Full description of the pear variety Talgar beauty

What gardener doesn't grow pears? Its delicious fruits contain organic acids, fiber, pectin, vitamins, and therefore are very useful. Among the huge variety of species and varieties of pears, Talgar beauty is one of the most popular.

Description of pear variety Talgar beauty

Let's start with a description of the pear variety. The Talgar beauty was bred by the breeder A.N. Katseiko, at the Kazakh Research Institute of Horticulture and Viticulture. The variety is obtained as a result of pollination of the seeds of "Forest Beauty". Breeding number 1-20 / 13. Since 1960, the variety has been under state variety testing, and since 1991, the state register has been included in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, in the North Caucasus region. Today the plant is cultivated in Krasnodar and Stavropol Territories and in Ukraine.

The variety is medium-sized, reaching a height of about three meters. The crown is wide, dense, in the form of a pyramid. The main branches grow almost perpendicular to the trunk, the fruits are tied mainly on the ringed branches. The bark is rough, gray. Shoots of medium thickness, straight, brown in color. The kidneys are large in the form of a cone.

Leaves are elliptical, with a pointed tip, rich green color, growing on long petioles. The fruits are large, with a bottle shape characteristic of a pear and a smooth, dense skin. Average weight 160 g, the largest reach up to 250 g. The color is pale yellow with a red blush. The pulp is juicy, fine-grained, crunchy, with a good taste.

Fruits ripen in early autumn, late September-early October, You can store up to two months, in order to extend the shelf life, you need to collect them ahead of time, so that the fruits are a little immature.

The variety is early ripening, the first fruits are 4-5 years old, fruiting is annual and very abundant. Talgar beauty is resistant to drought and frost, able to withstand temperatures up to -30 degrees. Even if it freezes, it recovers quite quickly.

Due to this quality, it is suitable for growing in central Russia and the Moscow region, but it grows and bears fruit best of all in the southern regions. Not cultivated in the northern regions.

Advantages and disadvantages

The main advantages of the variety are:

• unpretentiousness,
• resistance to fungal diseases,
• winter hardiness and drought resistance,
• large-fruited and high yield (up to 20 tons per hectare),
• very good taste,
• fruits are well stored and can be transported.

Disadvantages of the variety are minor, these include the coarse pulp of the fruit, which is not suitable for lovers of soft pears and darkening of the pulp if the fruits were not removed in time.

Landing rules

For successful survival, it is best to purchase one-year-old seedlings, the height of their trunk from the root collar to the first branches should not exceed 60 cm, the length of the main branches is about 5-10 cm, and the trunk diameter is about 1 cm.The trunk must be healthy, without damage or disturbance the integrity of the bark.

The root system should be well developed, a tree with a small number of fibrous roots and branches will not take root well. Before planting, the roots of the plant are immersed in water for a day, during which time they will gain moisture.

The pear loves fertile, loose soil with neutral or minimal acidity. Does not tolerate sandy, clayey and waterlogged soil. If the groundwater is above 2 m, then a mound must be made to plant a tree.

Planting stages:

1. Pit preparation. A hole is dug at least 60 cm deep and about half a meter wide. The soil is removed in layers: the fertile upper layer is separately in one direction, and the lower one in the other.
2. Fertilization... 3-4 buckets of humus or compost are added to the soil removed from the upper fertile layer, if the soil is acidic, 150-200 g of mineral-phosphate fertilizers are added.
3. Part of the fertile soil with fertilizers is poured into the center of the pit with a slide.
4. A peg is driven into the center of the embankment, which will serve as a support for the tree and help it form the trunk correctly.
5. Landing... The prepared tree is lowered into a hole, gently spreading the roots along the hill and covered with fertile soil, so that the root collar is 4-5 cm above ground level. The poured earth is tamped with hands.
6. The planted seedling is tied with a rope to a peg.

After planting, the tree is watered with two or three buckets of water into the annular groove. To retain moisture, the groove is covered with hay, sawdust or dry grass.

It is best to plant seedlings in early April, when the weather is already warm, but the buds have not yet blossomed. In the southern, warm regions, planting is carried out in the fall, when the leaves from the tree have fallen, but frost is still far away. Also in the fall, you can plant the August dew pear.

Growing rules

The main activities in the cultivation of pear trees:

1. Watering. As the soil around the seedling dries out, it is watered at the rate of 2-3 buckets per tree. Adult plants are watered in June, during the period of active growth, and in August, when the fruit is being poured. Water consumption per tree is 25-30 buckets. Watering trees is best done with a spray bottle.
2. Mulching. The near-trunk area is covered with wood ash, peat or sawdust every year. In summer, mulch prevents moisture from evaporating, and in winter it serves as a warming cushion.
3. Top dressing... In the spring, in the second year of planting, the seedlings are fed with saltpeter (15 g per 1 m²). And in the fall, a mixture of humus (5 kg), superphosphate (50 g) and potassium salt (40 g) is introduced. To do this, make a trench around the trunk and apply fertilizer mixed with earth into it. Regardless of the stage of development of the tree, such fertilizing is carried out annually.
4. Pruning. From the second year of life, the plant forms a crown. First, the most developed lateral branches are chosen, which grow perpendicular to the trunk, four of them are left, and the rest are cut off. The branches are cut so that their ends are at the same level, and the central conductor rises 20-30 cm above them. After pruning, the cuts are treated with garden pitch. The trees are pruned in early spring, before the sap begins to move.
5. Sheltering... Before freezing, the trunk of a young tree is treated with lime or special paint and insulated with agrofibre, cotton cloth or paper. This will protect the trunk from cold and rodents. In the spring, the whitewash is repeated to protect the plant from sunburn and parasites.
6. Protection. For the prevention of diseases and repelling pests, every year the pear is sprayed with a 3% solution of Bordeaux liquid or ferrous sulfate.

Features of the variety

This variety is distinguished by its unpretentiousness, endurance and very abundant fruiting, which increases every year as the tree matures. Ripe fruits do not crumble and are able to stay on the branches even in strong winds.

For a stable harvest Talgan beauty needs cross-pollination... As pollinators, the varieties Hoverla, Conference and Lyubimitsa Klappa are suitable for her.

For better frost resistance, this variety can be grafted onto a forest pear, in addition, it has very good compatibility with quince rootstocks.

Diseases and pests

Despite the fact that the variety is very resistant to diseases, for the purpose of prevention, every year the tree is sprayed with fungicides and insecticides to protect against sucker puck, pear gall mite and goldtail. For the same purpose, infusions of nettle, calendula and chamomile are used.

When infected with fruit rot, the affected fruits are removed and destroyed, and the tree is treated with 1% Bordeaux liquid or 4% copper oxychloride solution.

For 10 liters of water, take 25 g of the drug and spray the tree with the resulting solution until complete recovery once a week.

Talgar beauty is a unique variety, the advantages of which largely outweigh the disadvantages. It will become a worthy addition and even decoration of any garden!