Collection of pear in Nikitsky Botanical Gardens
The results of many years studying of pear collection as to biological and economical characteristics in the conditions of steppe zone of the Crimea have been given. The varieties with valuable economical characteristics, suitable for using in fruit gardening in the South of the Ukraine have been selected. The varieties with a high level of valuable characteristics, which can be used as the starting material for breeding varieties for early ripening, high productivity, resistance to diseases, drought and high frost resistance of generative buds have been identified.