Fairy

Winter variety obtained by crossing the varieties Talgar Red Beauty and Daughter of Dawn. The breeder is the All-Russian Research Institute of Fruit Plant Genetics and Selection named after I.V. Michurin. Breeders: S.P. Yakovlev, N.I. Savelyev, V.V. Chivilev.

Medium-sized tree with a slightly drooping, broad-pyramidal crown of medium density. Mixed fruiting type.

Medium-thick shoots, arched, round, brownish-brown, bare, with medium amount of buds. Buds are medium-sized, slightly deviated, conical, smooth. Leaves are medium-sized, egg-shaped, pointed, with spirally twisted tips, green, smooth, shiny, with delicate venation, leaf blade curved upward, base shape flat, serration fine-toothed, petiole medium length and thickness, bare, stipules lanceolate.

Fruits are medium to large, weighing 130-210 g, elongated pear-shaped, smooth, well-formed. Skin is medium, smooth, waxy, with a waxy coating. Color at harvest maturity: main greenish, covering blurred; at consumer maturity: main greenish-yellow, covering purplish-red, blurred. Peduncle is long and curved. Blemish absent, calyx half-open and non-falling, plate small and narrow. Seed cavity is medium, bulbous, seed chambers closed and medium. Seeds are medium, narrow, cup-shaped, dark brown.

Flesh is white, medium density, semi-waxy, very juicy, sweet taste with moderate aroma. Sensory evaluation 4.5 points.

Fruits contain dry soluble solids — 13.3%, sugars — 8.6%, titratable acids — 0.1%, ascorbic acid — 7.9 mg/100g, P-active substances — 112.0 mg/100g.

Harvest maturity occurs in the first decade of September, consumer storage period in refrigerated storage 120-170 days.

Enters fruiting stage in the 5th-6th year. High yield.

Characterized by high resistance to abiotic and biotic factors.

Advantages of the variety: long consumption period and good fruit taste, comprehensive disease resistance.

Disadvantages of the variety: when crown is dense, fruits become smaller.