Apple-colony A special unique object of natural reserve fund of Ukraine - a botanical point of interest nature of national importance, apple, bush, ranked among the "Seven Natural Wonders of Ukraine".
Indicative age - more than 200 years.
The apple tree grows in a bush, which occupies about 10 acres in size. The apple tree is long gone its primitive maternal trunk.
At this apple has about 15 adherent to the ground stems, branches. A special feature of apple (unknown anywhere else) is its ability to self-perpetuate branches.
The branches bend to the ground and take root; when one of the trunks die off, so apple prolongs your life. Plucking forces, not the branches and trees, rise up again, hiding abundant flowers in spring and red-white palatable apples in the fall.
Next to the tree in 1959 to build schools and found gravestones. In order not to interfere with the construction, the plate moved under the tree.
Now, in the shade of an apple-tree branches resting tombstone on which vychekaneno "Prince Peter Sergeev son Meshchersky was born in 1780 on August 24 died in 1848 February 18-old 68 years old." Because of this, one of the most common local apple tree names - "prince" (Ukr. Reigning). And for the locals call pokruchennye trunks twisted apple tree.
It is believed that the tree longs for Prince Meshchersky, and therefore bend to the ground. We thought that it emits negative, but bioenergy proved that the energy apple rejuvenates people. After that, the local organized pilgrimage to the tree - tearing rejuvenating apples.
Rural drunkards say that after drinking vodka under the apple tree in the morning is not a headache. If you stand up, leaning against the trunk, are back pain.
The scientific explanation of the phenomenon Krolevetsky apple-colony no. We studied and plants, and soils - nothing special, and the radiation is normal. For many years, enthusiasts are trying to grow an apple tree from seed sprouts and colonies, but grow ordinary apple.
Since 1998, the apple-colony is protected by law. See it come from the Netherlands, Turkey, Finland, Belarus, Russia.
According to legend, the tree more than 220 years ago, a gardener planted Prince Meshchersky, once lived and was buried in the village Andreevka. Locals called miracle apple colony. It blooms every year, but each time only fructifies its half, and the second part is resting. Apples are sweet and tart taste.
The local residents, there is a belief that this apple tree reproduces a bush gooseberry or currant due to the fact that it someone put a curse couple of centuries ago.
Due to its characteristics of a miracle-apple entered the history of gardening.
In 1928, in the fourth volume of his works about it mention Michurin: "... the original apple, propagated by cuttings near Krolevets station, near the village of Andreevka in the former. Manor Andrey Vasilenko, now transferred to the farm. On the basis of the decision of the USSR People's Commissariat for experimental work please send me urgently 5 cuttings this apple postal parcel, pre-packing them in wet moss ... November 12, 1931 Director of the State. selectivity. genet. Michurin stations. "
In 1970, according to local residents, professional rayselhozupravleniya M. batons, on the ground were 9 trunks of apple trees with a diameter of 30-40 cm.
By 2008, their number has almost doubled.
Located near the village of Andreevka city Krolevets Sumy region (St. Andrew Street, 71). Get to apple trees can be rail or highway "Kyiv-Moscow" that pass through the town of Krolevets.