Pear Favorite Klappa: Description And Characteristics Of The Variety, Advantages And Disadvantages, Planting And Care Features + Photos And Reviews

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-17 22:26

Pear Favorite Clappa: the queen of early maturing varieties

Pear Favorite Klappa is successfully grown in many countries. The culture is not demanding on the soil, and its fruits have an attractive appearance, pleasant taste and aroma. The variety also demonstrates a high yield, which contributes to its popularity.

Content

• 1 Description of pear Klapp's favorite. In which regions is cultivation available (including the Moscow region)

• 2 Advantages and disadvantages

  2.1 Table: strengths and weaknesses of the variety

• 3 Landing features

  3.1 Video: tree planting workshop

• 4 Plant care

  • 4.1 Watering the pear
  • 4.2 Table: scheme and irrigation rates
  • 4.3 Fertilization
  • 4.4 Table: features of pear feeding
  • 4.5 Pruning the crown
  • 4.6 Preparing for winter

• 5 Diseases and pests

  • 5.1 Table: diseases specific to pear
  • 5.2 Photo: typical ailments for the variety
  • 5.3 Table: pests threatening the variety
  • 5.4 Photo Gallery: Cultural Attacking Insects
• 6 Harvesting
• 7 Reviews of gardeners

Description of pear Klapp's favorite. In which regions is cultivation available (including the Moscow region)

Pear Clapp's Favorite - early variety of American origin

Clapp's favorite is a pear of American origin, bred in 1860 by T. Clapp in 1860. There are two assumptions about the origin of the variety. According to the first, it is obtained on the basis of the seeds of the Forest Beauty. The second version testifies that Klapp's Favorite appeared as a result of spontaneous crossing with Williams pear. Since the middle of the twentieth century, the culture has been cultivated in Russia, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Central Asia and the Baltic States.

The following features of this variety can be distinguished:

1. The tree can have both medium and large sizes (4–6 m), depending on the growing conditions. Young pear has a rapid pace of development.
2. The crown is medium thick, wide, rounded. Hanging shoots, thick, dark brown. The angle of departure from the trunk corresponds to 45 °. Weak branching.
3. The trunk is covered with flaky bark, and on skeletal shoots it is smooth, gray with a brown tint. The wood is fragile. Most of the ovaries are formed on ringlets and to a small extent on fruit branches.
4. Leaves are of medium size, oval or epileptic in shape, narrowed at the base, pointed at the ends. A fine serrated serration is located along the edges. The outer side of the plates is shiny, no pubescence.
5. The flowers are large, white, and form about six inflorescences.
6. The fruits are elongated and egg-shaped. Their weight varies from 140 to 230 g. The largest pears ripen on young plants. The surface is bumpy, the skin is smooth. At the stage of ripening, the fruits are yellowish-green in color, ripe pears are colored yellow. A bright blush appears on the lighted side.
7. The fruits are covered with small subcutaneous dots, imperceptible. Some pears develop small rust-like stains. The tasting score is 4.8 out of 5.
8. The funnel is shallow, in some cases completely absent. The peduncles are slightly curved, thickened at the base. The cup is open, the saucer is small, narrow. The seed chambers are brown and medium in size, the seeds are also small. The pulp is creamy, juicy with a sweet and sour aftertaste.

The variety is resistant to adverse climatic factors. Lyubimitsa Klapp is characterized by high rates of winter hardiness and drought resistance. It can withstand temperatures down to -30–35 ° С. This allows you to grow crops, in particular, in the Moscow region. On the basis of Lyubimitsa Klapp, 20 new varieties have been developed. The life span of this pear is 50 to 70 years.

Advantages and disadvantages

Clapp's favorite has a lot of impressive advantages

Klapp's favorite is a summer variety that has an impressive number of advantages, but not without its disadvantages. Let's consider these aspects in more detail.

Table: strengths and weaknesses of the variety

Benefits	disadvantages
Good taste	Tendency to shedding
High indicators of frost resistance	Susceptibility to scab and honeydew
Large fruits	Tall trees
Undemanding to soil	Self-infertility
Annual fruiting	Low fertility (7-8 years)
Ability to thrive in arid climates

Landing features

Pet Clapp needs to plant pollinating trees

Pet Klapp does not have the ability to self-pollinate. For this reason, after 5 m from the pear, it is necessary to plant 2-3 pollinators, which can be chosen from the following varieties: Ilyinka, Williams, Pana, Forest Beauty, Bere Boek, Bere Giffard, Bere Bosc, Decanca winter, Bere Ligel, Saint Germain or Olivier de Serres.

There are several terrain requirements to consider when landing:

1. With regard to the soil, Favorite Klappa is unpretentious. But at the same time, the pear should not be planted in heavy clay or poorly drained soil.
2. This culture prefers well-lit places. It develops poorly in shaded areas.
3. The groundwater level should not exceed 3 m from the surface.

