Pear variety Miracle

In breeding, it often happens that from crossing two varieties, not one variety is bred, but several. So it happened with pears selected for breeding work - Talgar beauty and the Daughter of the Dawn. In the famous Michurinka, these parental forms gave life to several descendants at once - Nika, Yakovlevskaya, Extravaganza etc. Among them is the Wonder Woman, which we will talk about separately. The authorship belongs to S.P. Yakovlev, A.P. Gribanovsky, N.I. Savelyev, V. V Chivilev and E.N. Jigadlo. The variety was registered in 2001; it was entered in the State Register of Breeding Achievements of the Russian Federation in 2004. The admission region is Central Black Earth (Belgorod, Kursk, Voronezh, Oryol, Tambov, Lipetsk regions). This pear is often found in the Moscow region, Leningrad, Yaroslavl and Voronezh regions. The variety is well known in gardens located in the north of Ukraine, as well as in Belarus and Kazakhstan.

Description

The tree is of medium growth, 2.5 - 3 meters high. The crown is pyramidal, thin, medium-leaved. The shoots of the Miracle are even, not too thick, the bark is brownish-brown, with a small number of lentils, undisturbed. Buds are small, conical, smooth, do not deviate from the shoot. Leaves are ordinary, green in color, ovoid with a short-pointed tip, a blunt base and finely serrated serration along the edge. The surface is smooth, not shiny, with delicate veins. The sheet plate is bent upwards. The petiole is of medium length. Stipules subulate.

The shape of the fruits of this variety is short-pear-shaped or truncated-conical. The surface is smooth. The funnel is shallow, narrow, blunt-conical, with a slight rustiness. A medium sized saucer. The calyx is half-open, not falling. The skin is not rough, smooth, oily to the touch, with a waxy coating. At the moment of ripening, the fruit is painted in a juicy green color; on a smaller part of the surface, an integumentary pink tint appears. A ripe pear turns greenish-yellowish, the integumentary color becomes more noticeable, acquiring a red tint. The subcutaneous points are small but well visible. The peduncle is oblique, medium-sized, curved. The weight of the Miracle fruit ranges from 130 to 200 grams.

The pulp is of a pleasant creamy color, medium-dense, semi-oily, tender, juicy, with a small amount of granulation. The heart is medium, bulbous, the seed chambers are small, closed. Seeds are conical, brown, medium-sized. The taste is sweet and sour, without astringency. The aroma is moderately pronounced. Tasting score 4.3 points. 100 grams of pulp contains: 13.3% dry matter, 9.6% sugars, 0.3% titratable acids, 7.9 mg of ascorbic acid, 176 mg of P-active substances.

Characteristics

• During the fruiting period, the Miracle enters 5 - 6 years after planting;
• refers to winter varieties, removable maturity occurs in the second decade of September;
• ripe fruits do not crumble;
• pear winter hardiness is high. During the experiment on artificial freezing to -38 ° C, which was carried out in the middle of winter, the degree of damage to the cambial layer did not exceed 0.7 points. Xylem (the main water-conducting tissue) and bark showed no signs of freezing;

• over the years of testing, which were carried out from 1998 to 2003, the yield was 132 c / ha, which exceeded the control variety by 55 c / ha;
• the Miracle's immunity is good, it is valued for its high resistance to fungal diseases - scab, rust;
• the variety is resistant to pests, almost not affected by pear copper;
• the transportability of the fruits is excellent;
• the keeping quality of pears is good, the duration of the consumer period in a refrigerated fruit storage with a controlled humidity level lasts 120 - 150 days;
• the way of eating fruits is universal. It is recommended to use them raw. They are also suitable for processing; in winter, delicious jams, jams, jam, compotes are obtained. You can cook dried fruits.

Planting and leaving

You can plant the Miracle in spring and autumn. The variety is not picky about soils, but loams or chernozem are preferable.The place should be sunny, it is best to set aside a free area for planting in the southern part of the garden. The pear does not tolerate water stagnation in the roots, therefore the groundwater level should not be located above 1.5 meters to the surface.

Pruning must be carried out every year, otherwise, with a strong thickening of the crown, the fruits will begin to shrink. Adult trees do not need winter shelter, but the seedlings can be insulated by wrapping the trunks with non-woven material and covering the near-trunk circle with mulch. In spring and autumn, whitewashing of the trunk is required. The rest of the care methods - watering, feeding, loosening and weeding, are carried out according to the standard scheme.

The miracle woman, despite her young age, was liked by many gardeners. High winter hardiness, good immunity, a long period of consumption of fruits that have a great taste, make the variety in demand. Moreover, the pear is very unpretentious in leaving.