ISHS Acta Horticulturae 484: Eucarpia Symposium on Fruit Breeding and Genetics
THE NAUMBURG/PILLNITZ PEAR BREEDING PROGRAMME RESULTS |
| Authors: | M. Fischer, G. Mildenberger |
| Keywords: | new cultivars, resistance testing |
| Abstract:
The pear breeding programme was started in 1961 at Naumburg/Saale. The final selection has taken place at Dresden-Pillnitz since 1971 and part of the Naumburg breeding material was selected at Holovousy, Czech Republic. The aims were excellent fruit quality, good appearance and shape, precocious and heavy cropping and resistance to scab and fireblight. A special aim was to find high quality summer cultivars and long storing cultivars. The new cultivars are: ‘Hermann’, ‘Isolda’®, ‘Tristan’® which are summer ripening; ‘Armida’®, ‘Elektra’®, ‘Hortensia’®, ‘Manon’®, autumn ripening; and ‘Agata’®, ‘David’®, ‘Reglindis’, ‘Eckehard’®, ‘Uta’®, winter. The new cultivars are not susceptible to scab, but are susceptible to fireblight in different degrees. The fruit quality is good to excellent, the yield capacity high to very high, and the growth very dwarf to semi-vigorous; the storability of the winter cultivars in cold storage takes until March (‘Eckehard’, ‘Uta’) and April (‘David’, ‘Reglindis’). The cultivars are an improvement on the range commonly available for the fresh market. | |
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