3 Review (s)

  1. Mikhail KACHALKIN, breeder, cand. agricultural sciences

    Do not look for pears - “columns”: while there are none!

    Compact columnar apple trees, of course, won the sympathy of summer residents. Therefore, it is not surprising that gardeners willingly acquire “columnar” pears in the markets. But their enthusiastic expectations are replaced by disappointment - the trees die ...

    Where did the rumors about the “columnar” pear come from? Yes, in nature there are those whose shape resembles a columnar apple tree, for example, a pear of the Voskovka variety. Only her growth power is the same as that of an ordinary pear. And the taste of the fruit is mediocre. As, however, the dwarf pear varieties Night Wert, which has long been known in Europe.
    Specialists of our experimental breeding nursery, using pollen from the best English dwarf pears and plants of southern domestic varieties, also received interesting hybrids. These are small trees with a rounded crown and dense foliage, the height of which is from 0,8 to 1,3 m. Beare fruiting in the first year after planting. Annual seedlings of such a pear are very similar to
    seedlings of a columnar apple tree. This was used by unscrupulous businessmen who stole hybrids cuttings, propagate them and pass them off as “columns”, although they do not know the names of the varieties or the quality of the fruits. Our tests showed that such plants have a long growth period, which is why they only manage to prepare for winter in the southern regions (and not everywhere!). Nevertheless, the selection does not stand still: the first winter-hardy dwarf pears with good fruits have already been bred. But for consumers they will be available no earlier than in a few years. In the meantime, do not believe the colorful advertising on the Internet and do not buy "columnar" pears!

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  2. Mikhail Kachalkin, breeder, Ph.D. agricultural sciences, Tula region.

    Colony-shaped pears, plums, apricots - a myth or not?

    Column-shaped apple trees have long been popular among gardeners. Having appreciated all the advantages of a compact productive tree with tasty fruits, summer residents with excitement look for other fruit trees of the same shape.

    It is known that demand creates supply. Here are unscrupulous manufacturers and sellers and began to offer seedlings of allegedly columnar pears, apricots, peaches, plums, and even sweet cherries. And the Internet is filled with beautiful photos of the "columns" for every taste. If you are looking for such a “novelty”, you will have to be disappointed: besides the column-like apple tree, there are no column-like plants among the fruit crops! There are separate dwarf, bush forms. But the columnar plants, again, no! Do not look for them!

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  3. Summerman, gardener and gardener (anonymous)

    Maybe someone knows how to wean a pear blossom in mid-July? In the spring does not bloom, and in the summer of fruit, of course, I do not see. By the way, last year one woman sent me strawberry seeds Elizabeth II. I promised her the seeds of irgi, but I forgot the address. I'm already 75 years old, the memory fails.
    I hope that she will call me and I will send the seeds. I sowed the seeds and grown strawberries, but without stratification. At the end of May she planted cabbage, and in the nursery on the street she ground the ground and sowed the seeds sent. Covered the film and all. Strawberries rose very thick. So it can be grown without stratification?

    Galina KULAGINA

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