Pear Allegro
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The characteristics of the Allegro pear variety will make it clear to gardeners whether it is suitable for planting in their territories. Pear Allegro bred by breeders from Russia. The Allegro pear is high yielding and disease resistant.
Pear Allegro: variety description and characteristics
The Allegro pear variety was bred on the basis of the Michurin All-Russian Research Institute. The parent cultivar is the Osennyaya Yakovleva cultivar, which is distinguished by the fact that it bears fruit abundantly and has a sweet taste.
Pear Allegro has been listed in the State Register since 2002. Recommended for cultivation in the Central Black Earth Region. But it is perfectly cultivated in the middle latitudes - in the Oryol and Ryazan regions and in the Moscow region.
The crown grows up to three meters. The tree is fast growing. The crown is medium in size, drooping. Fruits ripen on pods, fruit rods and annual shoots. Branches are light brown in color, have a small number of lentils. Egg-shaped leaves, pointed at the ends, their edges are serrated. The leaf is painted in a dark green color, the upper part is glossy.
The fruits of the Allegro pear are medium-sized, weighing from one hundred and ten to one hundred and sixty grams, elongated, have a smooth skin, painted in a yellow-green color with a pigment.
Pear Allegro: features of the variety
The Allegro pear variety is summer, ripening occurs at the beginning of the last month of summer. The tree bears fruit stretched out over several weeks. Fruit collection is carried out when a pinkish blush is observed on the green skin. Fruit is stored for two weeks in the refrigerator, then it is kept for three days at room temperature. You can eat yellow-green pears.
The term for fruit consumption is seven days after the fruits are ripe. Pears cannot be stored for a long time and are not transportable.
- Taste qualities of the variety.
The taste of the Allegro pear variety is sweet and sour, with hints of honey. The inner content is white, fine grain, tender and juicy. Sugar content - eight and a half percent. Tasting taste score - four and a half points.
Pear Allegro: advantages and disadvantages
The main dignity Allegro pear varieties:
- High level of frost resistance.
- Excellent taste.
- Early fruiting.
- Immunity to fungal diseases.
Main minus - time limitation of fruit consumption. Plus, the tree needs a pollinator to help shape the crop.
Pear Allegro: planting varieties
Pear Allegro: photo of the variety
The Allegro pear variety must be provided with such conditions as: open, sunlit, area; black soil or loam; sublime place; deep bedding of groundwater; watering in moderation; fertilization.
To get a decent yield, you need to properly plant the tree and properly care for it. It is imperative that a good site is selected and the seedling is being prepared for planting. Watering and feeding are carried out throughout the season, and in the autumn season the plant is prepared for wintering.
- How to plant a pear correctly.
Allegro pear tree is planted in autumn or spring. In the autumn season, planting is carried out after the leaves fall before the onset of cold snaps. Planting can be postponed to the spring season.Seedlings are buried in the area, mulched with sawdust and humus. The tree is planted in the spring season before bud break.
A place well-lit by the sun is selected for planting. The pear feels comfortable on loam filled with nutrients. The variety will not develop in heavy and depleted soil. If necessary, the composition of the soil is improved - river sand and humus are introduced.
Two-year-old seedlings adapt best. They must not be cracked, moldy or otherwise defective. If the roots are slightly overdried, then the planting material is lowered for four hours in clean water.
The Allegro pear planting pit is prepared three weeks before planting. During this period of time, the soil will settle. Preparing earlier will damage the seedling. For planting in the spring, the hole is dug out late in the fall.
- Planting algorithm.
- A hole is dug according to the scheme 70x70x60 cm.
- A wooden or metal stake is driven into the middle.
- Fertile soil is mixed with compost fertilizer, superphosphate (five hundred grams) and potassium salt (one hundred grams) are added.
- The soil mixture is poured into the hole and compacted.
- A mound of earth is formed near the stake, a seedling is located on top.
- The roots are covered with earth, then it is well compacted.
- Next, watering is carried out (three buckets of water at the root).
- After planting, watering is carried out every seven days. A layer of mulch (peat) is poured into the trunk circle, its thickness is five cm. The seedling is tied to a support.
Pear Allegro: variety care
- Watering and fertilizing.
It is enough to add watering before the tree blooms and after it has faded. Two buckets of water are poured out under the tree. The stagnant liquid is detrimental to the pear. In this regard, after rain or watering, the soil is loosened.
Top dressing is applied two to three times a year. Before the buds bloom, a solution of urea or mullein is applied. These are nitrogen-containing fertilizers that provide intensive growth of branches. After the tree has bloomed, a solution of nitroammofoska is prepared in a ratio of 1:20. When the fruit ripens, phosphorus and potassium are added.
- Circumcision procedure.
Pruning of the Allegro pear variety is made to give the crown a pyramid shape. Broken, frozen and diseased shoots are removed every year. The plant is pruned when the movement of the juice is slow.
- Whitewash.
Late in autumn, the trunk and the bases of the skeletal branches are whitewashed with lime. It protects the bark from burns in the spring season. The second time the tree is whitewashed in the spring season after the snow melts.
- How to prepare a pear for wintering.
