Pear Lada Amurskaya (Lada, Dedova)

A seedling of unknown origin was identified by F.I. Glinshchikova in 1969 in one of the suburban gardens of the Primorsky region.

It has been regionally adapted for the Far East, currently not widely distributed, but may occupy a leading position in the southern zone of the Primorsky region, Khabarovsk and Primorsky Krai in the future.

Medium-sized tree. Young crown is vertical; mature crown is wide-rounded and dense. Bark color of trunk and main branches is dark gray. Main branch arrangement is inclined — vertical.

Sun-exposed shoot has pinkish-brown color, curved, long, moderately thick, ridged, with short internodes, hairless. Buds are dark brown, deviated, conical.

Leaves are elliptic, long, oriented sideways, dark green, serrated edge with saw-toothed shape. Leaf blade is spirally twisted along the main vein. Texture is elastic, surface shiny, leaf blade hairless. Petiole is short.

Numerous flowers per inflorescence, corolla dish-shaped, petal color white, petal margin entire, no closure, stigma slightly raised above stamens.

Fruits are below average size, irregular, short-pear-shaped, asymmetrical, with unequal transverse diameters. Fruit is evenly shaped, weakly ribbed. Fruit surface smooth, main skin color yellow, no cover. Skin is smooth, tender, oily when stored, surface rusting present on a smaller part of fruits as spots (less than 15%). Pit absent, calyx small, wide, with wavy edges, calyx tube half-open, axial cavity small. Fruit core is large. Seed color is dark brown.

Flesh color is light yellow, taste slightly sour-sweet, good, flesh soft and tender. Fruit appearance rated 4.5 points, taste rating 4.5 points.

Fruits contain 21.0% dry matter, 0.46% acid, 10.6% sugar, 4.0 mg/100g ascorbic acid.

Harvesting period is September 10–20. Mid-season, autumn variety, storage life less than 60 days. Fruit drop is weak, marketability high, usage universal, suitable for all types of processing.

Partially self-fertile. Pollinator varieties: Gosenchenko Memory, Rusakovsky, Toma. Early fruiting.

Yield per tree 42 kg (23.3 t/ha). Fruit production occurs with weak periodicity.

High resistance to low critical temperatures, extremely high resistance to scab.