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The magnificent Forest Beauty has enjoyed deserved popularity for about two centuries. The pear is distinguished by its wonderful fruits, high yield, winter hardiness and durability. In the southern regions of our country, this early autumn dessert variety is grown almost everywhere. The Forest Beauty pear comes from Belgium. Spread very widely. In the spring, its powerful, wide-pyramidal crown pleases with lush flowering, and in the summer it gives perfect-looking, sweet and juicy pears.
Description of the variety
Tree structure
This fast growing tree pears with a spreading, rather sparsely leafy crown - medium-sized, up to 5 meters in height. Rough gray bark. The branches are slightly drooping. Straight, strong shoots are covered with dark bark with a reddish tint, and may have a slight bend. Medium-sized lentils are noticeable on them.
Medium or even small, ovate, pointed leaves - elongated, smooth, hairless. The edges of the leaves are finely serrated. The petioles are thin and long. Small leaf buds are sharp, with a silvery tint.
The flowers are also small, white, with pinkish tints, and a half-open cup.Inflorescences are varied: single and group, 6-10 flowers. The stalk is strong, short, thickened at both ends, and may be slightly curved.
Physical characteristics of fruits
The medium-sized convex fruits of the Forest Beauty pear have a characteristic truncated ovoid shape. The funnel of the fruit is small and narrow. The usual weight of these attractive fruits is from 120 to 150 g. In the south, in areas with rich soils, there are record fruits - 250 and even 300 g.
Fragrant pears have a rough, dense, but thin skin. Unripe fruits are greenish-yellow. In the full phase of ripeness, the fruits are golden yellow, from the side of the sun - with a bright blush, which sometimes covers the entire side of the pear, from top to bottom. The skin is distinguished by many grayish subsurface dots and small brown spots.
In the middle part of the fruit there is a seed chamber with large light or dark brown grains with a sharp tip.
Quality indicators of fruits
The pulp of the Forest Beauty pear fruit is light yellow, juicy, with a rich aroma.
- It has a delicate, slightly oily, melting consistency;
- The pear fruit tastes very pleasant: sweet, with a barely noticeable, appropriate sourness;
- 100 g of pear of this variety contains 47 calories, 8-10 g of sugar, 13.8 g of dry matter;
- The fruits contain a lot of B vitamins, valuable macro- and microelements necessary for health. Potassium content - 155 mg, calcium - 19 mg, phosphorus - 16 mg, magnesium - 12 mg, fluorine - 10 mg. There is also iron, zinc, iodine and selenium.
Features of the variety
This pear is a real gift from nature, if it really was just discovered in the Flemish forest. Although there is information that the tree was nevertheless bred in the 18th century in the same area. This variety of pear has amazing qualities.
- A remarkable property of the wood and flowers of the Forest Beauty pear is its amazing insensitivity and resistance to morning frosts in April or May. This variety of pears also holds the lead in tolerability of winter frosts of 50 degrees;
- During the first eight years, a pear tree of this variety grows most intensively;
- Fruit ripening occurs in August, the timing depends on climatic conditions;
- It is preferable to eat the fruits fresh, although they can also be used for compotes (with the addition of other fruits for a more pronounced taste).
How to achieve higher yields
- The fruits are obtained 7-8 years after planting, if the rootstock is a forest pear tree. A seedling with a quince graft begins to bear fruit 3 years earlier;
- Particularly productive are those branches that are 4 years old;
- This pear is partially self-fertile: 75-80% of ovaries occur during self-pollination. It is better to prudently plant a tree of this variety nearby, such as Limonka, Williams, Aleksandrovka, Bessemyanka, Bon-Louise Avranches, Clapp's Favorite, Vera Hardy, Josephine of Mecheln;
- Fruiting of a tree of this variety is annual, but there is a periodicity of yield every other year. In quantitative terms, this is expressed as follows: 50-100 kg of fruits from one young (up to 20 years old) tree; A 25-30 year old tree produces 50-80 kg more; a tree from 40 years old reaches a 200-kilogram harvest. In Crimea, up to 400 kg are obtained from individual trees.
Advantages and disadvantages
The Lesnaya Krasavitsa pear variety has a lot of recognized advantages, which is confirmed by the constant love of gardeners for it:
- Exceptionally tasty fruits;
- Obvious frost and drought resistance;
- The tree is undemanding to care and soil;
- Excellent yield.
The queen of gardens, the Forest Beauty pear also has a negative characteristic.
- The tree is predisposed to rapid overripening of fruits, which then fall off;
- Susceptible to scab;
- Ripe fruits do not last long.
Growing a tree
The Forest Beauty pear tree will be comfortable in an area with free access to air flow and good sunlight. Pears are planted in spring or autumn.
Subtleties of landing
It is better to take a two-year-old pear tree, Forest Beauty. A hole for the seedling is prepared within a week.
- Dig a hole 80–100 cm deep and 80–90 cm wide;
- The dug up soil is mixed with humus and sand - 20 kg each, 100 g of potassium sulfate and 200 g of superphosphate are added;
- The mixture is poured into a hole and filled with a solution that has been infused for a week: 600 g of dolomite flour per 30 liters of water;
- A tree is placed next to the peg installed in the center of the hole, straightening the roots;
- When sprinkling the seedling with soil, you need to place the root collar 5–6 cm above the ground;
- The tree is tied to a peg and two buckets of water are poured around the center of the hole;
- The circle around the trunk is mulched with dry soil or small sawdust.
Watering and fertilizing
To water a seedling at a time, it requires at least 10 liters of water. In summer, seedlings are watered once a week with 30-40 liters. Mature trees are given abundant watering four times a year:
- Before flowering;
- When discarding excess ovaries;
- During dry periods during ripening;
- In October, 80-90 liters of water are applied to mature trees.
Two-year-old Forest Beauty pear trees are fed depending on the soil:
- Every year - on sandy;
- After 2-3 years on chernozem or clay soil;
- In the spring, humus is added - two kilograms per square meter;
- In the fall, fertilize 1 square meter. m mineral composition: wood ash - 650 g, urea - 15 g, ammonium nitrate - 20 g, superphosphate - 50 g.
Crown formation
Some gardeners claim that the Forest Beauty pear tree tolerates pruning painfully. But it is necessary to regulate the growth of the tree, and the yield after pruning will steadily increase.
- In the second year in the spring, the main shoots are shortened by a third;
- In autumn, cut out diseased or damaged branches;
- After three years, the fruit-bearing tree is rejuvenated: dry branches that thicken the crown are removed.
The cuts must be treated with garden varnish.
Whitewashing - preparation in winter
A pear seedling is not wrapped for the winter, but care is taken to protect the stem from mice or hares. The tree can be wrapped in old nylon things or whitened in October, at a temperature of +50 With a special composition. The whitewash solution is infused for three hours: water - 8 liters, copper sulfate - 200 g, lime and mullein - 1 kg each.
Diseases and pests of pear
- Scab, powdery mildew and rust affect the fruits and trees of the Forest Beauty pear variety.For prevention in the spring, trees are sprayed with copper oxychloride - 0.5% solution: when the buds open and after flowering;
- Lately, a new disease has been spreading - fire blight, when leaves turn brown and dry in the spring. If it shows signs during the flowering period, trees are sprayed five times with Bordeaux mixture or streptomycin solution;
- For scab in the fall, use 1% Bordeaux mixture;
- The preparations “Hom” and “Oxychom” help the tree fight fruit rot and cytosporosis.
This variety of pear does not give up its position. More than 30 new varieties of pears have been developed using its material.
