Pear Russian beauty: variety description, photo, growing rules

The article presents a pear Russian beauty: a description of the variety, photos, characteristics, guidelines for planting, growing, protection.

The author of the Russian beauty pear variety is the breeder Chernenko S.F., well-known in the relevant circles, of the many varieties he has bred, the Russian beauty pear is the most often grown. The reason for this popularity lies in the excellent taste, long shelf life for the autumn pear variety and good frost resistance. And in order to finally make sure of the correct choice of the Russian beauty pear, we advise you to read our article to the end.

Pear Russian beauty: variety description

Pear Russian beauty: photo of the variety

You already know that the author of the Russian beauty pear variety is S.F. Chernenko, bred at the All-Russian Research Institute of the Tambov Region in the city of Michurinsk. Initially, the variety was called "Beauty Chernenko". Obtained by crossing Ferdinant and Blankova's Daughter. The pear Russian beauty has been included in the state register since 1996, the variety is zoned to the Central Region, which does not prevent it from growing in the southern regions.

We will describe the pear of the Russian Beauty variety in the article in order and start with the characteristics of the tree:

• The branches are directed upward, and can reach five meters in height, the crown is quite narrow throughout the entire area from the base to the top, the shape is a pyramid.
• Note that the branches and green mass do not grow densely.
• Shoots are almost straight, burgundy-chocolate color, strewn with many lentils throughout the area.
• The leaf plate is large, in the center there is a distinct central vein of an elongated shape, the color is marsh green, the leaves have finely serrated edges around the perimeter.
• The buds are large, cone-shaped, chocolate-colored.
• The flowers are voluminous, the flowering period begins in the last week of May, the base is on annelids, and twigs at the end.

Note to beginners! For high-quality growth of the crown of the "Russian Beauty" tree, for the first couple, three years, the shoots are bent and fixed at an acute angle of 50 degrees.

Although the pear variety Russkaya Krasavitsa is zoned to the Central Region, its frost resistance is average and with a strong drop in temperature, freezing of the shoots may occur.

Pear Russian beauty: description of fruits

Pear Russian beauty: photo of the variety

After reading the gardeners' reviews about the Russian beauty pear, you will immediately notice how they praise the taste and appearance. Not every pear variety has a fruit that can reach a weight of three hundred grams, of course, this is not an average figure and in general the weight varies from 160 to 300 grams.

Taste qualities of a pear Russian beauty is also out of competition, the pulp practically melts in the mouth, slightly oily and abundantly saturated with juice. Sweetness predominates, but there is a slight sourness. The rind is soft.

The appearance of the pears is also good, which is a positive quality in terms of the sale of the crop. By the time of ripeness, the fruit acquires a grassy lemon color with a slightly noticeable blush on the side facing the sun.Please note that the blush becomes richer during storage.

The fruit is regular pear-shaped with a distinct tuberous surface. The moment of ripening of the crop comes in the last days of August, depending on the region of cultivation, the date may be shifted to a later one. They retain their consumer qualities when properly stored in refrigeration equipment for up to 45 days.

What is the yield of the pear variety Russian beauty

Pear variety Russian beauty: photo

Pear variety Russian beauty is not fast-growing. You can try the first harvest only when the plant reaches the age of seven or eight years. The volume and number of fruits increases gradually, an adult pear gives about one hundred and forty kilograms of fruits, with proper care, these indicators can be increased to 200 kg. The tree will give such data for about thirty years, after which the volumes will begin to fall due to the aging of the tree. The life span of this variety is no more than fifty years.

Pear Russian beauty: the basics of growing

In order to get the most out of the Russian Beauty pear variety, you should follow some simple rules:

• Choose an area that is well lit by the sun for planting a tree.
• Pear Russian Beauty does not like windy areas, this must be taken into account.
• The terrain is preferably flat on the south side.
• Systematic and stable watering is obligatory, drought is fatal for the described variety. With a lack of water, the peel of the fruit becomes rough.
• Do not allow stagnation of water in the soil.
• Groundwater is permissible at a depth of two meters or more.
• Low acidity soil (loam) is preferred.
• Systematic feeding is required.
• Timely sanitary and aesthetic pruning.
• Implement timely preventive measures to prevent disease and pest prevalence.

Important. Under no circumstances should you plant a Russian Krasavitsa pear in the lowlands. In winter, the temperature there is several degrees lower, and the tree will freeze even in small frosts.

