Pear Bessemyanka

Pear is one of the most popular fruits in our country. Most are engaged in the cultivation of this culture in their suburban and personal plots, as a result of this, many varieties have been bred. When selecting seed material for planting, it is worth giving preference to the "seedless" variety. In this article, we will consider the Bessemyanka pear.

Pear Bessemyanka: variety description and characteristics

Pear Bessemyanka: photo of the variety

Pear Bessemyanka is unique, it is impossible to find seeds in its fruits. The variety is distinguished by its excellent taste, with hints of honey, which is why the pear was called "sugar".

Pear Bessemyanka is unpretentious to the soil, but cannot stand an excessive amount of watering.

This variety has a high level of resistance to temperature extremes, has excellent yield indicators for thirty years, it is possible to collect up to fifty kilograms of fruit from each tree. Immediately after this, it is necessary to carry out special agrotechnical actions and rejuvenation, pruning of dried shoots. This variety is often subject to diseases such as scab. Preventive procedures are recommended.

The pear tree Bessemyanka begins to bear harvest when it reaches the age of ten years. Ignoring the fruit-bearing process, which happens quite late. Regular removal of fruits allows you to collect up to two hundred and fifty kilograms from four square meters.

Features of the variety

• Characteristics of the fruit tree

The crown of a fruiting tree in the Bessemyanka pear variety has the shape of a regular pyramid. The bark and branches of the tree are gray and brown at the same time. The strength of the tree is ordinary, powerful winds can break trees. Shoots grow upward, and also have a large number of small lentils.

The shape of the foliage resembles an egg, slightly uneven, with an elongated petiole. The flowering process brings small flowers with five petals of a snow-white color. They are placed close to each other.

• Harvest characteristics

Ripening of the crop occurs at about the end of the summer season. Ripening, the fruits begin to fall off. The harvest is kept for about a week. Bessemyanka pears are removed from the tree when they are unripe. Otherwise, the fruits will be able to overripe and lose their honey flavor.

Pear Bessemyanka has the following data:

• small dimensions, maximum weight is eighty grams.
• the color of the fruit is greenish and yellowish.
• the skin has dark specks, and sometimes orange tints are found.
• the pulp is tender, sweetish in taste, slightly granular.
• to taste, the fruit has a honey flavor, the pulp is filled with juice.
• the peduncle is thin, the length is ordinary.

Pear Bessemyanka: variety care

Pear Bessemyanka: photo of the variety

The pear variety Bessemyanka is most often planted in the first week of the first spring month and before the buds swell or before the autumn season, in the first week of the second autumn month and before the first frost.

A planting hole with a depth of one meter for a fruit crop of this variety must be prepared in advance. A week later, immediately after planting, the tree requires agricultural technology:

• timely watering of the seedling.
• making a layer of mulch.
• feeding.
• pruning dried shoots.
• shaping the crown.

The young root system in the winter season is quite sensitive and requires careful shelter. It is recommended to cover the seedling with a layer of snow.

It is also necessary to ensure that the area near the trunk is not attacked by weeds. It is possible to plant lupine in the summer cottage, which helps the soil to enrich itself.

• Moisturizing

Rain is optimal moisture. It is recommended to moisten the seedling with your own hand a couple of times every twelve months: at the end of the spring season and in the second summer month, on especially hot days. Usually it is necessary to spend five to seven liters of liquid for one adult tree.

Immediately after watering, it is required to loosen the soil to allow air to penetrate the root system. This will allow the root system to grow faster.

• Fertilizers

Top dressing is required in the second year of life after the first fruits are formed. Most often, fertilizers are placed in the fall and spring seasons.

Mineral fertilizing is required to be placed every year. Organic fertilizing is applied once every three years.

• Making a layer of mulch

Top dressing of the soil is advised to be carried out with the help of peat and humus. For the manufacture of a layer of mulch, shredded wood, dried grass, straws, paper products, stones are used. The application of fallen leaves provides the soil with humus and nutrients, but composting is required before applying them. Compost prevents large amounts of liquid from evaporating.

Various diseases and parasites

Pear Bessemyanka: photo of the variety

Pear Bessemyanka has a level of resistance to a couple of known diseases and parasites:

• aphids feed on the sap of leaf plates, the end result is a change in branches.
• the peduncle feeds on fruits, multiplies rather rapidly.
• flies destroy crops and buds.
• the pear mite feeds on leaves, then they change.
• the leaf roll lives on the foliage, the foliage changes and dries up.

The treatment of the crown and trunk from the above parasites is carried out using chemicals:

• "Agravertin".
• Kinnmix.

For preventive procedures, chemicals are used, rejuvenation, crown thinning and pruning are used. Fallen leaves in the autumn season must be removed from the site.

Summing up

Pear Bessemyanka has a high level of resistance to cold and drought. The main disadvantage is the short time of the fruit content.

The harvest is great to include in the diet raw, as a compote or jam. It is also possible to dry the fruits. Harvest of pears Bessemyanka is usually used for making fruit slices. And also for the preparation of dessert wines.