Pear Tenderness

Pear Tenderness is very much appreciated by domestic gardeners, since the tree brings a large amount of harvest, which is distinguished by its external and taste qualities and has a delicious aroma.

Fruits of the pear variety Tenderness are very well suited for making stewed fruit, jam, for other preparations and for cooking dried fruits.

This article will focus on the features of the columnar pear Tenderness, as well as the rules for its cultivation.

Pear Tenderness: variety description and characteristics

Pear Tenderness: photo of the variety

The culture is our compatriot with you, and was bred by crossing other equally attractive hybrids, such as the Klappovaya Pet and Topic... The pear variety Tenderness has adopted the positive characteristics of the parent plants, therefore it has become a very advantageous cultivation option.

The height of the tree of a speckled pear Tenderness reaches 6 meters, while the trunk is strong and has a rich dark brown color. The crown is of medium thickening and looks like a pyramid. The branches of the plant extend from the trunk at an angle of 90 degrees, the leaf plates have an oval shape and a characteristic sharpening at the tip. In this case, the surface of the sheet plate is shiny.

Speaking about the fruits of the Tenderness pear, it should be noted that they are quite large. Each weighs more than 150 g. The shape of the fruit forms a wide oval. The length of the fruit is approximately 13 - 14 cm. When the pear is not yet ripe, its peel has a light green tint. And as it matures, its color becomes rich yellow. On the side to which the sunlight was directed, an appetizing blush is always poured. Also, the fruit is characterized by a pronounced waxy bloom. These fruits have a dense, grainy pulp. Approximately 30 kg of fruit can be harvested from each tree.

The most advantageous quality of the Tenderness variety is the taste of pears, which so harmoniously combines aroma, sourness and sweetness.

Pear Tenderness: advantages and disadvantages

Of the advantages pear varieties Tenderness emit a large amount of harvest, high taste of fruits, the ability to use fruits both raw and for harvesting a tree, good resistance to frost - the culture can withstand 40 degrees below zero. At the same time, the tree has sufficient immunity to various common diseases, as well as pests.

The fruits of this tree contain a large amount of useful nutrients, especially vitamins C and B1, B2 in large quantities. In addition, the content of trace elements so necessary for the body makes the pear even more attractive for growing.

However, noted and limitations pears Tenderness, which include low resistance to drought, as well as the observance of certain rules to achieve a high yield and a short shelf life of fruits.

Pear Tenderness: planting varieties

Pear Tenderness: photo of the variety

In general, the columnar pear Tenderness is considered unpretentious, since it is capable of producing crops, growing and developing in almost any territory. However, if you want to collect a large number of tasty sweet fruits, you must still follow the agricultural techniques, which will be described below. This not only promotes high fruiting, but also helps protect plants from various ailments.

The optimal time for planting pear varieties Tenderness will be autumn - in mid-October. Or you can plant a pear in early spring. In this case, it is necessary to choose the time when active sap flow begins, so that the pear takes root faster. Also, during the spring-summer period and autumn, the plant will have time to prepare for the cold winter and will not freeze.

• Sapling selection

When growing the columnar variety of pear Tenderness, special attention should be paid to the choice of planting material, since only a healthy, good plant can produce the maximum amount of tasty fruits and will not get sick during the cultivation process.

Thus, the acquired seedling must be more than one year old and have a sufficiently large root system. An earthen lump should be present on the roots, and there should be no signs of disease on the entire plant. In addition, it is better to ask where and how the planting material was stored, since the future growth and development of the plant depends on it.

• Landing place

It is necessary to prepare in advance the place where the pear will grow, since it will need special climatic conditions in order to accelerate adaptation and achieve a larger yield. It is best if the pear is planted in an open, lighted area. However, it must be protected from drafts. Groundwater should run deep enough, no closer than 2.5 meters. The mountain ash will not be the best neighbor, since it is a carrier of various diseases, and you should also not plant a pear next to buildings that will shade a small plant. The same goes for nearby tall trees. The soil can be anything, but the plant will bear fruit best on fertile clay soils with favorable characteristics.

• Landing rules

Before planting a plant, you need to prepare a seedling, namely, soak it for a day in warm clean water. This event will allow starting the growth processes in the roots, as well as speeding up the metabolism in the plant. You can also add various growth stimulants to the water, such as Zircon or Kornevin.

Before planting, the soil must be pre-fertilized by adding manure or chicken droppings there, as well as compost and wood ash. The roots of the seedling are also pre-soaked in a weak solution of manganese. In order to rid them of parasites and protect them from various diseases.

Further, in advance, 14 days before the planting time, it is necessary to fertilize and dig a large planting hole. The dug soil must be mixed thoroughly with sand, manure, superphosphate and potassium sulfate, and then the soil with the substances added to it is returned to the hole and this place is watered with dissolved lime, at the rate of two glasses of lime per bucket of water.

After all the above manipulations have been carried out, it is necessary to choose cloudy cool weather. Better if it is the first half of the day. Then you can start planting. To do this, a sufficiently deep hole is dug, about a meter by a meter, and then a seedling is already placed in it. In this case, it is necessary to properly straighten the roots, and then cover the seedling with soil from above.

After that, the soil is properly compacted. It is also necessary to build a trench about 10 cm deep around the trunk. Through this trench, the plant is watered all the time, using about a bucket of water per seedling.

