fruits are large (130-165 g). The color is white, sometimes with a slight tan in the form of blurry stripes. The pulp is white, dense, fine-grained, very good taste. The fruits ripen at the end of August and are stored for 1.5-2 months.
silver hoof
A summer variety of apple trees bred at the Sverdlovsk Experimental Horticulture Station by breeder Leonid Andrianovich Kotov.
Today it remains the leading variety in the Sverdlovsk, Kirov, Perm, Kurgan, Chelyabinsk, Orenburg and Udmurt regions. In addition, the Silver Hoof is propagated in fruit nurseries and cultivated at an active pace in other northern regions of our country, as well as in the northern part of Kazakhstan.
The trees are winter-hardy, exceptionally fast-growing (bearing fruit in the 3-4th year after planting), with restrained growth, a rounded crown. The fruits are rounded, weighing 80-100 g, attractive, with creamy, very juicy, dense pulp, very good sweet and sour taste. They ripen in mid-August, after picking they are stored for up to 2 months. With a delay in harvesting, the fruits are poured, become transparent and attractive in a new way.
Ural pink
An interesting variety suitable for cultivation not only in the Urals. It is characterized by high productivity and winter hardiness. The fruits are quite large, compactly located on a wide-pyramidal crown. The pulp will appeal to lovers of hard apples, it is dense, bites off in large pieces, juicy and crispy. Therefore, excellent clear juice without pulp is obtained from Ural pink apples. The variety has another very important advantage - it is not affected by apple scab.
Uralets
This variety has proven itself well and has already been tested by time. The trees do not freeze slightly and practically do not get sick. Medium-sized apples with a beautiful scarlet blush, very pleasant to the taste. The pulp of the fruit literally splashes with juice, so both lovers of fresh apples and those who like them better in a processed form will like the variety. The Uralets is good for everyone, but he also has a drawback - he can get sick with scab of an apple tree.
Blush Sverdlovsk
Another very popular variety in the Urals with heroic resistance to harsh frosts. The Sverdlovsk Rumyanka trees have a strong rounded crown, the fruits are quite large, ripen in medium time, they can be eaten fresh or processed. When the apple is fully ripe, pink stripes appear on its greenish-yellow sides. The variety has a high resistance to scab, which is undoubtedly an advantage.
The selection includes apple varieties for the Urals, immune to scab, bred at the Sverdlovsk breeding station for horticulture of the Russian Agricultural Academy. The author of all the apple varieties presented, as well as most varieties of fruit crops in the Urals, Leonid Andrianovich Kotov, leading researcher at the Sverdlovsk Horticulture Breeding Station, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Professor of the Ural Agricultural Academy. The first crosses using scab immunity donor apple trees were made by him in 1984.
It is known that just a few decades ago there were no orchards in the Urals, not even wild game grew, and all imported cultivars of apple trees froze. Now, for seedlings of Sverdlovsk (read: Kotovskaya) apple trees, selections come from other regions. Like all immune apple varieties, the immune varieties of Leonid Kotov have absolute resistance (immunity) to all five existing scab races. Created in the Middle Urals, they are highly winter-hardy, productive, with excellent taste and useful qualities, and are successfully grown in other regions that are more prosperous in terms of climate. According to experts, "Kotovskie varieties" are superior in quality to many popular apple varieties, and in terms of vitamin content they are far ahead of apple varieties grown in the southern regions.
Description and characteristics of varieties of apple trees of the Sverdlovsk selection station of horticulture. Immune varieties of apple trees for the Urals: Aksena, Good News, VEM-souvenir, VEM-yellow, VEM-pink, Olympic fire, Pervouralskaya, Dawn Isetsky, Rodnikovaya, Rosochka, Torch.
Apple variety Aksena. Aksena is a winter-hardy, immune to all scab races, high-yielding apple variety of summer ripening. The fruits are consumed from the end of August for a month. The fruits are medium, weighing 90 g, round. The skin is creamy with a solid red blush. The pulp is creamy, dense, good sweet and sour taste.
Apple variety Good news. The good news is that it is immune to all five races of scab, winter-hardy, late-winter productive apple variety, included in the State Register of Breeding Achievements of the Russian Federation. The trees are medium-sized, with a dense rounded crown. Fruits weighing 100-120 g, round-barrel-shaped beautiful shape. The color of the skin is yellowish with a pink blush. The pulp is creamy, fine-grained, juicy, with a good sweet and sour taste. The fruits are stored until April.
Apple variety VEM-yellow. VEM-yellow is a winter-hardy autumn apple variety immune to scab. The trees are tall and productive. The fruits are large, weighing up to 160 g, stored until December. The color of the skin is yellow with a striped blush. The pulp is juicy, good sweet and sour taste.
Apple variety VEM-pink. VEM-pink - winter-hardy, scab-immune winter apple variety (pictured). Fruits of an average weight of 130 g, yellow, with a pink blush, very beautiful, stored until February. The pulp is white, juicy, good sweet and sour taste.
Apple variety VEM-souvenir. VEM-souvenir is a winter-hardy, scab-immune, high-yielding autumn apple variety. Fruits are flat-round, weighing 100-120 g, yellow with a striped blush. The pulp is juicy, good sweet-sour taste, stored until November.
Apple variety Pervouralskaya. Pervouralskaya is the first productive late-winter apple variety immune to five races of scab in the Urals. Included in the State Register for the Volga-Vyatka region. The trees are winter-hardy, medium-sized, with a rounded crown. Beautiful orange-red fruits are large, weighing up to 200 g, consumed from December to May. The pulp of the fruit is dense, juicy, with a good sweet and sour taste.
Apple variety Rassvet Isetsky. Rassvet Isetsky is a winter-hardy, high-yielding apple variety of summer ripening that is immune to scab. Fruits with an average weight of 120 g with a pink striped blush. The pulp is creamy coarse-grained, juicy, with a good sweet and sour taste. The fruits ripen at the end of August.
Apple variety Rodnikovaya. Rodnikovaya is a winter-hardy productive autumn apple variety immune to all scab races, included in the State Register for the Volga-Vyatka region. Trees are medium. The fruits are medium, weighing 100 g, very beautiful. The color of the skin is yellow with a striped, pink blush. The pulp is white, juicy, coarse-grained, of good sweet and sour taste. Apples keep until December.
Apple variety Rosette. Rosochka is a winter-hardy, scab-immune, high-yielding summer variety of apple trees. Forms medium fruits, weighing 80-120 g, which are consumed from the end of August for 2-3 weeks. The color of the fruit is bright yellow with a continuous integumentary blush. The pulp is creamy, dense, very good sweet and sour taste.
Apple variety Fakel. Fakel is a winter variety of apple trees immune to scab, characterized by high winter hardiness. The fruits are aligned, regular shape, attractive appearance. The skin is bright scarlet. Fruit taste is good. Many European varieties of apple trees are superior in vitamin content. Removable fruit maturity occurs in September, fruits are stored until April.
Apple variety Olympic flame. Olympic fire is a winter-hardy apple variety immune to scab. The fruits are attractive and of good taste. Like the Fakel variety, the Olympic flame apple tree variety got its name in honor of the upcoming Olympics in Sochi. Both varieties were transferred in 2013 to the State Variety Test.
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