Pear (pyrus communis) PATTEN

Pear (Pyrus communis) 'Patten'

An American variety with large fruits, excellent flavour, and long storability.

'Patten' is an American late autumn to winter pear variety, valued for its high and annual yield, large fruits, and excellent sweet flavour. It is also characterized by long storability, good frost resistance, and resistance to diseases such as scab and fruit rot.

Main advantages of the variety:

• High and annual yield.
• Excellent quality and flavour of fruits.
• Resistance to scab and fruit rot.
• Long storability (until March-April).
• Early entry into bearing.
• High transportability.

Origin and Registration

• Country of origin: USA
• Breeder: Information not available.
• Institution: Information not available.
• Crossing: Information not available.
• Registration: Information not available.

Variety Characteristics

Tree

• Growth: Medium-vigorous (young trees grow more vigorously).
• Crown: Pyramidal to conical, sparse, with upright branches.
• Flowering: Relatively late.
• Pollination: It is cross-pollinated.

Fruit

• Size and weight: Large, with a weight of 180 – 220 g.
• Shape and colour: Irregular pyriform to round-conical. Greenish-yellow, with a red blush or stripes on the sunny side.
• Flesh: Creamy to yellowish, firm, juicy, semi-melting, fine-grained.
• Flavour: Excellent, sweet to sweet-tart, delicately aromatic.
• Use: Versatile.

Resistance and Requirements

• Frost resistance: Good.
• Disease resistance: Resistant to scab and fruit rot.

Cultivation Recommendations

• Suitable pollinators include ‘Clapp's Favourite’, ‘Conference’, ‘Mramornaya’, ‘Belorusskaya Pozdnyaya’.
• Under unfavorable conditions, it can produce fruit without pollination (parthenocarpically).
• Thanks to its resistant trunk, it is suitable as a rootstock for other varieties.

Harvest and Storage

• Harvest time: Late September to early October.
• Storability: Long, until December, and even longer in a refrigerator (until March-April).
• Yield: High and annual, averaging 70 kg per tree.
• Entry into bearing: Early, 4th to 5th year.
• Transportability: Good.