Pear (pyrus communis) DESSERTNAYA ROSSOSHANSKAYA

Pear (Pyrus communis) 'Dessertnaya Rossoshanskaya'

A Russian autumn variety with excellent flavour and exceptional scab resistance.

'Dessertnaya Rossoshanskaya' (Десертная Россошанская) is a proven Russian autumn pear variety, created by crossing ‘Bere zimnyaya Michurina’ and ‘Lesnaya krasavitsa’. It is valued for its high fruit quality, excellent dessert, sweet flavour, and exceptional resistance to scab. It is also characterized by an early entry into bearing and a good, regular yield.

Main advantages of the variety:

• High quality and excellent dessert, sweet fruit flavour.
• Exceptional resistance to scab.
• Early entry into bearing and good, regular yield.
• High transportability.
• Flesh without stone cells.

Origin and Registration

• Country of origin: Russia
• Breeders: G. D. Neporozhny, A. M. Ulyanischeva
• Institution: Rossoshan Zonal Experimental Station of Horticulture
• Crossing: ‘Bere zimnyaya Michurina’ × ‘Lesnaya krasavitsa’
• Registration: Included in the State Register in 1965.

Variety Characteristics

Tree

• Growth: Medium to vigorous.
• Crown: Broadly pyramidal, sparse.
• Fruiting habit: Bears fruit on short fruiting spurs.
• Pollination: It is cross-pollinated.

Fruit

• Size and weight: Above average, with an average weight of 160 g.
• Shape and colour: Short-pyriform to apple-shaped. Light yellow with a small, scattered pinkish blush.
• Flesh: White to creamy, juicy, tender, without stone cells.
• Flavour: Excellent, dessert, sweet.
• Use: Versatile (fresh consumption, compotes).

Resistance and Requirements

• Frost resistance: Good in southern regions, medium in northern ones. Flowers are sensitive to very severe spring frosts.
• Disease resistance: Exceptionally resistant to scab. Moderately susceptible to septoria leaf spot.

Cultivation Recommendations

• To ensure a harvest, it is essential to plant a suitable pollinator nearby, for example, the ‘Mramornaya’ variety.

Harvest and Storage

• Harvest time: Early September.
• Storability: Until November (approximately 78 days).
• Yield: Good and regular, averaging 70 kg per tree.
• Entry into bearing: Early, 5th to 6th year after planting.
• Transportability: High.