Bere pear varieties: Luca, , Krasnokutskaya, Gardi, Maria

Description, photos and reviews of the Bere Clerjo pear will provide more information about the subspecies. The Bere group itself became famous in 1811. She comes from France or Belgium. Translated from French, the name means “butter”. Indeed, the peculiarity of the variety is the pulp with a delicate and at the same time soft texture. In 1947, state tests of culture and world recognition began.

Countries where the Bere group is common: Our Country, Ukraine, Belarus, Armenia, Moldova, Georgia, the states of Central Asia.

Description of the pear variety Bere

The main varietal features of the Bere group:

1. The height of the tree is about 4 m. The shape of the crown is in the form of a pyramid, sprawling, becoming asymmetric over time.
2. Young shoots are of medium thickness, gray-green in color.
3. The foliage is oval, large. The ends are pointed.
4. The length of the petiole is 0,8-1,5 cm. The buds are pressed.
5. Inflorescences are white, large, wide. Petals are oval.
6. The plant blooms in May.
7. The fruits are large and medium-sized. Their length is 8-10 cm. Weight 180-230 g.
8. The shape is pear-shaped, oval.
9. The skin is predominantly green or yellow, depending on the stage of ripening.
10. The taste is sweet, sweet and sour, a spicy aroma of nutmeg is felt.
11. Fruit ripening period September-October.
12. Fruits are able to hang on a tree for a long time without losing their taste.
13. Frost resistance is low. The climatic zone of the Crimea and the Krasnodar Territory does not always suit the culture.
14. The yield is high. The appearance of fruits on the tree begins in the interval of 3-7 years after planting.
15. Disease resistance is high, but preventive treatments are required.
16. Bere pears are partially self-fertile plants, therefore, to increase the yield, it is recommended to plant next to pollinators.
17. The life expectancy of Bere pears is 50 years or more.

Types

Pears Bere has more than a dozen varieties. And they all differ in characteristic features: ripening period, visual appearance, precocity, resistance to frost and ailments. The following are the most famous and popular varieties.

Bere Ardanpon pear

The pear is a winter variety. It was bred in Belgium in the 200th century. The plant received the same name of its discoverer. The tree is tall. The crown is dense, pyramidal in shape. The fruits are large, bell-shaped pear-shaped with irregularities. Weight 250-10,2 g. The pulp is white, sweet, astringency is felt. The amount of sugar is 4%. The skin is light yellow, green with brown patches. Fruits are distinguished by their keeping quality, they are stored for up to XNUMX months without loss of taste. The description clearly states that the Bere Ardanpon pear variety can be grown exclusively in warm regions. It bears fruit well in the territory of the Southern Crimea. The species is prone to scab.

Hrusha Bere Gardy

The Bere pear variety is of French origin. The tree is tall and strong. The crown is cone-shaped, expanded towards the top, strongly branched. Branches horizontally growing, hanging down. Fruit weight 150-200 g. Cream-colored pulp, juicy, sweet-sour, with a noticeable spicy aroma. The peel is dense, dry, yellow in color with brown or red spots on the sunny side.

Pear Bere Gardi is undemanding to planting conditions. Fruiting occurs in September.

Pear Bere Yellow

A hybrid of origin, adapted to the conditions of the northern regions. In horticultural catalogs it is found under the name “Berezhnaya”. The trees are low and medium in height. The crown is rounded. The foliage is light green, the surface is matte, the edges are serrated. Small flowers are collected in inflorescences. Fruit weight 100 g. The shape of the pears is correct, the surface is smooth. The color of the skin is light yellow, there is no blush. The pulp has a delicate texture. Lots of juice. Seeds are large, dark in color. The taste of the fruit is sweet and sour. The sugar content in the pulp is 11,2%. Transportability is good. The fruits ripen at the end of September.

Bere Ziffar pear

This variety appeared in France in 1810 from seeds of unknown origin. A tree up to 5 m high. As the tree grows older, growth slows down, but the yield and winter hardiness indicators increase.

The branches are thin, reddish in color. The leaves are large, light green. Fruits when ripe form the correct shape. The surface is smooth, brown blotches are observed. The pulp is juicy, melting in the mouth, sweet with sourness. Pears ripen at the end of September. Fruiting is weak. Fruit weight 50-100 g. It is stored ripe for 3-5 days. Fear of frost. Pear Bere Giffar is resistant to fungal diseases.

Pear Bere Golden

Pear Bere Golden refers to summer varieties from the folk selection of Belarus. The height of the trees reaches 3 m. The crown is very dense, therefore it requires regular thinning pruning. Fruiting Pear Bere Golden occurs at the age of 5-6 years. The fruits ripen in August. The yield is plentiful. After ripening, pears can be stored for 7-10 days. The variety is highly resistant to diseases of bacterial cancer and scab.

Beret Clergeau pear

The Bere Clerjo pear came to Our Country from Western Europe. The variety bears the name of the originator. A tree of medium height with a narrow pyramidal crown. The leaves are small, narrowed towards the tip. Fruits are dense, with pleasant taste and aroma. The fruits ripen in early September. It should be plucked immediately, otherwise they crumble and lose their taste properties. Bere Clerjo pear begins to bear fruit at the age of 4-5 years. In cold regions, the tree requires shelter.

