Pear Daughter Excellent

Pear Daughter Excellent was created by a rather famous tandem of botanists N. Efimova and Yu. Petrov when crossing two other varieties: "Forest Beauty" and "Venus". There is also a second name for the pear variety Daughter Excellent - pear "Veles», It is important to know so as not to get confused when buying seedlings and not to purchase the same pear variety under different names.

Pear Daughter Excellent: description of the variety and characteristics

Pear Daughter Excellent: photo of the variety

In the first years, the pear of the Dachi Otlichnaya variety has a fairly spreading crown, but as it grows, it acquires a pyramidal shape, although it remains wide. The height of the tree does not exceed four meters. The crown is not very dense, the branches are curved and can grow in different directions, large ringlets are evenly spaced, fruits are usually tied on them. The bark of the shoots is brown-brown in color, the leaf petioles are thin and long, the leaves themselves are medium in size, with a smooth front surface and tiny denticles along the edges.

Pear Daughter Excellent is considered partially self-fertile; to get a good harvest, you will need to plant other varieties of pears on the site. Ideal neighbors for the pear variety Daughter Excellent will be the pears "Severyanka" and "Chizhovskaya».

Depending on the correct planting, care and individual characteristics of the tree, fruiting can occur in the fifth, sixth or seventh year, so you have to be patient. Daughter excellent pears ripen by autumn. The first part of the harvest, including the largest fruits, is harvested in the last days of summer or early September, and in mid-September the remaining fruits are removed from the tree. Do not wait until the fruits reach full ripeness, you need to pick the pears until they are yellow-green (the harvested fruits ripen perfectly, turning yellow and acquiring an orange "blush"). In this form, at a low temperature, pears can be stored until mid-November, gradually ripening. The shape of the fruit can be characterized as "wide pear-shaped", even and symmetrical.

The semi-oily pulp of the pear variety Daughter Excellent is painted in a light cream color. The fruits of this variety are of the dessert type, that is, their taste is at the level of the best southern varieties, so it is especially pleasant and tasty to eat them fresh. But they are also suitable for making desserts, compotes and juices, homemade wine and various preparations.

Pear Daughter Excellent: advantages and disadvantages

Among the advantages of the Daughter Excellent pear variety, it should be noted:

• high resistance to adverse weather conditions (drought and frost).
• excellent yield and annual fruiting.
• excellent taste of fruit.
• resistance to certain diseases, in particular to scab.

The disadvantages of the Daughter Excellent pear variety include the fact that when the harvest is too large, the fruits become much smaller than the sizes stated in the description of the variety. Also, in fruitful years, large branches of the tree often break under the weight of the fruit, so you should take care of the supports in advance.

Pear Daughter Excellent: planting and care

The right choice for a pear Daughter A perfect place and correct planting are the key to the health of your tree.
Plant pear seedlings in a well-lit and dry place, make sure that the groundwater is deep enough so that the roots of the tree will not get wet.

Dig a hole about a meter deep, stick a stake into the bottom, which will serve as a support for the seedling until it takes root.Then pour a drainage layer on the bottom, for this you can purchase expanded clay or use construction debris that can be found in every garden plot (stones, brick fragments, gravel). On the drainage layer, 2-3 buckets of soil mixture should be poured, consisting of fertile soil, compost and two hundred grams of superphosphate. Then lower the seedling into the hole and attach it to the support. Next, you need to carefully fill the hole with soil, water it and, after the soil subsides, add the required amount of soil.

If you are planting a tree in the spring, then at first you will need to water it regularly. If you carry out planting work in the fall, then you can refuse watering - the rains will do it for you.
Every year in the spring, it is necessary to prune the tree, shaping the crown and removing damaged branches.
Also in the spring, while the tree has not bloomed, it is recommended to carry out a preventive treatment with an insecticide in order to protect the pear from the invasion of pests. If you think that the tree of the Daughter Excellent pear variety also needs prevention from fungal diseases, then it can be carried out in the fall, after the leaves fall, using preparations containing copper.

Conclusion

Pear Daughter Excellent is equally good both for cultivation in a summer cottage and for growing on an industrial scale. In addition, his samples are actively used for breeding work. Resistance to adverse environmental influences, high yield and amazing taste of fruits make the Daughter Excellent pear variety more and more popular not only in the Moscow region and nearby regions (for which it is recommended), but also in other regions of our country.