The Allegro pear variety is frost-resistant. When the varieties were tested, temperature conditions dropped to minus thirty-eight degrees. Annual shoots froze, if expressed in points, then by one and a half points. In the spring season, the variety can perfectly withstand temperature extremes and cold snaps.
Wintering is dependent on the weather during the period. If it is cold in summer and it rains, then the plant will not have time to prepare for the cold season. As a result, freezing of one-year and two-year shoots occurs.
They begin to prepare pears for wintering late in the fall. Abundant watering of the culture is carried out. Slow freezing of wet soil occurs, it rises as a protective barrier from cold weather. The trunk is earthed up, the near-trunk circle is mulched with humus or peat.
To avoid damage to the trunk by rodents, make protection with a metal mesh or casing.
Young trees are provided with special protection from frosty periods. A frame is installed above them, agrofibre is attached to it. It is not necessary to insulate the tree with polyethylene, because the shelter must be air and moisture permeable.
Pear Allegro: cultivar pollinators
The Allegro pear is not self-pollinated. In order for the fruits to form, helpers for pollination need to be planted nearby.Varieties with the same flowering are selected. Trees are planted at intervals of three to four meters from each other. The formation of ovaries is positively influenced by the weather: a stable temperature regime, when there is no rain, cold weather and hot periods.
- The best pollinating varieties of Allegro pears
- "Chizhovskaya"... The variety ripens in late summer, medium-sized tree. Crown in the form of a pyramid. Fruit in the form of an egg, on the contrary, with a smooth thin skin. The color is yellow-green. The inner content is sweet and sour with a refreshing taste. The advantages of the variety are frost resistance and commercial qualities of the fruit.
- "August dew". Summer variety. The pears are of medium size, colored green-yellow. The inner contents are sweet with sourness, tender. The variety yields early, frost-resistant, high-yielding, has good quality fruit characteristics.
- "Lada"... An early summer variety widespread in the Moscow region. Fruits weigh one hundred grams, have a smooth thin peel. The inner content is sweet-sour, yellowish in color, its density is average. Advantages of the variety: early fruiting, frost resistance, fruits are universal in purpose.
- Rogneda. The variety bears fruit in autumn, it is recommended to grow in mid-latitudes. Fruits weigh one hundred and twenty grams, presented in the form of a circle. The peel is medium in firmness, light yellow in color. The inner content is beige, juicy, sweet, with a nutmeg smell. The variety is immune to diseases, fruiting begins in the third year, the tree gives decent yields. Cons - the fruits are crumbling, unstable yields.
- "In memory of Yakovlev"... Fruits ripen early in autumn, the variety is represented by a small tree. Fruits with a glossy skin, light yellow coloration. The inner contents are juicy, sweet, slightly oily. Fruits are universal in purpose, have good transportability. Advantages - early fruiting, compactness, frost resistance.
Yield indicator
The yield indicator of the Allegro pear variety was rated by gardeners as decent and high. One hectare harvested one hundred and sixty-two kg of fruit. The tree bears fruit steadily every year. The first fruits ripen in the fifth year after planting.
Diseases and pests
The Allegro pear has an immune defense against diseases caused by fungi. For preventive purposes, the plant is treated with fungicidal preparations in the spring and autumn seasons. Copper-containing means are selected: "Oxyhom", "Fundazol", Bordeaux mixture.
During the growing season, processing stops three weeks before harvesting.
A pear can be attacked by a leafworm, moth, moth, aphid. To combat them, use "Iskra", "Decis", "Kemifos".
Pear Allegro: reviews of gardeners
- Alina Sergeevna, 58 years old, Tambov region: “I chose the pear variety“ Allegro ”to plant it, I liked the characteristics, photos, reviews. The pear has been growing on my territory for more than five years. The variety was grafted into the crown of the Lyubimitsa Yakovleva variety. If the fruit remains hanging on the branches for a long time, overripening is observed. The fruit has a delicate inner content with a honey flavor. The pear is very fond of adults and children. Little is spent on processing, since we mainly eat fresh fruits. The development of the tree is good, if you regularly spray it, it will not get sick. I recommend this pear if you want fruit that tastes good. "
- Semyon Viktorovich, 46 years old, Kursk region: “I can't imagine a real garden plot with fruit trees without pears. Not a single summer variety already grows on my territory. 5 years ago I bought an Allegro pear in the nursery. The manufacturer promised a good yield and sweet taste of the fruit. I collected the first fruits that year.Indeed, pears are sweet, it is better to eat fresh. "
- Alena Alexandrovna, 36 years old, Moscow region: “It is difficult to grow a pear tree in our climatic conditions. In this regard, a strong rootstock was planted at their summer cottage and several different varietal forms were grafted onto it. We chose the Allegro pear variety for grafting, it already gives a good harvest. Pear for an amateur. The fruit tastes like honey, but not sugary. You can even eat green fruits. The shoots withstand frosty days very well. "
Outcome
The characteristics and description of the Allegro pear shows it as a high-yielding and frost-resistant tree. For good fruiting, the plant is provided with a good planting site and regular agricultural practices.