In the northern regions, the tree is planted in April, since autumn is cold in such areas. And with spring planting, the pear can take root well before the onset of frost. In the southern regions, it is advisable to carry out the procedure in September. In a mild, warm autumn, the seedlings will have time to take root before the cold weather. In the middle lane, you can use any option.

Seedlings are recommended to be purchased in a gardening nursery

Selection criteria for seedlings:

1. For planting, you should choose a plant aged 1-2 years. Trees older than 3 years should not be purchased, since they do not take root well.
2. The root system should be strong and well developed, without dark spots and growths.
3. Two-year-old seedlings reach a height of 1.5 m, have 3-5 lateral branches about 30 cm long. And also a stem 50 cm high. One-year plants grow up to 1.2 m, have no branches.
4. Regardless of age, the thickness of the trunk should not be less than 1 cm.

The pear is planted in a hole 100 cm wide and 60 cm deep. It must be prepared in advance so that the soil has time to settle. For spring planting, the procedure is carried out in the fall, and if the tree is planned to be planted in the fall, the work is done in a month. The pit is filled with a nutrient composition from fertile soil, compost, manure, which are mixed in equal proportions and 0.5 buckets of wood ash.

The best season for planting pears is autumn

The planting process is carried out in this way:

1. A stake is set at a distance of 15 cm from the middle of the well prepared in advance.
2. The seedling is buried so that the root collar rises 4–5 cm above the surface. It should be directed to the south by the side with fewer branches.
3. The hole is covered with soil, the earth is compacted. The pear is tied to a support with pieces of fabric.
4. Then 35-40 cm recede from the trunk, dig a groove and pour 2-3 buckets of water into it.
5. After that, the soil around the tree is mulched with straw, peat or humus.

Video: tree planting master class

Plant care

The pear is not a demanding crop, but the stability and quantity of the crop will depend on its care. In order for the tree to form large and sweet fruits annually, attention must be paid to measures such as watering, pruning, fertilizing the soil and protecting it for the winter.

Watering pears

Watering is a prerequisite for successful pear cultivation

The soil in the near-stem zone should be loosened regularly as it compresses, and root growth and weeds should be removed. Water the pear so that moisture penetrates to a depth of 80 cm.

The procedure can be performed in two ways: by sprinkling or using grooves. In the first case, rotating sprayers are used, which spray water droplets, creating a rain effect. The second method is to prepare a watering hole 10-15 cm deep according to the crown projection. To retain moisture in the soil, after the completion of the work, the area around the trunk is mulched with a layer of organic matter 10 cm thick.

Table: scheme and irrigation rates

Watering time	Water rate
In June	20 liters per 1 m 2 of the near-stem section.
In July
In the second half of September

Fertilization

A pear will need both organic and mineral components.

Top dressing of the tree is carried out in the near-trunk zone. In rainy weather, it is recommended to add nutrients when digging to a depth of 10 cm. In the absence of precipitation, solutions are prepared, which are poured into holes dug around the plant.

The pear is fed with organics once every three years. Humus or peat is also used as fertilizer, with which the near-stem zone is mulched. In autumn, the soil around the tree is covered with a layer of organic matter 15 cm thick. When applying top dressing, you must adhere to the recommended rates, since an excess of nutrients reduces the winter hardiness of the plant and prevents the bark from ripening. At the same time, a lack of fertilizer causes shrivelling and drying of leaves, as well as the appearance of spotting.

Table: features of pear feeding

Period	Nutrients
Before bud break	100 g of urea per 5 l of water; 2 tbsp. l. saltpeter per 10 liters; 500 g of poultry manure is diluted in 10 liters of water and insisted throughout the day.
Before flowering
After the flowers fall	50 g nitroammophoska per 10 liters of water. Consumption - 3 buckets per tree.
In October	1 tbsp. l. potassium chloride, 2 tbsp. l. superphosphate per 10 liters of water; 500 g of wood ash, 1 tbsp. l. potassium chloride, 3 tbsp. l. ammofoski, 1 t. l. urea, 2 tbsp. l. superphosphate, 1.5 tbsp. l. phosphate rock, 1 tbsp. l. potassium sulfate; 150 g of wood ash per 1 m 2; every three years, 20 kg of organic matter is introduced into the near-stem section.

Crown pruning

Scheme of step-by-step pruning of a tree crown

In the spring, before budding, pear pruning is performed. This procedure allows you to increase yields and prolong fruiting, as well as facilitates the process of plant maintenance and harvesting. In addition, pruning helps build a strong skeleton so that the pear can support the weight of the fruit. For the Lyubimitsa Klappa variety, this is especially true, since the shoots of this tree are quite fragile.

