Pear Allegro

One of the varieties of summer pears is the table variety Allegro, which delights gardeners with beautiful and vitamin fruits with a high marketable yield. Fruits are suitable for fresh consumption, as well as compotes, juices and other dishes.

The originators of the variety are breeders S. P. Yakovlev, Yu. K. Ilyina and S. S. Yakovlev from the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute named after I. V. Michurin. The year of registration is 2002.

The mid-ripening fast-growing Allegro reaches a height of 3.5 meters. Its slightly drooping crown consists of firmly fused skeletal branches. Slightly wavy shoots are colored in light brown shades and are covered with sparse glabrous lenticels. The smooth, shiny leaf plate has a dark green color, ovoid, medium size, sharp tip and base, serrate border of the leaf. All leaves with subulate stipules are directed upward and firmly attached to the branches by medium-long petioles.

Advantages of the variety:

• rapid onset of fruiting;

• high productivity and stable fruiting;

• resistance to weather changes, strong immunity, extended fruiting;

• excellent commercial qualities, dessert taste, the ability to consume not only fresh, but also to receive delicious canned food.

The disadvantages include poor keeping quality - no more than two weeks, and the need to take care of pollination. Allegro flowers are not afraid of frost.

The weight of highly decorative fruits varies from 100 to 140 g. Fruits have a classic, slightly elongated pear shape. Yellow tones, with a predominance of green shades at the beginning of ripening, gradually acquire a rich lemon-yellow deep tone with barely noticeable greenish tints. Part of the surface is covered with a pink blush. All this splendor looks extremely impressive against the background of glossy dark green foliage. Fruits have a rich chemical composition: more than 15% of dry matter, almost 1% of titratable acids, 7.9 mg / 100 g of ascorbic acid, 8.5% of sugars and 48.0 mg / 100 g of P-active substances.

Delicate snow-white pulp with fine grain has a medium density consistency. Juicy and pleasant, it is completely devoid of granulation, the sweet taste is filled with honey notes. The fruits are covered with a delicate smooth skin, completely imperceptible while eating, and are attached to a branch on a long curved stalk. Tasting score 4.5 points.

Allegro belongs to the summer category in terms of ripening - the first ripe fruits begin to be removed in late July - early August, the mass harvest begins in the 1st decade of August. The pear bears fruit with enviable regularity, without rest periods. Fruits retain their consumer value for 15 days, as well as keeping quality. Fruiting occurs 5-6 years after the plant is planted in the ground. The extended ripening of the fruits ensures a long supply of fresh fruit to the table and allows you to slowly process the crop.

The pear is distinguished by consistently high yields - the average indicators are 162 c / ha, up to 10 kg per tree.

The variety is adapted for cultivation in the Central Black Earth Region.

Allegro requires pollinating varieties with the same flowering times, for example, the Chizhovskaya variety.

Allegro seedlings are planted in autumn and spring. Depending on the chosen timing, the preparation of the landing pit begins - this must be done in advance. If the planting is planned for the spring season, then the pit is prepared in the fall, if the seedling is transferred to the ground in the fall, then the pit, respectively, is prepared in advance. The site should be with sufficient lighting, without a close occurrence of groundwater, protected from north and west winds. The soil with a neutral level of acidity should be fertile and breathable (powerful roots, reaching 7 meters in length, oxygen is vital). When choosing a place, it should be borne in mind that transplanting an adult tree is almost impossible, so you need to consider localization thoughtfully.

The size of the pit is 100x50 cm, the optimal planting pattern is 1.5-2 meters between the roots, up to 3 meters between the rows. At the bottom there is an obligatory drainage layer of gravel, pebbles, broken bricks. The excavated soil is enriched with organic matter (10 kg of manure), wood ash, superphosphate. The pit is filled with earth by ⅔ of the total volume. A tall seedling is cut, leaving no more than 1 meter. If the root system is also too developed, it is also pruned by about 10 cm.It is better to temporarily fix the young seedling next to the support until the thin stem gets stronger, the trunk circle is mulched with old cured sawdust, peat or humus.

A good quality seedling begins to develop rather quickly, the tree enters the fruiting season on time. The optimal time for planting young plants in a permanent place of cultivation: from early September to early October, and in spring from early April to May 10, until the buds have blossomed.

Correctly carried out planting of a young tree is the key to future success, but this is far from the end of the work on growing pears. There are requirements for agricultural technology, the violation of which leads to a depressed state of the plant. It is extremely important for the roots of a pear tree to receive oxygen, therefore, loosening the trunk circle is a mandatory procedure, just like whitewashing with slaked lime in spring and autumn. Sanitary pruning is equally important. This activity includes the removal of excess annual shoots, damaged and diseased branches.

Caring for a plant is feeding - the introduction of nutrients in spring and autumn, spraying from pests, monitoring the formation of ovaries, planting pollinating varieties. Many horticultural farms, especially those on an industrial scale, use chemical thinning, that is, reducing the total number of ovaries. Such a technique not only removes the percentage of the load from the tree, but also increases the commodity output. Thus, the prediction and regulation of buds in the next spring is carried out. If too large a yield is allowed in one year, then the concentration of gibberellin will negatively affect the formation of generative buds. As a result, the grower has an effect called rest, when a tree produces a large harvest one year and almost no harvest the next.

The variety has strong immunity, successfully resists attacks by pathogens - fungi, pathogenic bacteria and others. It is resistant to scab, is almost not afraid of pests, but preventive treatments with insecticides and fungicides should not be excluded from mandatory measures.

Allegro has good winter hardiness, copes well with sudden cold snaps during the growing season.