Pyrus communis ´English Bergamot´ - autumn variety
Price
15 €with VAT
13,39 € without VAT
Availability:
Skladem
Weight:
1.5 kg
- Description
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- Origin and distribution
- All pears known under the name Dekanka are varieties with the best characteristics, and since only the most proven ones are included in our standard assortment, this variety is certainly very suitable for our region. According to all reports, it was cultivated in France, but when and by whom is unknown. Due to its very good characteristics, both in terms of the tree and the fruit, it spread quickly throughout all fruit-growing regions. It is a very old variety, but still vigorous; the tree is healthy and produces beautiful, clean fruit in abundance, and there is hope that this pear will be spared from degeneration for a long time to come. It is common in our country, not as a young tree, but as an old tree, proof that it was very popular with our orchard owners. We do not have any young trees, either freely planted or in nurseries, which is, of course, to our great detriment. The name mentioned above is not often used, and it is called English white bergamot, which is also an appropriate name, but since its original name has become well established, it is perhaps better to keep it.
- Location
- It was thought that the tree was delicate and could only be grown in completely sheltered locations, but it has been found that even in higher locations suitable for pear trees, this variety can be grown with good results; the foot of southern, eastern, and western slopes in all our locations are the best habitat for this pear.
- Soil Even less fertile, loamy, and sufficiently moist soil suits it perfectly; it does not thrive in light, drier soils.
- Growth
- It is of medium height; its crown is tall and spherical; dense, weaker branches sag under the weight of the fruit at a certain age and do not straighten up again, and the otherwise tall crown is vertical in shape; dense branching and foliage give the crown a beautiful appearance.
- Its shoots are short, strong, reddish-brown, and felt-like. Its leaves are small, weak, mostly ovate or round, wavy with a noticeably curved blunt tip, light green, and woolly on the underside; their luster is dull. It grows well in nurseries; its trunks develop straight and moderately strong. It has many fruit-bearing twigs and flower buds every year, and since the flowers are not delicate, it is often very fertile; in many years it bears so much fruit that the leaves are barely visible.
- Habitat
- It is planted in orchards, fields, and wherever the soil is suitable for it, it is also a very good roadside tree.
- Tree shape
- It is grown in the form of a tall tree, half-tree, shrub, and pyramid, and in all these forms it is grafted onto common plains; shrubby and pyramid-shaped dwarf trees grafted onto quince show very weak growth.
- Fruit
- The fruit is medium-sized, flattened or round, narrowed at the stem or bergamot-shaped. The fruits shown are taken from a normally developed standard tree.