Pear Bere Krasnokutskaya

The fruit tree is of medium height. Forms a cone-shaped, rounded shape. With regular pruning, annual growths are removed. Large pears, weighing 200-250 g. The shape of the fruit is elongated, green-yellow in color with a brown tint. The pulp is oily, yellow, juicy. The taste is sweet and sour, pleasant delicate aroma. Tasting score – 4,5 points.

The first fruits appear after 5 years. After another such period of time, up to 50 kg of crop can be obtained from a tree. And at the age of 15 years – 120 kg. The ripening period of pears Bere Krasnokutskaya is September-October.

Pear Bere Crimean

In 1964, a group of breeders obtained the Crimean pear variety by free pollination of the French variety Bere Bosque. The trees are medium-sized, the crown is pyramidal, not thickened. The fruits grow big. They can reach 520 g, the average weight is 340 g. The surface is bumpy, there is a slight ribbing. The shape of the fruit is short pear-shaped. The main color is green-yellow, when ripe, an orange tint appears. The stems are short. The flesh is creamy, tender, sweet. The ripening period of Bere Krymskaya pears is the second half of September. It is characterized by frost resistance, high immunity, stable yield. Flowers are not afraid of spring frosts.

Pear Takes Liger

The origin of this versatile variety is unknown. Presumably it was bred in 1782 in the Czech Republic. The tree is large, usually growing to the sides. The shape of the fruit is round or ovoid. The surface is smooth, without bumps and ribs. The pulp is juicy, tasty, with a slight aroma of nutmeg. The skin is thin. The color of ripe pears is light green. After a while it turns yellow. Fruit weight 120-160 g. Pears ripen in September.

Hrusha Bere Loshytskaya

By the age of 5, the tree begins to consistently produce a crop, and at the age of 10 years, 40-50 kg of fruit can be harvested. The fruits are pear-shaped, about the same size. Weight 70-100 g. The pulp is semi-oily, juicy, pleasant to the taste. The color of the pear is pale green, when fully ripe – light yellow. Fruit is removed from the pear in the second half of September. Can be stored up to two weeks. Pear Bere Loshitskaya is moderately resistant to diseases and has high rates of frost resistance.

Pear takes Luke

A late maturing variety bred in France. Grows fast. Crown of medium density. The tree is resistant to scab and septoria. Winter hardiness is average. The fruits are small, weighing up to 200 g. The skin is thin, green or yellow. The ripening period falls on November. Can be stored up to 3 months. Transportability is high. The pear variety Bere Luca is suitable for dense plantings. The reviews of gardeners describe the distinctive features of the Bere Luca pear: the wavy surface of the foliage, the presence of thorns, large fruits that cannot be seen in the photo.

Pear Bere Maria

This is a variety of autumn fruiting, which in a culture occurs 3 years after planting. Tree of medium height. The crown is pyramidal. Density is average. The fruits are medium in size, cone-shaped. The skin is thin, dry, tender. The skin color of the Bere Maria pear is yellow-green with dotted patches. During ripening, the color of the fruit becomes a solid golden. The pulp is fine-grained, white, sweet, with a lot of juice. Productivity from one tree is 40 kg. The variety is characterized by high frost resistance and immunity.

Bere Butter pear

The tree was obtained back in the 500th century. In France. It has long been cultivated in the Crimea. Pear Bere Oily is characterized by active, asymmetric growth. The crown has a highly pyramidal shape, consisting of several strong shoots. On good soils, the crown thickens. The fruits are elongated. Usually fruits are of medium size, but there are specimens up to XNUMX g. The peduncle is long, arched, gray in color. The skin is thick but thin. The color of the unripe fruit is green, the ripe one is yellow-gold. The pulp is tender, juicy, quite sweet, with excellent taste. It tolerates transportation and storage well. The Bere Oily pear ripens in September, but sometimes it is deliberately overexposed and removed a month later. Thus, the fruits reach maximum volume and sweetness.

Pear Bere winter Michurina

The species was bred by Michurin, the Ussuriyskaya Wild and Bere Royal varieties became the parents of the species. At the moment, the Bere winter Michurina pear has lost its relevance for industrial and personal purposes due to more productive competitors.

The tree is big and strong. The crown is branched, pyramidal, wide. The foliage is oval in shape with pointed ends, light green in color. The fruits are medium-sized, asymmetric in shape. The surface is slightly rough, matte. The description indicates the color of the ripe pear Bere winter Michurin as pale green, however, according to reviews and photos of consumers, a yellow tint is obtained during long-term storage. Fruit weight 100 g. The pulp is white, sweet and sour, with a barely noticeable astringency. The sugar content is 10%. The variety is not susceptible to scab.