Pear Russian beauty: pollinators of the variety

The pear variety Russian Beauty gives a good harvest even if one tree is planted, as it is self-fertile. But if you want to improve fruiting, plant in the neighborhood varieties whose flowering period coincides with the "Russian Beauty". The best pear for this purpose can be called "Yakovlev's Favorite".

What are the advantages and disadvantages of a pear Russian beauty

Benefits of pear Russian beauty:

• Yield
• Excellent taste and appearance
• Long shelf life of fruits
• Good immunity to diseases and pests

Disadvantages of pear Russian beauty:

• Large dimensions of the tree, which complicates
• Late fruiting dates
• Very picky culture and requires some care
• Medium resistance to temperature drop
• Not one-dimensional fruits

Planting and leaving

Pear Russian beauty - a "girl" that requires careful care, without it you can be disappointed in the yield. The basis from which care begins is the correct planting, it is on it that the good development of culture will depend on 70%.

Rules for planting pears Russian beauty

The date of the optimal planting time varies depending on the growing region, based on a minimum of three weeks before the onset of frost. The seedling is transplanted to a permanent place at rest, when the foliage has fallen, and the buds have not yet swollen. When growing a variety in the south, planting is preferable in autumn, in the north in spring.

The pit is prepared in advance, a season before planting, filling it with a prepared substrate for the winter period.

• parameters: 70x80 cm, sheer walls.
• The top layer is not laid, but harvested and left aside.

In cases where the soil on the site is not fertile, the dimensions of the pit being prepared should be increased by one meter or more.With an abundant rise in groundwater at the time of disembarkation, the mound on which the seedling will be installed should be at least forty centimeters.

Further, the gardener focuses on the timing of planting in his region:

• When planting a Russian beauty pear in autumn, the prepared soil is mixed with 15-30 liters of humus and a young plant is planted in this consistency. Potassium sulfate and double superphosphate are added to the deposited upper layer in proportions of 60 g and 200 g, respectively. At the time of planting, the tree will not take the fertilizers it has applied, but in the spring, with the melting of water, it will be delivered to the root system.
• For the spring planting of pears, the Russian beauty does not separate the components, and mix everything in a single mass so that the seedling can immediately receive everything it needs.

Landing scheme

• The seedling should be 1-2 years old.
• Carry out a thorough examination for damage and root formation; for planting, the root lobe must be developed.
• At the bottom of the pit, a mound is poured from a previously prepared soil.
• Install a peg on the south side (installed at the bottom of the pit).
• A seedling is carefully placed on the mound, and the roots are straightened over its surface.
• The roots are covered with a planting substrate, periodically shaking the tree slightly, this will allow the earth to lie more densely on the roots.
• The root collar should be two or three centimeters above ground level, this point is very important and cannot be ignored. In the process of soil subsidence, the collar will rise to the same level with the ground.
• It is important to moisturize the wood well. For this, 15 liters of water are poured out when the pit is 50% filled with earth and 30 liters when it is completely filled up.
• The soil inside the trunk circle is trampled in such a way that an inclination towards the center is obtained.
• Be sure to lay it with mulch; peat or any other organic compounds are perfect for this. The layer is made about five cm high, at a distance of 2 cm from the trunk.
• Using a twine or soft rope, the trunk is fixed at the peg.
• When planting a pear seedling, a Russian beauty of one year, cut off the top so that the height of the plant is 80-90 cm, in a two-year-old, side shoots are also reduced.

Irrigation scheme and pear nutrition Russian beauty

When planting the pear variety Russian Beauty in the spring, the young plant is watered every 7 days for 15-20 liters.

With the growth process, the number of watering decreases and, as a result, 6-7 times is enough for an adult plant:

• when forming buds.
• after the petals fell off the flowers.
• in the hot period of the year 3-4 times, to be guided by the condition of the soil.
• at the end of the fall.

Up to 60 liters of water is used for one soil moistening. The pears of the Russian Beauty variety are watered in the morning and in the evening, dividing the indicated displacement in two.

Food is added a year after planting. For one adult tree of the "Russian Beauty" they use:

• 30 g Ammonium nitrate is diluted in 15 liters. water, applied in the spring.
• At the end of the leaf fall, add superphosphate and potassium sulfate (15 g + 20 g), the soil must be loosened and watered.
• In the fall, a layer of mulch is laid out and the same fertilizers are applied to the soil as in the paragraph above, but in proportions of 20 g + 30 g, respectively. In the spring, the trunk circle is dug up, due to which the mulch gets into the soil.

