Varieties of pears
There are about 1,500 sorts of pears in the world, but only two dozen are really good and fruitful. The pear tolerates frost worse than the apple tree, it fructifies more. Pear loves nutritious soil with a deeper top layer, less prone to damage by pests than apple trees.
In the Non-chernozem zone of Russia, 34 varieties of pears have been zoned, including 16 summer, 16 autumn and 2 winter. In summer the fruits ripen in the second half of August - early September, stored until October;autumn, ripening in September, can lie up to 30 days. Varieties of winter ripening period are removed at the end of September, they can be kept until January. Below are just some of the most popular varieties.
Summer
Bessemyanka - fruits of medium size, short-pear-shaped, greenish-yellow, turning into light yellow with blush. The pulp is juicy, sweet, melting.
Duchesse - fruits are medium-sized, broadly pear-shaped, the skin is dense, greenish with a yellow hue and a brownish-red blush and dark red dots on the sunny side of the fruit. Flesh is yellowish-white, fine-grained, sweet with a thin acidic tint, very pleasant to taste.
Lada - fruits of medium size, truncated-conical, yellow, sourish-sweet. Winter hardiness and resistance to scab are high. Favorite of KPappa - fruits of medium regular pear shape, skin tight, fragrant, straw-yellow with red blush. The pulp is white, tender, juicy, oily, melting, sweet with light acidity, refined taste.
Oleaginous - fruits are large, ideal pear-shaped, the skin is not too dense, yellowish-green with striped reddish-brown blush, the flesh is white, juicy, fine-grained, oily, melting, sweet with an acidic tint, very pleasant to taste.
Early Nosed
Efimova's elegant - the fruits are elongated-pear-shaped, regular. The main color is greenish-yellow, the integumentary color is purple. The fruits are medium, sweet. Winter hardiness and resistance to scab are good.
Autumn
Favorite of Yakovlev - the fruits are large. The main color is greenish-yellow, the coverslip is orange, with a fuzzy blush, an acid-sweet taste. Fruiting is annual, abundant.
Autumn pet - medium fruits, thin skin of greenish-yellow color with light reddish-brown blush, flesh white, dense, juicy, oily, melting, good to taste.
Muscovite - fruits are medium, pear-shaped, yellow medium juiciness, sweet and sour. Winter hardiness and resistance to scab are good.
Early maturing( summer) - beginning - end of August
Varieties - "long-livers"
Variety Lada
Winter hardiness and yield of trees is high. Fruits weighing up to 100-150 g, truncated-conical, yellow. Flesh white, medium juiciness, sweet and sour. Resistance to scab is high.
Variety Chizhovskaya
Winter hardiness and yield of trees is high. Fruits weighing 120-140 g, truncated-conical or obovate, yellow. The flesh is white, juicy, semi-oozy, sour-sweet. Resistance to scab high
Perspective varieties
Grade Cathedral
Winter hardiness and yield high. Fruits weighing up to 120-150 g, Wide-rimmed, ribbed, bright yellow and bright red. Flesh white, juicy, dense, semi-oozy, sour-sweet, very good taste, with aroma. Resistance to scab is high.
Variety Severyanka
Winter hardiness and yield of trees is high. Fruits weighing 70-120 g, truncated-conical, greenish-yellow and yellow with red blush. The pulp is creamy, juicy, dense, sweet-sour. Resistance to scab is high.
Medium-ripening( autumn) - end of August - mid-September
Varieties - "long-livers"
Variety Lyubimitsa Yakovleva
Winter hardiness of trees is above average, yield is high. Fruits weighing up to 110-140 g, barrel-shaped, greenish-yellow, with speckles of orzhavlennosti. Cream of cream, medium juiciness, sweet and sour, with aroma. Resistance to scab, medium.
Grade Smart Yefimova
Winter hardiness of trees is above average, yield is high. Fruits weighing up to 90-130 g, elongated-pear-shaped, yellowish-green with bright red blush. The pulp is whitish-creamy, medium-juicy, sweet and sour. Resistance to scab, medium.
Perspective varieties
Variety Bryansk beauty
Winter hardiness and yield of trees is high. Fruits weighing 150-250 g, elongated-pear-shaped, maroon. The flesh is white, juicy, oily, sweet-sour. Resistance in scab is high.
Variety Otradnenskaya
Winter hardiness and yield of trees is high. Fruits weighing up to 120-140 g, round or barrel-shaped, yellowish-green with a red blush. Flesh is yellowish-white, juicy, oily, sweet and sour, with aroma. Resistance to scab is high.
Late ripening( winter) - mid September - early October
Perspective varieties
Variety Belorussian later
Winter hardiness and yield of trees is high. Fruits weighing up to 110-120 g, broad-frangible, yellowish-green, with orange-pink blush, with subcutaneous spots and spots. Flesh is yellowish white, medium-heavy, juicy, sweet and sour, with aroma. Resistance to scab, medium.
Grade Large fruited Susova
Winter hardiness and yield above average. Fruits weighing up to 150-200 g, wide-pear shaped, slightly ribbed, yellow. Flesh white, juicy, dense, sweet and sour, very good taste, with aroma. Resistance to scab, medium.