The formation scheme is as follows:

1. An annual seedling is cut at a height of 60 cm from the ground. This will stimulate the development of new branches.
2. On a two-year-old plant, 5 lateral shoots are left, located at an angle of 45-50 ° with respect to the trunk. Three tiers are formed from the branches. Three shoots are left in the first row, two in the second and one in the third. Excess branches are removed at the level of the annular bead. Do not leave stumps or cut too deep, as this will make it difficult to overgrow damaged areas.
3. When pruning shoots with a diameter of more than 3 cm, you must first file them from the bottom, and then from the top. This will avoid damage to the bark. The central conductors are shortened at a level of 20 cm above the upper lateral shoot.
4. In subsequent years, skeletal shoots are shortened by a third. Also, branches that grow parallel to the trunk or inside the crown are removed.
5. When the growth is reduced to 15 cm, anti-aging pruning is recommended. At the same time, the skeletal branches are shortened to 1.5 m.
6. Autumn pruning can be done from late August to November. This procedure is performed to remove diseased and dry branches.

All damaged areas must be treated with garden varnish. To prepare it, rosin and drying oil are heated on a fire, then melted wax is poured (4: 1: 5). After the composition has cooled down, the slices are covered with it.

Preparing for winter

For the winter, the pear needs to be cleaned, disinfected with whitewash and covered

In winter, a pear can suffer from strong winds or temperature extremes. To protect the tree from negative influences, it must be properly prepared for this period:

1. The near-trunk area is cleaned of plant debris.
2. Then watering is carried out, the soil is dug up and mulched.
3. Dead bark, lichens and mosses are removed from the stem and the base of the shoots, after which they are treated with a solution of 1 kg of clay, 2 kg of lime, 300 g of copper sulfate and 10 liters of water.
4. It is advisable to wrap young plants with burlap.

Diseases and pests

Variety Lyubimitsa Klappa is prone to damage by scab and copperhead, so gardeners should pay special attention to preventive measures for tree care.

Table: diseases specific to pear

Diseases	Symptoms	Treatment methods	Preventive measures
Powdery mildew	In the spring, a mealy bloom forms on the branches, which later becomes a reddish color. Inflorescences and leaves dry out and then fall off.	Spraying the plant with 1% potassium permanganate solution or a mixture of 10 g of liquid soap, 50 g of soda ash and 10 liters of water.	Pruning and burning dead branches.
Scab	The disease is caused by a fungal infection, spreads with high humidity. The first symptoms appear after bud break. Fruits are covered with yellowish spots, then they turn brown and grayish-black. A velvety coating forms on the affected areas. Fruits can become deformed and lag behind in development. The leaves first turn red, after which they turn black and die off.	Spraying at the stage of opening the buds or when pushing the buds with Bordeaux liquid. In the first case, a 3-4% solution is used, in the second 1% composition. As an alternative, you can use a mixture of 40 g of copper perchloric oxide, 30 g of azophos, 2 ml of Skor, 6 g of Bayleton and 10 liters of water.	Collection of fallen leaves in autumn. It is recommended to incinerate them, but they can also be composted for 2-3 years. Digging the trunk circle. Processing of wood and soil in autumn with a solution of urea of 5% concentration.

Photo: ailments typical of the variety

Powdery mildew inhibits the leaves, slowing down the development of the tree

Scab is the most common fungal disease of apple and pear

Scab affects both fruits and leaves

Table: pests threatening the variety

Pests	Signs	Ways to fight	Preventive measures
Pear Copper	The fruits are deformed and covered with a sticky coating. The branches dry out, the ovaries and leaves fall off.	In early spring and after flowering, treatment with Karbofos (90g per 10 liters of water).	Digging the soil around the trunk. Removal of plant residues. Cleansing a tree from lichens, mosses and non-viable bark.
Fruit moth	Pests eat away the kernels of seeds, as a result of which the fruits crumble in an immature state.	Treatment with Karbofos (60 g per 10 l) 3 weeks before flowering.	Spraying the tree with Fitoverm (1.5–2 ml per 1 liter of water).
Aphid	Slowdown in the growth of young growths and leaves. Deformation of branches. The appearance on the leaves of a black bloom.	Processing before bud break with Karbofos (60 g per bucket of water).	Planting a plant in an open area that will not be shaded. Extermination of ants. Compliance with the landing pattern.

Photo gallery: insects attacking culture

Aphids damage leaves and shoots

Copperhead provokes very severe damage to the leaf apparatus

The fruit moth deprives the main part of the crop

Harvesting

Klapp's favorite is a versatile variety suitable for fresh consumption and harvesting

The fruits of the Pet Clappa ripen at the end of July, but in the highlands the ripening of pears occurs in the second half of August. The early maturity of this variety is low. The first harvest can be obtained only 7–8 years after planting. The productivity of the tree reaches 250-300 kg. The yield is regular.

Pears are stored for two weeks. They should be kept at a temperature of 1–4 ° C. The fruits are consumed fresh, they are prepared from dried fruits, compotes, jam. Pears are also canned, but for this purpose it is advisable to collect them at the initial stage of yellowing of the skin.

Gardeners reviews

The Lyubimitsa Klappa variety is known for its good winter hardiness, undemanding soil conditions, annual and abundant fruiting, as well as high taste of fruits. Harvesting can cause certain difficulties, since the tree is large. But correct pruning will help facilitate this procedure.