Pear Bere Morettiny

The variety was created in Italy. In Our Country, it is zoned on the territory of the North Caucasus. Medium sized tree. The crown is pyramidal. The branches radiate from the trunk at an angle of 40°. Shoots are straight, slightly articulated. The shoot-forming ability is average. The bark on the trunk is gray, and on the shoots with a greenish tint. The fruits are somewhat wider than the standard pear shape. The skin is thin, slightly oily to the touch, shiny. When the fruit is fully ripe, the color becomes light yellow with a pink blush. Peduncle of medium length. The pulp is light, tender, sweet, juicy. The amount of sugars is 11%. Fruiting occurs in July-August. The disadvantage is poor drought resistance.

Pear Bere Moscow

This variety is the result of selection of trees with summer and autumn ripening. The fast-growing variety begins to bear fruit already 3 years after planting. The fruits ripen on short twigs. A crop that has not been harvested in a timely manner overripes and sprinkles. Pear Bere Moscow is suitable for universal use, and it is also resistant to diseases, frost, and stress.

Pear Bere Royal

Another variety of Italian selection. The tree is practically not grown in Our Country, since it has poor frost resistance. It just freezes in the climate. Crown of medium density. The flowers are white. The fruits are large, yellow. Can be stored until spring. Disadvantages: needs special growing conditions, lack of immunity to scab.

Pear Bere

Fruit culture refers to the autumn-winter varieties. The tree reaches a height of 4 m. The crown is wide, highly branched. The color of the bark is grey. Inflorescences are collected in an umbrella-shaped brush. Of course, this cannot be confirmed from the photo, but in the description of the Bere pear variety, excellent tasting properties are declared, with which gardeners agree in the reviews. The skin is thick, dense, rough. Fruits are suitable for long-term storage and transportation.

Planting and caring for Bere pears

Compliance with agrotechnical measures is a guarantee of health and abundant fruiting of fruit trees.

Crops grow well in light, loose, fertile soils with an acidity level of 5,7-6 pH. Chernozems, gray forest soils with loamy subsoil are optimally suited. In excessively depleted and heavy, clay substrates, the pear will not take root. Despite the love of moisture, it is necessary to plant a crop in areas where groundwater is below 2 m.

Bere’s pears do not tolerate transplants, so they deliberately choose a suitable site. First of all, it must correspond to the dimensions of the tree, be well lit. It is desirable that the place be oriented to the west or southwest.

Planting seedlings in the garden is carried out in spring or autumn, or rather in October, after the leaves fall, in March – before the buds open. A few weeks before the procedure, the earth is dug up, adding humus, sand, peat, mineral fertilizers. The size of the pit for Bere pears is 0,8×0,8 m and a depth of 1 m. Dimensions are taken with a margin for better growth of the root system. At the end of the event, the seedling is watered abundantly. The circle around the trunk is covered with a layer of mulch, which will keep moisture in the ground. The distance between trees should be maintained up to 4 m, and between rows 4-5 m.

In the future, Bere pears need careful, regular care:

1. Seedlings do not need frequent watering. 4-5 water procedures per season are enough. If the summer turned out to be too dry, then the amount of watering must be increased. Calculate the volume of water based on the norm of 30 liters per 1 sq. m.
2. The number of top dressings carried out is chosen, focusing on the age of the tree. A young plant needs top dressing, especially on poor soils. In the spring, nitrogen nitrate is introduced to enhance the growth of a seedling 20 g per 1 sq. m. Organic fertilizers give 1 time in 3 years.
3. Crown formation begins after two years of age. The main 3-4 shoots, equidistant from each other, are subject to pruning. Shorten them by ¼. The trunk is made 30 cm higher than the rest of the branches. Sanitary pruning is carried out every spring.
4. Bere pears do not have high frost resistance, so there is a need for winter shelter. The trunk and shoots are wrapped with agrofibre, which will help to endure severe frosts.

Diseases and pests

In the garden, Bere pears can get sick with the following ailments: rust, mosaic disease, scab, fruit rot, bacterial burn, subcutaneous viral spot, black cancer, soot fungus and cytosporosis.

Fungal infections are treatable. Fungicides, in particular, Bordeaux liquid, blue vitriol, Fundazol, are considered effective means. After diagnosing symptoms, it is necessary to immediately spray branches, leaves, flowers with a solution of a chemical preparation. As for bacterial diseases, the situation is more complicated. You can treat with antibiotics. If there is no improvement, then the affected parts of the tree will have to be removed and burned. In extreme cases, the culture is completely uprooted.

The main insect pests of fruit trees are the underbark leafworm, sucker, gall mite, codling moth, aphid. These and other possible parasites must be fought with insecticides or more gentle folk remedies.

Despite the many options for treating a bad condition, of course, prevention remains the fundamental rule for caring for a tree. These measures include: timely pruning of dry, diseased, broken shoots, cleaning of fallen leaves, removal of weeds near pears, loosening of the soil, whitewashing of trunks with lime, regular spraying with special preparations in order to prevent pathogenic microflora and parasitic organisms.

Reviews

Conclusion

Description, photos and reviews of the Bere Clerjo pear will be useful when choosing a fruit crop. After all, it is she who is the most sought-after variety. Although each species has its own individual traits and features that must be considered. The soil composition and climatic conditions of the area should also be taken into account.