Pear Saratovka
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Pear Saratovka of autumn ripening period, bred on the basis of the Saratov Experimental Station for Horticulture and the Saratov State Agrarian University named after N.I. Vavilov. Breeders crossed the Bere Zimnyaya Michurina and German Bergamot varieties. The authors are: G. V. Kondratyeva, A. A. Kondratyeva, N. V. Bodrov. The variety was sent for a state trial period in 1997. The Saratovka pear variety is recommended for private cultivation and cultivation on an industrial scale in the Volga region and the Russian center.
Pear Saratovka: variety description and characteristics
Pear Saratovka: photo of the variety
Pear tree Saratovka of large growth, strong growth, crown in the form of a reverse pyramid, medium dense. The branches are located to the trunk at an acute angle, the ends of the branches look up. The bark covering the trunk and main branches is smooth, gray-brown in color. Fruits are formed on ringlets, spears, fruit twigs.
Shoots of medium size, with knees, round in diameter, brown in color, there is a slight pubescence. Lentils are few in number, small in size. The kidneys are adpressed, medium-sized, smooth, conical. The leaves are medium in size, wide, egg-shaped, elongated, sharp at the ends, green in color, glossy. The leaf plate is flattened, bent downward. The edges of the leaves are whole, even. The petiole is medium in length, slender, bare. The flowers are flattened, white in color. Petals in the form of an oval, medium size, the inflorescence contains five to eight flowers. The petals do not close, the stigma of the pistil is located above the anthers.
Features of the variety
- Description of the fruits.
Saratovka pears are of medium size, the average weight is one hundred and twenty grams, the maximum is one hundred and forty grams. In height, the fruit is one hundred to one hundred and twenty mm, in diameter is equal to sixty to seventy mm, fruits of the same size. The fruit is elongated, in the form of a standard pear, the surface is smooth. The peel is soft, oily, pale. The main color is greenish-yellow; when the pear ripens, it is yellow. The dots under the skin are invisible. The fruit stem is medium in length and thickness, slightly bent. There is no funnel. The cup does not fall off, it is closed. The dish is medium in size, smooth. The core is medium-sized, bulbous. The cameras are closed. The tube under the cup is medium in size, in the form of a bowl. Seeds are large, wide, cone-shaped, brown in color. The inner contents are white, oily, sweet-sour, impatient, juicy. Tasting score - 4.3 points.
Saratovka pears are well transported.
- Features of culture.
Pear Saratovka is distinguished by its early maturity (it begins to bear fruit in the garden from the fifth year). Periodic in the yield of fruits. The yield indicator is high - up to twenty-four tons per hectare. The pear is resistant to the winter season (at minus thirty degrees it freezes up to one and a half to two points), drought resistance is at an average level. Pear variety Saratovka is immune to scab and powdery mildew.
Pear Saratovka: advantages and disadvantages of pears
- Varietal Benefits pears Saratovka: dessert taste of pears, immunity to diseases, early fruiting.
- Varietal minuses pears Saratovka: a tree of strong growth.