For young pears of the Russian Beauty variety, the proportions of fertilizers are divided by 2.

Pruning

Pear pruning Russian beauty is a must, it allows you to control the growth of the crown, which simplifies the harvesting process.

• Spring... Sanitary pruning is carried out, dry and frozen branches are removed. In the process of formative pruning, four strong shoots are left growing parallel to the soil in each tier, the base is shortened.
• In the summer pinch off shoots that are not needed.
• In autumn if necessary, repeat the sanitary and shaping haircut.

It is important to "know when to stop" when pruning a pear in the fall. Russian beauty, otherwise you can harm the tree and, as a result, it will endure the cold worse.In obligatory and frequent formation it is necessary to carry out in young plants, while adults only need to prune long branches and those that grow inward.

Whitewashing pears Russian beauty

Whitewashing has its own specific purpose, it is applied not for beauty, but to protect the bark of the tree. By whitening the trunk and some branches, you will save the plant from sunburn, as well as take preventive measures against diseases and parasites.

Whitewash scheme

• from October to November - main
• End of February - renewal

When processing, not only the bole is covered with paint, but also 1/3 of the main lower branches and the forks from them. The bark must be prepared, for this it is treated with a soft plastic brush, but gloves with a rough surface on the palms are best. Next, disinfection is carried out with a solution of copper sulfate with 35, and the cracks are closed with garden varnish or specialized paste.

Whitewash can be purchased in garden stores, it contains, in addition to paint, adhesive components, due to which it lasts longer.

Important. If you took a lime-based paint for processing, applying it to a young plant, reduce the concentration by half.

Pear Russian beauty: shelter for the winter

Since the Russian beauty pear variety is very tall, you cannot completely close it for the winter, but you can help it a little to survive the cold:

• Remove foliage and debris from the trunk circle, dig up.
• Lay on the same trunk circle a layer of twenty centimeters of mulch or humus.
• Tie the bole treated with paint with coniferous branches or burlap.

Necessarily remove too much snow from the branches, otherwise they may break under the weight of the snow.

Diseases and insect pests

The pear variety Russian Krasavitsa has very good immunity indicators against various diseases, including Scab. One of the methods of prevention is the correct care and planting of the plant.

• One of the threats to the culture is powdery mildew, which manifests itself in the form of an ash deposit on the green mass and fruits.
• Brown spot will show itself on the leaves in the form of spots of the same color, which will gradually grow.
• The name fruit rot speaks for itself, manifests itself in the form of chocolate brown formations with white dots.

The methods of control are the same for all of the above diseases: spraying with fungicide-containing preparations, strictly according to the instructions.

Of the insects, the fruit gall midge is a threat to the tree.

The larvae of the parasite colonize the ovaries in the spring, due to which the fruit is not formed presentable or dry out. Method of struggle: Karbofos.

The caterpillars of the pear stalk are also dangerous for the plant, they feed on the pulp of the fruit, eating through the tunnels in the pear, due to which their further rotting occurs.

For those who do not want to use chemicals, traps and nutrient solutions are suitable.

Pear Russian beauty: reviews

Igor, 53 years old, Vyazma.

I have a very rich experience in growing fruit trees. I don't really like to update my garden and look for something new. I mainly grow apple trees, but I don’t favor pears. It is not easy to choose a variety that would meet all my requirements. 10 years ago, I was again looking for new items among apple trees and while studying the state register I came across "Russian Beauty", after reading the reviews, I realized that this is mine. Magnificent large fruits, excellent taste. One "but" for me is low frost resistance, on reflection I decided that I can cope with this. Moreover, in my garden there are already pears of weak winter hardiness. I waited patiently for the harvest, I took appropriate care, and two years ago my family tried the first pears. An excellent variety. I advise everyone.

Svyatoslav, 43 g, Bryansk.

I am, if I may say so, a fan of pears. The only thing that bothers me is the size of the site. The variety "Russian Beauty" appeared in my grafting method. Finding the stalk was not easy, but possible.Grafted to "Moskvichka", they have the same flowering period, due to which they pollinate each other. With this method, the waiting time for the first fruits is significantly reduced. I tried the first pears three years later.

Conclusion

Characteristics, photographs, videos and reviews of gardeners help in choosing the Russian Beauty pear variety for your garden. This variety is suitable for those who have enough patience and who value appearance and taste together.

Pear Russian beauty: video about the variety