Pear Tenderness: variety care

Further, for the pear Tenderness, proper careful care is necessary in order for the tree to take root and grow well. The soil must be periodically weeded, loosened, and watered. Do not forget about fertilizers and regularly form the crown of the tree. Also, preventive measures should be taken against insect pests and possible diseases.

• Watering

Watering here will depend on the overall air temperature at different times of the year. Therefore, if we are talking about spring and autumn, then it will be enough to water the pear once a month. And on hot summer days, you should water it about 3 times a month.You should also pay attention here to the age of the plant itself, since a young seedling does not need a large amount of water, and as the tree grows, the volume of liquid should be brought to 30 liters. As a result, an adult tree must be watered until the layer of moist soil reaches 80 cm.

Water for irrigation must always be clean and settled so that its temperature is equal to the air temperature. In the off-season, the tree should be watered directly under the root, and in the summer, sprinkler irrigation should also be used. If you water the pear using the sprinkler method, you should choose only morning or evening so that the bright sunlight does not burn the leaves through the droplets of water.

If it rains outside, you should wait at least three days after that and water the pear again. The presence of a near-stem circle for watering is necessary for the normal growth of the plant. The moisture level should be controlled and the soil should not be waterlogged. After you have planted a seedling, watering is also required.

• Feeding

For the first two years, the tree of the pear variety Tenderness does not need to be fed, since all the necessary fertilizers were introduced into the soil, which are consumed by a young seedling for 2 years. Starting from the third year, it is necessary to systematically apply new fertilizers to the soil.

In order for the tree to bear fruit well, potassium and phosphorus should be added to the soil. Therefore, these substances should form the basis of the fertilizer. Potassium must be added during the flowering tree, planting it according to the instructions. Thus, 5 liters of potassium solution will be enough for one tree. Then, during the formation of fruits, it is necessary to feed the pear again, using a superphosphate solution of about 7 liters as a fertilizer.

• Crown formation

The first pruning should be done immediately after you have planted the seedling. All branches should be shortened here so that they are of the same length. In this case, the branches are cut off by about a third. Then, at the beginning of summer, the branches are again shortened in order to better form the root system. In this case, only the 3 most powerful shoots should be left. Then, as the tree grows, a 5-tiered crown is formed. At the same time, all cut sites must be treated with coal so that the infection does not penetrate the tree.

It is also necessary, in addition to formative, to do sanitary pruning, which is usually carried out in the very early spring or after all the leaves have fallen off. It is necessary to remove all old, diseased, dried-up branches.

When the plant is already 4 years old, it is necessary to carry out thinning pruning, so that more sunlight and air flow to the fruits. Teething pruning is also carried out before the start of sap flow or after harvesting.

• Preparing for winter

Despite the fact that the Tenderness pear tree has good frost resistance, preliminary preparation is still required before winter, especially when the seedling is still very young during the first 5 years of life. After all the leaves have fallen off and the harvest is harvested, and this will be October or November, it is necessary to wrap the tree trunk. Straw, reeds, or hay are great shelters. It is necessary to tightly wrap the trunk with a layer of about 10 cm with the above means and tie it with a rope. You can simply wrap the barrel with spunbond or burlap.

The soil around the trunk must be well mulched. Straw, hay, pine needles, etc. are perfect as mulch. The layer must be at least 7 cm.

Diseases and pests

• Most often, the pear variety Tenderness can be struck by diseases such as scab - solutions of colloidal salt are used for treatment.
• Bacteriosis In this case, you can treat the wood with a manganese solution.
• Fruit rot. In order to get rid of the disease, the culture should be treated with an ash solution. You can process the whole tree, as well as the fruits themselves.

The most popular insect pests are aphids and beetles.

• If signs of insects appear, it is necessary to use special preparations, for example, oxychom. In this case, the plants should be treated twice with an interval of two weeks.
• If beetles defeated the Tenderness pear, then cayenne pepper infusion will help to cope with them. The drug is diluted at the rate of 1 g per bucket of water. It is necessary to treat the diseased parts with this solution.

Harvesting

You can harvest the fruits of the Tenderness pear variety at the end of September. At the same time, it is possible to determine ripe fruits or not by the following signs: the color of pears becomes a bright yellow hue, and a bright blush appears on the sides, illuminated by the sun. It is necessary to pick pears by hand, if the harvest is ripe, then they will easily be separated from the branches

If you decide to store the crop, you need to place it in wooden boxes in one layer. It is best to place them in a cellar, where the air temperature will not exceed 10 degrees, and the humidity will be at least 85%. If all parameters are observed, the pear will be stored for two months. At the same time, it is important that other vegetables or fruits are not kept nearby, which can transfer various fungi and pathogenic microorganisms to your crop. You should also not put boxes with pears next to the walls, but keep a distance of about 15 cm. If you store pears in the refrigerator, then they lie here for about 3 weeks.

Conclusion

Pear Tenderness is the most beloved and very popular variety that growers grow on their site. They make their choice in favor of the Tenderness variety, since the tree is immune to various diseases, is rarely attacked by insects, and also has delicious fruit tastes. In addition, observing simple rules, even a novice gardener can grow a pear variety Tenderness.