Pear (Pyrus communis) LIRA

Late autumn pear with marketable fruits of delicious taste, characterized by high productivity, long shelf life of fruits and high resistance to diseases and frost

Crossing: Bere Zimnaya Michurina x Lesnaya Krasavitsa, All-Russian Research Institute of Fruit Growing, breeders E.N. Sedov, A.V. Parshin, M.V. Mikheeva, N.G. Krasova and N.M. Glazova
Vigour: strong, the tree forms a wide-pyramidal canopy of medium density
Blossom: the flowers and young fruits are relatively resistant to spring frosts
Fruits: large, on average 200 - 210 g, attractive, uniform, pear-shaped or elongated-pear-shaped, beveled. Skin smooth, dry, matte, greenish at harvest maturity with a brown-red blush on a smaller part of the fruit surface. Subcutaneous dots numerous, medium-sized, greenish-gray, clearly visible.
Pulp: white to creamy white, dense, fine-grained, very juicy, aromatic
Taste: pleasant taste, sweet with a mild acid
Harvest season: harvest maturity reaches 15-20 September, consumption maturity from early October to late December
Yield: high and regular even in poor growing conditions, begins to bear fruit 3-4 years after planting
Disease resistance: low sensitivity to fire blight (Erwinia amylovora), scab (Venturia pyrina) and pear rust (Gymnosporangium sabinae)