Pear variety Otradnenskaya
Otradnenskaya is a pear variety of autumn ripening period. Bred by S.P. Potapov and S.T. Chizhov at the Moscow Agricultural Academy named after K. A. Timiryazeva. Obtained by crossing varieties Topic and Forest beauty... In 2000 it was included in the State Register of Breeding Achievements. Approved for use in the Central Black Earth, East Siberian and North-West regions of Russia. It is quite widespread in the Moscow region.
The tree is below average growth, standard type. The crown is spreading, medium thickened, strongly leafy, funnel-shaped at a young age, round-oval in fruit-bearing. The bark of the trunk is dark gray in color. Skeletal branches are gray, located almost at right angles to the trunk. Rings are final, sedentary. Kidney awakening is good. The ability to form shoots is poor.
Shoots of medium length, brown, straight or curved, geniculate, thin, round in cross section. The length of the internodes is average. The number of lentils is average, they are small and convex. The buds are deviated from the shoots, have a conical shape and are dark brown in color. Leaves are ovoid or oblong-oval, small or medium in size, elastic, slightly curved, green in color, smooth and thin, with serrated serration, pubescence is absent on both sides. The petiole is long.
Flowers are collected in a corymbose raceme, 5 - 7 pieces each. The flowers are medium in size, have a cupped shape, the corolla is white. The petals are strongly closed, the edges of the petals are solid. The buds are white.
The fruits of the Otradnenskaya pear are medium in size (average weight - 80 - 100 g, maximum - 130 g), one-dimensional, oblong-rounded or bicococonical in shape. The surface is slightly ribbed. The skin is smooth, matte, without rustiness, of medium thickness, with numerous weakly expressed small subcutaneous punctures. The main skin color is yellowish-green, the integumentary color is red, a blurred, moderately pronounced blush. The length and thickness of the peduncle are medium. The funnel is narrow and shallow. The saucer is deep, medium in width, bumpy. The calyx is closed or half-open. The cup tube is small. Axial cavity of medium diameter. The heart is small, diamond-shaped. Seeds are medium in size, dark brown, the fruit contains 5 - 10 pieces. The fruit pulp is tender, sour-sweet taste, white with a cream tinge, fine-grained, low juicy, medium density, almost no aroma.
The appearance of the Otradnenskaya pear is estimated at 4 points, the taste - at 3.7 - 4 points.
The chemical composition of the fruits is as follows: dry substances - 15.8%, soluble substances - 10.8%, sugars - 8.2%, acids - 0.3%, P-active substances - 137 mg / 100 g.
The variety is fast-growing. Partially self-fertile. The best pollinators for him are varieties Marble, Muscovite and Elegant Efimova... Highly resistant to scab and other diseases, as well as extreme weather conditions (frost, temporary drought
30-40 kg of fruits are harvested from one tree per season. The average yield is 195 c / ha, which is twice the performance of the control variety. Fruiting is annual. Ripening occurs in the second half of September. The variety has a stable and high yield. Fruit shedding is insignificant, marketability is average. Keeping quality is good - pears are stored at 0 ° C for 3 - 4 months. In maturation, the palatability of the fruit increases. Technical grade,
Advantages of the Otradnenskaya pear: high transportability and productivity, early maturity, disease resistance, excellent winter hardiness (higher than that of the variety Chizhovskaya).
Disadvantages: mediocre taste.
