For many years, Russian breeders working with pear varieties have been able to create a ton of all kinds of “beauties”. There is a Russian beauty, and Forest, and Michurinsky. Today we decided to learn more about the pear Samara beauty. Description, photos and reviews about it can be found in this article. This variety is a kind of "golden mean": the fruits do not have to wait long, but nevertheless it has enough time to "get drunk" with the summer heat and frequent rains of August.
general information
Pear Samara beauty is an early autumn fruit crop. Her buds bloom late, therefore, and flowering comes later. Harvesting is done until mid-September.
Harvest should be stored after harvest in a dark and cool place for no more than a month. If you "overexpose", then the taste of the fruit will deteriorate.
According to breeders, the Samara beauty brings the first more or less good crops in the fifth year of life. After that, with proper care, she will annually delight gardeners with fruiting at an industrial level.
Breeding history
Pear variety Samara beauty was bred in the Middle Volga region taking into account the agrotechnical characteristics and climate of this region. Experts believe that this area is ideal for the development of gardening, as it meets all the requirements for good growth of cultivated plants.
Agronomists of the Research Institute of Medicinal Plants and Horticulture "Zhiguli Gardens" in the Samara Region: Kedrina T., Kedrin S., Kuznetsova A.
The elite varieties Desertnaya and Kuybyshevskaya golden became the "parents" of the Samara beauty. In 2006, the variety was officially registered and recommended for cultivation in the Samara region. When planting pears in this region, breeders guarantee the yield and taste declared in the specification.
Pear Samara beauty: description and photo
The tree should not be tall - this is a drawback. According to standards, it should be medium or slightly higher. The pear reaches its maximum growth in a short time. The stamp is covered with green-gray bark.
The main branches grow almost at right angles from the stem; the leafy crown is oval or round in shape.
The shoots are formed elongated, the color is brown-brown. Naked bent shoots may show slight curvature.
The buds of the tree are slightly elongated, protruding. The foliage in the center is slightly curved, painted in a light green color.
Fruit Description
Pear Samara beauty gives large and medium fruits. As a rule, the most beautiful, neat pears appear on an adult tree, the average weight of each is from 140 to 190 grams. However, if the climatic conditions are favorable, proper agricultural practices are being carried out, then the pears can be much larger, a crop was recorded with fruits of an average weight of 350 grams.
Pear Samara beauty has the fruits of either a classic or elongated "bottle" shape. Initially, their color is green-yellow, and during the period of complete ripening, a characteristic diffused red-brown blush appears on the skin. Numerous brown-green subcutaneous spots are also clearly visible on the skin.
The pear pulp is white, very juicy, while the consistency may seem rough. Inside is a seed nest, in it are seeds of gray-brown color.
The taste of the fruit is sweet, with a small astringent acidity. If ripening occurred in conditions of sufficient heat and sun, then the taste will be good. If in the season there were few sunny days and a lot of rain, then the quality of the taste will be only satisfactory. The variety received a tasting assessment in the range from 3.8 to 4.1 points on a five-point scale.
Pear Samara beauty, the variety description of which we provide in the article, is universal in application. It can be consumed fresh, boiled fruit compotes, and jelly, jam and marmalade are excellent, very fragrant.
Characteristic
From the fifth year of its life, the pear Samara beauty begins to bear fruit steadily, annually increasing productivity. This rhythm allows you to harvest good crops. According to statistics, already in the seventh year from one tree you can collect more than thirty kilograms of fruit.
The presentation of the pears is preserved for a rather long time, so there are no problems with the implementation. Transportability is high, which allows the transportation of fruits over long distances. Thanks to the dense peel, the pulp does not crease, the shape does not deteriorate.
The advantage of the variety is high frost resistance. Pear Samara beauty can survive the winter without loss with lowering the temperature to -35 degrees. However, if severe frosts are observed, fruit buds may be destroyed.
The crop can be grown for personal consumption, and it is also ideal for cultivating gardens of an industrial scale.
Landing place
The variety is heat-loving, therefore it is necessary to choose a site well lit by the sun's rays and sheltered from the winds. The tree is not afraid of the scorching sun, and an excess of shade will lead to a decrease in the sugar content in the fruits.
The soil should be loamy, fertile black soil is also ideal. The pear Samara beauty does not tolerate excessive moisture. If it is not possible to plant a tree in remote places from a close occurrence of groundwater, or if the site is in a lowland where water is collected, it is necessary to provide artificial drainage. Ignoring this recommendation will lead to weakening, frequent diseases of the plant, then it will die.
Landing
After choosing the optimal place for planting, you need to dig a hole, the diameter of which is 70 centimeters, and the depth is a meter. After this, it is necessary to pour a solution of lime to neutralize the pests that feed on the roots and bark. The solution is prepared at the rate of 2 cups of fluff per 10-liter bucket of water. The soil dug from the pit should be mixed with two buckets of humus, the same amount of sand, a glass of superphosphate. After a week, you can begin to land.
The seedling must be installed so that its root neck remains at the level of five centimeters above the ground. After the planting is completed, it is necessary to water the soil well, to fill it with a mulch layer in two centimeters.
Care
The pear Samara beauty must be irrigated in especially dry seasons once a week. If there is enough rain, then watering is done twice a month. Experienced gardeners also recommend removing dead or too long shoots - this is necessary to increase yield. It is necessary to apply organic fertilizers once a year, and mineral fertilizers during the flowering period, during the fruit setting and in the period of pear ripening.
Stable loosening of the land near the trunk will prevent infection of the tree with putrefactive and fungal diseases, and will repel the attack of pests. Pear Samara beauty is resistant to such attacks, but in order to prevent this procedure is necessary.
The variety tolerates frosts well, so no preparation for winter is necessary, except for wrapping the planting material planted this season with covering material.
Pear Reviews
The Samara beauty is a relatively new variety, not all gardeners who planted these trees on their site have been able to get good crops. Those who grow pear from the first years of its cultivation note a worthy annual crop and good taste of the fruit.
They write that the tree is not capricious, resistant to diseases, so caring for it is simple.
Pear Samara beauty is recommended for cultivation and industrial agricultural land.