Pear Lada

Early-maturing variety. Developed at the Moscow Academy of Agriculture named after K. A. Timiryazev from crossing the varieties Olga and Lesnaya Krasavitsa. Authors: S. T. Chizhov, S. P. Potapov. Included in the State Register in 1993 for the Central, Central-Chernozem, and Middle Volga regions. Widely distributed in the Moscow region.

Tree is a trunked, medium-sized. Crown is bowl-shaped in young age, pyramidal (conical) at fruiting, medium density, moderate foliage. Bark color of the trunk is dark gray. Main branches are gray. Lenticels are sessile, terminal. Fruit-bearing type is mixed.

Shoots are brown, slightly curved, long, medium thickness, round in cross-section. Internodes are short, without hairs, stipules on the shoot are few, small, located at the surface level. Buds are slightly deviated, dark brown, conical. Leaf is medium-sized, elongated-oval, green, curved along the central vein, elastic, medium thickness, smooth, no pubescence on upper and lower surfaces. Leaf margin is toothed, petiole is medium length, stipules shed early.

Flower is medium-sized, cup-shaped, corolla white, petal margins entire, petal closure medium. Buds are white. Inflorescence — shield-shaped cluster, average number of flowers 5-7.

Fruits are below average size, weighing 100-110 g, inversely egg-shaped, surface smooth. Skin is thin, base color light-yellow, covering color as a weak, blurred light-red blush. Subcutaneous spots are moderately noticeable. Rust is delicate, visible only at the peduncle. Peduncle is short, medium thickness. Depressions absent. Dish is small, narrow, warty. Calyx is open. Subcalyx tube is medium-sized. Axial cavity is medium. Heart is oval, weakly expressed. Number of seeds in fruit less than 5. Seeds are medium-sized, brown.

Flesh is yellowish-white, medium juiciness, fine-grained, medium density, tart-sweet taste, with a weak aroma. Fruit appearance is attractive. Taste evaluation is 4.1-4.4 points. Chemical composition of fruits: 15.7% dry matter, 12.2% soluble solids, 7.2% sugars, 0.27% titratable acids, 92 mg/100g P-active substances.

Variety is early-maturing, early-season. Maximum fruit storage duration is 60 days (at 0°C). Fruit drop is weak. Fruit transportability is low. Fruit commercial value is high.

Fruits are of universal use.

Partially self-fertile. Pollinator varieties: Severyanka, Rogned, Kosmicheskaya, Chizhovskaya, Otradnenskaya.

Early-fruiting, enters fruiting period on 3-4 year after grafting in nursery. High yield (up to 50 kg per tree). Fruit-bearing is regular. Winter hardiness is high. Highly resistant to extreme environmental conditions and diseases.

Advantages of the variety: early fruiting, high winter hardiness and yield, resistance to scab.