Pear variety Cathedral
Cathedral - a variety of pears with fruits of the summer ripening period. Bred at the Moscow Agricultural Academy. K.A. Timiryazeva through crossing seedlings 32-67 (Forest beauty x Topic) with a hybrid 72−43 (Forest Beauty x Duchess Bedro). The authorship belongs to the breeders S.T. Chizhov and S.P. Potapov. In 1990, the variety was accepted for state testing, in 2001 it was zoned (included in the State Register) in the Central Region.
The trees are medium-sized, the crown shape is regular conical, the thickening is medium. The main branches are characterized by a straight shape and a rare arrangement, the ends are directed upward. Bark with a smooth surface, gray color. Fruit formations are tied mainly on simple ringlets, less often on annual shoots.
Shoots of medium size, straight, rounded, slightly geniculate, reddish-brown in color, with slight pubescence. The buds are large, bent, broadly conical in shape, with pubescence. Leaves of medium and large size, oval, light green color, with medium-pointed tips, edges with fine ciliate serration. Leaf blade with a smooth, shiny surface, coarse venation, not pubescent, concave, with a strong upward curvature. The flowers are large in size, medium-pebble, with oval petals, white in color.
The fruits of the Cathedral pear are medium in size or smaller (usually weighing no more than 110 - 130 grams), in shape - regular pear-shaped, with a bumpy surface. The skin is smooth, tender, with a glossy sheen, a little oily. Subcutaneous dots are subtle, numerous, gray and green in color. At the time of picking, the fruits are colored greenish-yellow, during the period of consumer maturity, the main color of the fruits becomes light yellow; The integumentary color is very weak and occupies an insignificant part on the surface of the fruit in the form of a blurred red blush. The stalks are thick, oblique, of medium length and slightly curved. There is no funnel. The saucer is small in size, medium in width, tuberous. The heart is small, rhombic. The seed chambers are closed, small in size. The sub-cup tube is rather long and funnel-shaped. Seeds are medium and small in size, ovoid, dark brown in color.
The pulp is white, tender, medium-dense, fine-grained structure, semi-oily, juicy, sweet and sour taste, medium aroma. Tasting taste assessment on a 5-point scale is 4.0 points. The attractiveness of the appearance is estimated at 4.2 - 4.3 points. By chemical composition, the fruits contain: the sum of sugars (8.5%), dry matter (16.0%), acids (0.3%).
In terms of ripening of fruits, the Cathedral pear belongs to the middle-summer varieties (the second half of August), the fruits are stored for no more than 10 - 12 days. The level of fruit transportability is average. A variety for table use, well suited for processing into dried fruits and making compotes.
This pear is fast-growing and bears fruit annually. The average yield is 85 c / ha. Over the years of variety testing (5 years), the average yield reached 136.5 c / ha (higher than the control variety).
Winter hardiness is high. In the harsh winter period of 1978 - 1979. freezing reached 1.0 - 1.5 points. The variety is not prone to scab.
The obvious advantages of the Cathedral pear include: high winter hardiness, resistance to scab, early maturity, annual fruiting, good yields.
The disadvantages include not too large fruit size (medium and below average), as well as a too short storage period for the mid-summer variety.
Good grade. Everything is as in the description. Early into fruiting, fruits annually. Even if the frost has passed and there are no pears on the rest.
One of the most realistic summer pears in the Moscow region. The same Chizhovskaya, somewhere gives, somewhere gives poorly. The cathedral always gives. The taste is average, a little dry, but it is there. As a separate tree I would not recommend, but to graft 2 cuttings into the skeletal branches of the same Chizhovskaya, that's it. By the way, my cathedral vaccination gave pears for 2 years. Rapidity, what you need.