Information on a pear grade Thawing widespread on the North and the South of Ukraine is given.
Among early winter grades grushi, the grade Thawing is very popular in amateur gardeners. It zasluzhivaet a wide circulation not only in the southern regions of Ukraine, but also in central, including the North western part of the Forest-steppe where well itself recommended very large quality fruits, at umeyorenny productivity.
The grade is received in the Crimean research center of fruit growing of IS UAAN from crossing of grades Bør Bosk and Olivier de Serr. Authors A.F.Mileshko, O. S. Harchenko, P.E.Solyannikov, B.O.Osmanov.
The tree fast-growing, forms quite big, shirokopiramidalny krone. The main branches depart from a trunk at an angle 50-60 °. The Probuzhdayemost of kidneys low owing to what the krone not zagushhaetsya also is easily formed at minimum a scrap and truncation of escapes.
The grade undemanding to cultivation conditions, is characterized by quite high winter hardiness, stability to parshe and to a thermal burn of leaves. Blossoms in late terms, a flower are quite steady against spring frosts. Chastichyono samoplodny. With a quince it is incompatible. For cultivation on a quince it is necessary ispolzovat intermediary grades – the Cure, Bør Ardanpon, Pass Krassan and others.
Fructification enters: on seyanets of a wood pear – on the 5-6th, on a quince – for the 3-4th year. Crops annual, moderate. Average productivity 10 – 15-year trees – 19,5, maximum – 26,4 t/hectares.
The best pollinators: Yakimovsky, Mayoriya, Emerald, Salgirsky winter, Joan of Arc, Crimean honey, Gurzufsky, Health-resort visitor.
Fruits very large, one-dimensional, average mass of 370-400 g, maximum – 920 g, shirokogrushevidny, slightly rebriyosty. Fruit top wide, with a stupid reyobristost.
Thin skin thin, dry, smooth, inogda slightly orzhavlenny. The main coloring in a demountable maturity green, at complete maturing – chartreuse or clear and yellow, integumentary – in the form of a legyoky pink flush on solar storone a fruit.
Pulp cream, average plotnosti, juicy, oily, with hardly uloviyomy aroma; taste saturated, garmoyonichny, sweet, with a moderate kislinka (4,5-4,9 points).
The demountable maturity of fruits in usloviyax the Crimea comes at the end of September. Nesmotrya for the large sizes, fruits strongly keep on a tree. At svoyevreyomenny and careful seme, in usual conditions are stored to the middle of November, in the refrigerator (-1°S) – till the end of January. The Toyovarnost very high – 95-97 %.
N. MATVIENKO, candidate of agricultural sciences, leading research associate of department of selection of IS UAAN. (House. ph.: (044) 526-27-06, mob. 8-067-296-40-11).