‘XENIA’, A NEW PEAR CULTIVAR FROM MOLDOVA, FIRST RESULTS IN THE NETHERLANDS

The pear cultivar ‘Xenia’ (synonym ‘Noiabriskaia’) from Moldova is a selection from a cross between ‘Triomphe de Vienne’ and ‘Nicolai Krier’. In The Netherlands, ‘Xenia’ has been tested since 2001. So far, trees have given early and high yields and required little thinning.
Up to now, a very low to moderate susceptibility to scab (Venturia pirinia) and a very low susceptibility to fruit tree canker (Nectria galligena) have been observed.
The trees showed a medium vigour and there was a low tendency to biennial bearing.
With the relatively young trees, the average fruit size of ‘Xenia’ fruits at full crop was 250-300 g.
The harvest window was wide.
Fruits of ‘Xenia’ had a green ground colour at harvest and were moderately bronzed. ‘Xenia’ had a spherical pear shape.
The fruits had a strong fruit skin.
The firmness was higher than that of ‘Conference’. The juiciness varied from juicy to very juicy, depending on the maturity stage. ‘Xenia’ had a good eating quality: fresh, slightly aromatic with a typical aroma.
The storability of the fruits was very good and the shelf life of ‘Xenia’ proved to be much better than of ‘Conference’. Summarizing, the first results show a good potential for commercial fruit growing.

XII EUCARPIA Symposium on Fruit Breeding and Genetics

G. Heijerman-Peppelman, V. Bucarciuc, H. Kemp, O. Pasat

pear cultivar, Pyrus communis, fruit quality

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2009.814.47