‘Vavilov’ ('European pear type, with the crunch of an Asian pear')
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2021 12:16 am
‘Vavilov’ (it's pear fruit is the 'European pear type, with the crunch of an Asian pear')(This cultivar is also known as 'PI 337446').
The quality of it's fruit is '7 out of 9'.
It's production is medium production. 2 to 3 years to first fruit (precocious). It's fruit is very sweet, and 'aromatic', it's just like a European pear with the crunch of an Asian Pear, the fruit of this cultivar is often grit free. The texture of it's flesh is a '3 out of 9'. The color of it's flesh is 'cream'. The peel's overcolor is 50%. It's overcolor is a reddish/pinkish blush. It overcolor type = splashes.
Amount of russeting is 3 out of 9, it's fruit does not oxidize after cut, the peel's background color is 'yellow green', fruit skin lenticels quantity '3 out of 9', fruit skin lenticel size '5 out of 9',
The bloom Density of this cultivar is a '6 out of 9', this cultivar has a strong resistance to 'leaf scab disease', this cultivar has a strong resistance to 'pseudomonas', a strong resistance to 'rust disease', damage caused by fruit scab '2 out of 9', damage caused by 'blister mites' '3 out of 9'.
It's a hybrid cross between R. Shtutgartskii x Dr. J. Gujo = Rous. of Stuttgart x Dr. Jules Guyot. It originated from Leningradskaja oblast (Saint Petersburg), in the Russian Federation. It was released in 1968 by the 'N.I. Vavilov Research Institute of Plant Industry'.