Pear Thin

Pear Thinkoveka is the oldest domestic variety that gives a high yield.

Up to three hundred kilos of fruit can be removed from one pear. Pear variety Tonkovotka tolerates frosts down to minus sixty degrees. From this article you will learn about the features of this pear, about its planting and care.

Pear Thin: description of the variety and characteristics

Pear Tonkovotka: photo of the variety

• Pear variety Thinkoveka is named so because it has thin stems. Early summer variety.
• Pear variety Thinkoveka is not suitable for growing on an industrial scale, since the fruits have ordinary pulp.
• Also pears are very tart and sour, therefore they are not suitable for fresh consumption. It is advisable to process the fruits thermally - to dry or preserve.
• Since the pear variety Tonkovotka is already quite old, it has found wide application in blanks for the winter.
• Jam, preserves, jelly are made from pears. This pear is not high in calories. There are only forty-two kilocalories per one hundred grams of Tonkovotka pear variety.
• Pear variety Tonkovotka is a natural source of energy for life. It is rich in many biologically active substances.

An excursion into history

• Pear variety Tonkovotka is a domestic old variety that was obtained by nationwide crossing. The variety became popular at the beginning of the eighteenth century. It is zoned almost everywhere: in the Lower Volga, Adyghe, western, Ural, Volga-Vyatka territories.
• It is grown in the Siberian region and in the north of the middle latitudes of Russia - to the Moscow, Novgorod and Kostroma regions.
• Pear Thinkoveka can often be found in dachas and in wild abandoned garden plots of the Ukrainian, Belarusian, Moldavian, Estonian, and Kazakh territories.
• Since the fine pear variety is highly resistant to the winter season, it is often used as a donor when crossing.
• So, in 1936, a pear variety was bred "Elegant Efimova", Which is named after the author-scientist V. A. Efimov, just because of the variety" Tonkovotka ".

Varieties resistant to the winter season: "In memory of Zhegalov", "Krasnobokaya", "Carmen», «November», «Autumn Yakovleva».

Description of culture

Pear Tonkovotka: photo of the variety

Wood.

• The tree is large, vigorous. Tall pears grow up to six meters or more. The crown is wide-pyramidal. The stems are very thin.
• Shoots of brown color with an amber tone. Lentils are numerous. Curved, long, large, light-colored. Fruits are formed on stem ringlets.
• The leaves are small in size, emerald in color. Leaflets are sparsely located. The leaf plate is flattened or curved, its surface is even, there are no tubercles.
• The middle vein is slightly curved. The end of the leaflet is shortened and sharp. The petiole is thin, long, pale pink in color.

Fruit.

• The pears are small, weighing no more than fifty to sixty grams. Presented as a standard pear.
• Their color is amber-emerald or light amber. There is a small burgundy blush on the side illuminated by the sun.
• The fruit stem is wide, long, in the form of an arc. There is no funnel. The cup is both open and closed. The dish is small.
• The seed chamber is small and long. Seeds are oblong, brown in color.
• The inner contents are beige, hard, dry, astringent, sour, slightly sweet. The qualitative composition is usual.
• After the pears are overripe, they wither, the structure becomes mealy.
• The inflorescence contains four to six flowers. Small flowers. The whisk is simple, in the form of a saucer. The petals are not closed. The edges of the inflorescences are even, there are no notches.
• Anthers and stigmas are at the same height. The pistil is wide, free.

Pear Thin: features

Pear Tonkovotka: photo of the variety

• Pear variety Thinkoveka is self-fertile.
• However, in order to increase the yield, it is required to plant a number of varieties for pollination. Perfect for this role are "Bergamot Autumn" and "Bessemyanka».
• Pear Thinkoveka begins to bear fruit from the eighth or eleventh year of development. Yields regularly and very generously.
• High-yielding varieties: Duchess,Yakovlevskaya», «Miracle woman», «Bere Bosc"," Bere Russkaya ".
• Harvested in the last days of August. From one pear, you can remove from two hundred and fifty to three hundred kilos of fruit.
• The fruit does not hold well on the tree. Therefore, they are crumbled in large quantities. The variety is resistant to dry periods.
• Pear variety Thinkoveka does not need to be covered for the winter season. Since it is highly resistant to frosty times, this pear cannot be compared with any other variety in this. It surpasses all pear varieties of the Siberian region and the Russian center for this characteristic.
• Frost resistance is at a high level. The tree can withstand severe frost periods down to minus sixty degrees.

Pear Thin: growing and care

Pear variety Thinkoveka is not whimsical to soils. It can grow on silty, chernozem, sandy, drainage soil. Reproduction is carried out using seedlings, cuttings, grafting is carried out.

The soil of the trunk circle is kept moist. For this purpose, regular watering is suitable, and it is also necessary to mulch the soil with organic matter, humus, peat or peat and compost fertilizer will help in this.

• The mulch layer spreads out when the spring season comes, at this moment in the soil there are large reserves of moisture from melting snow.
• In the near-trunk circle, the finished mulch layer is seven cm thick.
• For 1 square is consumed: humus, peat compost fertilizer or peat - from twenty to twenty-five kilos.
• One pear is watered with thirty to fifty liters of water at room temperature conditions.

Diseases and harmful insects

Pear Tonkovotka: photo of the variety

• In rainy seasons, the pear is heavily affected by scab. This disease slows down the growth of shoots. Ovaries and infected leaves fall off. The causative agent is the Dothideales fungus. In this regard, it is required to process the crown for prevention purposes.
• When the buds bloom, trees are sprayed with a 3% solution of Bordeaux liquid in areas of excessive moisture.
• When the buds are formed and with 3 treatments after the tree has bloomed, the Topaz and Horus products are used.
• If the pear is struck by scab, then the crown is cut off. All infected leaves and branches are removed. To completely destroy them, the fungus is burned at the stake or the plants are carried away from the plantings.
• Preventive measures are taken to protect trees from fire blight and rust damage.

But there are varieties that are immune to disease: “Dessert Rossoshanskaya», «Lyre"," Perun "," Moskvichka "," Thumbelina ".

conclusions

• Pear Thin is an early summer variety.
• Due to its ancient origin, the Tonkovotka pear variety has found wide application in the preparation of twists for the winter.
• The variety gives high yields, bears fruit abundantly, however, the qualitative composition of the inner contents of pears is normal.
• In terms of frost resistance, it surpasses all pear varieties. In rainy seasons, the Thinkoveka pear is heavily affected by scab.