Pear Banquet

Pear Banquetnaya ripens late in the fall, it was bred on the basis of the Dubovsky support point of the NVNIISKH, the varieties "Yubileynaya Korneeva" and "Olivier de Serre" were crossed. The authors are R.V. Korneev and L.K. Zhukova. The banquetnaya pear variety is on the state varietal trial period on the Lower Volga.

Pear Banquet: variety description and characteristics

Pear Banquet: variety photo

The tree of the banquet pear variety is of medium height, has a dense crown in the form of a wide pyramid. Shoots are covered with a lot of leaves. The bark covering the trunk and main branches is gray and flaky. Skeletal shoots are gray in color, grow almost perpendicularly from the trunk. The branches are curved, arranged tightly, the tips of the branches stretch to the top. The fruits are kept on ringlets and fruit rods.

The shoots are thickened, vertical, in the form of a circle in diameter, painted in a brown color, not pubescent. Lentils are few in number and small. Vegetative buds are flattened, round, smooth, small in size. The leaves are also small in size, elongated, in the form of an ellipse. The leaf apex is shortened and sharp. The foliage is painted in a dark green color, smooth, glossy, delicate. The leaf is bent down, not pubescent. The edges of the leaves are wavy or have small teeth. The petiole is elongated, bare, small in thickness. The inflorescence is a tassel in the form of an umbrella, it contains an average number of flowers. The flower buds are round, sharp, smooth, small in size. The flowers are of medium size, white, flattened, smooth.

Features of the variety

• Description of the fruits.

Banquetnaya pears are very large, weighing two hundred and sixty grams, regular in shape, one size, round. The surface of the fruit is smooth, the peel is rough, tarnished. The main color of the fruit is greenish-yellow, there is no integumentary or there is a blurred crimson pigment covering the side of the pear that is in the sun. Dots under the skin are gray, pronounced, of medium size, there are many of them. Fruit stem is shortened, thickened, vertical, set obliquely. The funnel is of medium depth, blunt end, not wide, no rustiness. The calyx does not fall off, is half open, large. The dish is large in depth, large in width, and has grooves. The core is small, resembling an onion. The tube under the cup is shortened, in the form of a cauldron. The seed chambers are small, closed. Seeds are medium in size, brown in color. The inner content is white, juicy, oily, tender, sweet-sour, has excellent taste. Fruits contain dry matter (18.2%), sugar (fifteen and a half percent), acids (0.26%), pectin (0.6%), ascorbic acid (four percent). Tasting score - four and a half points.

• Ripening and fruiting.

The fruits of the Banquetnaya pear variety ripen in late autumn. Ripeness, when the fruit can be removed, occurs in the last days of September, consumer maturity "comes" in October-November days (pears can retain their qualities in the refrigerator until the second winter month).

Banquet pears do not fall off. Fresh pears are well transported. The commercial properties are high. Dessert variety.

The tree begins to bear fruit from the third or fourth year after planting in a garden plot at the age of one year. The variety is self-fertile. The yield indicator of the Banquetnaya pear variety is stable and decent. Resistance to the winter season and dry periods is at a high level.Immunity to diseases and harmful insects is average.

Pear Banquet: the advantages of the variety

High marketability, excellent taste of pears, early fruiting, assistants for pollination are not required, since the variety is self-pollinated.