Orlovskaya Letnyaya

Summer triploid variety bred by VNIISPК, obtained in 1977 by pollinating the Bergamot Novik variety with pollen from the Klappa variety. Breeders: E. N. Sedov, A. G. Kuznetsova, N. G. Krasova. The variety is recommended for the Central Chernozem region and is mainly grown in private gardens and dacha plots. In recent years, it has gained popularity among farmers.

Trees are large with medium-dense, broad-pyramidal crowns. Branches are curved, sparsely arranged, diverging from the trunk at a sharp angle. Branch tips point upward. Bark on the trunk and main branches is smooth and gray. The predominant type of fruit formation is simple and complex rings.

Shoots are thick, straight, round in cross-section, brown, without hairs. Buds are pressed, brown, smooth. Leaves are large, round, slightly pointed, dark green, smooth, shiny, with delicate venation. Leaf blade is concave, directed upward, without hairs. Leaf margin is finely toothed and even. Petiole is medium in length and thickness, without hairs, with anthocyanin coloring at the base.

Flower buds are large, acute-conical. Flowers are large, white, with round petals overlapping, stigma located below the stamens.

Fruits are large, average weight 210 g, maximum 270 g (this is undoubtedly the largest-fruited early variety in the middle belt of Russia), one-dimensional, pear-shaped, smooth, tapered. Skin is of medium strength, smooth, dry, dull. Main color at harvest is greenish, at consumption — greenish-yellow. Cover color on the lower part of the fruit is in the form of an orange blush from merging spots. Subcutaneous spots are few, small, green. Peduncle is long, thick, curved, obliquely positioned. Calyx is absent. Receptacle is open, non-decaying. Plate is small, smooth. Heart is small, sac-like. Chambers are closed, small. Sub-receptacle tube is medium, conical. Seeds are large, dark brown.

Flesh is white, slightly greenish near the skin, dense, tender, semi-oily, fine-grained, juicy, sweet with a slight aroma. Appearance attractiveness and taste evaluation — 4.6 points. Chemical composition of the fruit: dry matter — 10.1%, total sugars — 8.2%, titratable acids — 0.16%, ascorbic acid — 5.6 mg/100g, P-active substances — 36.3 mg/100g.

Harvesting maturity in Orlovskaya conditions occurs in the third decade of July, 20-25 days earlier than Bessemyanka, consumer period lasts 7-10 days.

The variety is early-bearing and high-yielding. Young trees, on average, yield 150 c/ha over 4 years, mature trees produce 180-200 c/ha. The variety is sufficiently winter-hardy in the Oryol region. Resistant to scab.

Advantages of the variety: exceptionally large fruits for summer ripening, high consumer quality of fruits, high and regular yields, high ecological stability.

Disadvantages of the variety: short consumer period, large tree.