Pear Rusanovskaya

Summer variety developed by the All-Russian Research Institute of Fruit Crop Selection, obtained by crossing Lesnaya Krasavitsa Ch Bere Zimnya Michurina. Breeders: E. N. Sedov, A. V. Parshin, N. G. Krasova, M. V. Mikhayeva. The variety has undergone State testing since 1986.

Trees of medium or large size with a broad-pyramidal crown and individual drooping branches. Main branches diverge from the trunk at nearly right angles, curved, rarely spaced, drooping. Bark on the trunk is gray, flaking.

Branches of medium thickness, slightly curved, brownish-brown, without pubescence, angular in cross-section. Buds are small, numerous. Buds are small, bent, conical, smooth. Predominant fruiting forms are simple and complex rings, as well as spear-shaped clusters. Leaves are medium-sized, elongated, bluntly pointed, with spirally twisted tips, light green with a yellowish tint, smooth, matte, with delicate venation. Leaf blade is slightly concave, slightly curved downward, without pubescence. Leaf margin is finely serrated, wavy. Petiole is long, thin, without pubescence.

Fruits are medium-sized, weighing 150 g, one-dimensional, broadly egg-shaped or bottle-shaped, with a slanted tip. Fruit stalk is short, thick, curved. Calyx cup is small, blunt-conical, without rust. Calyx is half-open or closed. Receptacle is small, smooth. Fruit skin is smooth, oily, dull. Main color at harvest maturity is greenish-yellow, at consumer maturity golden-yellow. Overlying color on most of the fruit surface is a blurred red blush. Subcutaneous dots are numerous, small, green, clearly visible. Fruit core is medium-sized, egg-shaped. Seed chambers are small, closed. Calyx tube is short, bowl-shaped. Seeds are small, narrow, light brown.

Flesh is creamy, tender, semi-oily, juicy, sweet in taste. Fruits contain 9.3% sugars, 0.1% acids, 6.9 mg/100g ascorbic acid.

Advantages of the variety: early ripening, rapid fruiting, high commercial and consumer qualities of fruits, resistance to scab.

Disadvantages of the variety: low winter hardiness.