Children's pear

Once the pear was known only in Ancient Greece, where it became an adornment of the gardens and residences of rulers. Currently, there are several dozen species and several thousand varieties, including the Children's pear.

This tree was bred by crossing the hybrid No. 8 x Summer Duchess. The fruits of this pear are delicious fresh, they are also suitable for canning.

While the tree is young, it has a highly spherical crown, subsequently its shape changes to a pyramidal one. The branches grow strong, but they are few. Shoots are thick, not curved, light brown in color. The foliage is medium in size, the edges are small-town and directed upwards.

Children's fruits do not grow large, their size is estimated as medium. The maximum weight is 80 grams. The color of pears is light yellow, there is a pinkish-orange cover.

Children's pears are sweet in taste. The fruits of this variety are valued for their juiciness.

This variety belongs to the early summer, therefore, its fruits begin to be harvested at the end of July. The collection continues until mid-August.

Already 4 years after planting from the tree, you can get a good harvest. Children's pear bears fruit regularly.

This indicator is assessed as good.

It is grown mainly in the Central region.

No pollinator required.

The described variety is planted in nutrient-rich, well-drained, moist soil with a pH of 6.2-6.7.

Before planting a seedling in a permanent place, the base must be carefully processed. You can use special herbicides for this purpose. The trees are planted in a row at intervals of 2 meters.

Children's pear is watered regularly so that the soil on which it grows is constantly moist. Watering abundantly is necessary only in case of prolonged drought, or when the tree grows on sandy and sandy loam soil. If possible, it is better to equip an irrigation system.

This variety requires the use of a complex fertilizer.Proper feeding has a positive effect on the texture of the leaves, the taste of the fruit pulp and their appearance, as well as the correct development of the plant.

First, it is necessary to regulate the soil pH level, as well as the amount of the main trace elements in the soil, such as nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K) and magnesium (Mg). For one season, a tree of this variety requires 150 kg of potassium, 120 kg of nitrogen, 30 kg of magnesium and 20 kg of phosphorus per hectare. Feeding with these elements is decisive at the stage of bud setting and fruiting.

The deficiency of microelements causes, in particular, underdevelopment and fall of flowers, deformation of leaves, necrotic spots, as well as the termination of the process of nitrogen fixation in plants. Children's pear is a plant that requires boron. Underfeeding leads to poor fruiting and clumsy fruit. Foliar dressing is carried out during dry and sunny weather (the optimum temperature is 12-26 degrees).

Pruning a children's pear consists of several main stages. First, we carry out the procedure immediately after planting - we remove the trunk in height, and select 5 main branches that will make up the tree frame. In the following years, we form a crown and perform sanitary pruning. We remove branches that claim to be a second trunk, lateral, broken, dry shoots. The procedure is always performed at the beginning of spring. In the summer, shoots growing vertically are removed inside the crown - the so-called tops.

When pruning, remember that the most important thing is not to disturb the lower part of the crown, as this will upset the balance and structure of the entire skeleton. Young branches are also not removed, because they will bear fruit in the future.

Collection and storage

Children's pear is harvested a few days before reaching maturity. The fruits are plucked together with the tail and stored in a dark room with low temperature and high humidity. The room needs to be ventilated from time to time. Fruit should be checked regularly and discarded when rotten.

This tree has a high immunity to fungal-type diseases. For all other diseases, the tree must be processed. For this, sulfur-based fungicides are widely used.

Insecticides help with insecticides, which are sold in stores in a wide range.

To preserve the tree, it is better to start with prevention. All fallen leaves are harvested in autumn and burned. In autumn, trees are treated with 5% urea solution. For the trunk circle, a solution with a concentration of 7% is used.

When the kidneys of the Nursery begin to open, a solution of 3-4% Bordeaux liquid is prepared for spraying. You can use 10 grams of azofoska or 40 grams of a preparation based on copper oxide. Take at the rate of 6 grams per 10 liters of water.

After flowering is complete, spraying is necessary again.If the season contributes to the development of scab (high humidity, low temperature), then the number of procedures can be increased to 6. It is imperative to take breaks for two or three weeks. It should be borne in mind that at least 20 days must elapse from the last spraying to harvest.

The Children's variety has high winter hardiness.