Pear Academic

If you want to plant a tree bearing tasty fruits on your summer cottage, we recommend that you turn your attention to a variety of pears called "academic". Pear Akademicheskaya, most summer residents give their preference to this variety, due to the high level of resistance to cold, which increases the number of territories in which the fruit tree can be grown.

Specialists of the Moscow Agricultural Academy named after V.I. KA Timiryazev obtained this variety of pears, namely S. Potapov, S. Chizhov, A. Isachkin and N. Agafonov. More detailed information on genetic data is still not available. The pear of the Akademicheskaya variety was subjected to state tests in 1997. A possible trial in the Central Region was mentioned in the recommendation of this variety.

The most famous varieties of the Akademicheskaya pear are:

• "Petrovskaya".
• "Northerner".
• "tenderness".
• "Nika".
• "In memory of Zhegalov".
• "Fabulous".
• "Otradnenskaya".
• "Elena".
• "August dew".
• Rogneda.
• "Children's".

Pear Academic: description of the variety and characteristics

Pear Academic: photo of the variety

Acquaintance with the Akademicheskaya pear variety should begin with the characteristics of the tree itself. The fruit tree of this variety grows to normal size. The crown of the tree is compact and dense, has the shape of a wide pyramid.

• Yield characteristics

The crop grows with the correct shape of a wide pear. They attract attention with their color - yellow skin and reddish blush. Most often, the mass of one fruit is one hundred thirty - one hundred fifty grams. However, sometimes there are specimens weighing up to two hundred and fifty grams.

Features of the variety

Pear Academic: photo of the variety

The crop is kept on stalks of ordinary thickness.

The pulp inside the Akademicheskaya snow-white pear is quite dense in structure, filled with juice. The smell is not saturated. Pears taste sweet and slightly sour.

Note! The fruits of the pear tree are necessary for the human body, since one pear contains fiber - twenty percent of the daily requirement for an adult, ascorbic acid - ten percent, potassium - six percent. Pear fruits also contain other substances necessary for the human body.

• Required amount of light

Pear Akademicheskaya perfectly takes root on the territory of the southern, western, and also southwestern. The area where the pear tree will grow is recommended to be selected with a sufficient amount of sunlight, but do not overdo it with the amount of direct sunlight. The pear prefers to grow with minimal moisture evaporation.

With the wrong light selected, herbaceous will yield a small amount of yield. And the harvest will contain less sugar, which means that the fruits will not be tasty in full measure.

• Required soil

The fruit tree of the Akademicheskaya pear tree will grow on loose soil. The soil must be perfectly permeable to air and liquids. When planting, it is necessary to prepare the landing hole with a good drainage layer, because the culture does not tolerate groundwater located nearby, the groundwater is placed no more than two hundred centimeters. It is also important to monitor the stagnation of moisture.

Excellent soils for planting the Akademicheskaya pear variety are:

• sod.
• medium soddy.
• slightly soddy.
• sandy loam.
• light loamy.

According to the acid reaction, the soil should have a low pH level - less than six. It is extremely rare to place lime in the soil just before planting a tree.

Note! When planting, it is worth making sure that the root collar of the fruit crop is placed above the soil, about three to five centimeters.

• Pollination

The species is characterized by self-pollination. But for a large amount of harvest, it is required to plant very close seedlings of other varieties that will serve as pollinators. It is recommended to choose:

— «chizhovskaya».

- "Otradnenskaya".

- "Severinka".

• Fruit Offering

Akademicheskaya pears are classified as fruit crops with a mixed type of fruit offering. The harvest is most often tied to any type of wood. The tree begins to bear the harvest three to four years after planting the pear.

• Ripening terms

The ripening period of the fruit crop falls on the first ten days of the first autumn month. Regardless of the large enough dimensions, the crop is strongly held on the stalk and does not fall off the tree.

Pear Academic: photo of the variety

• Harvest amount

The Akademicheskaya pear variety cannot boast of a large amount of harvest. Most often, summer residents collect fifty kilograms from each tree.

• Transportability and maintenance

The ability to transport this variety of pears is quite good. The ability of each autumn variety is long-term storage of fruits, up to approximately fourteen to twenty-one days in the refrigerator and until the last autumn month in the basement. It is possible to increase the shelf life with the help of early harvesting at the stage of technical maturity, without harming the stalk, at the required temperature index - from zero to four degrees and air humidity, approximately eighty-five to ninety percent.

Note! Planting a fruit tree must be carried out exclusively at the beginning of the spring season. If the planting is too late, the tree may not take root or bring less harvest. It is important to follow the recommendations of experienced summer residents regarding the time of disembarkation - until the buds swell in the northern parts and the middle zone of our country.

• Resistance to various diseases and parasites

When creating a variety, experts thought that it had a high level of scab resistance, and so it turned out, the tree does not get sick with scab. However, with prolonged rainy days, the tree can become infected with fruit rot.

The most dangerous parasites are rodents. The summer resident should make sure that the trunk should be overtone with a special mesh.

• Cold resistance level

Fruit trees of the Akademicheskaya pear variety are famous for their high level of resistance to cold weather, experts rated their resistance at four points out of five. Thanks to this, the pear can be cultivated in many parts of our country.

To increase the level of soil resistance to cold near the trunk, the fruit tree needs to be covered with a layer of mulch, and also to wrap the stem with a special mesh, which is breathable and moisture-permeable. Humus is used for mulching. It is recommended to make a layer of five centimeters.

In China, the fruit tree has been cultivated since 1134 BC. For a long time, the people of China have been investing in the pear tree a symbol of immortality. Mangling a tree or completely removing it is considered a bad sign.

• Harvest application

The harvest of the Akademicheskaya pear variety has universal application. It can be included in the diet raw, made compotes, jams and preserves, dried.

Pear Academic: advantages and disadvantages

Pear Academic: photo of the variety

Like all varieties of pears, Akademicheskaya pear varieties have advantages and disadvantages. The advantages, of course, are much greater than the disadvantages.

Listed below dignity pear varieties Akademicheskaya:

• high level of scab resistance.
• excellent presentation.
• excellent taste.
• the dimensions of the pear are larger than the store copies we are used to.
• fast ripening of fruits.

Listed below limitations pears of the Akademicheskaya variety:

• the formation of an overly thickened crown.
• does not tolerate nearby groundwater and stagnant moisture.

Outcome

Pear Akademicheskaya is perfect for any suburban area. This fruit tree does not have specific soil requirements, it has an excellent level of resistance to cold and scab. When planting in a well-lit area, the production of the necessary moistening and sprinkling, fertilization and pruning of branches, the Akademicheskaya pear will bring a high-quality, tasty and beautiful harvest that can be easily transported over long distances and kept for a long time.