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Over 3000 cultivars of the pear are known. [1] The following is a list of the more common and important cultivars, with the year and place of origin (where documented) and an indication of whether the pears are for cooking, eating, canning, drying or making perry.
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Pyrus calleryana, also known as the Callery pear or Bradford pear, is a species of pear tree native to China and Vietnam, [2] in the family Rosaceae.It is most commonly known for its cultivar 'Bradford' and its offensive odor, widely planted throughout the United States and increasingly regarded as an invasive species.
While the Bradford pear tree is a sterile cultivar that can’t pollinate itself, it can cross-pollinate with other types of pear trees to create a wild hybrid tree. These vigorous hybrids produce ...
Pyrus pyrifolia is a species of pear tree native to southern China and northern Indochina that has been introduced to Korea, Japan and other parts of the world. [1] The tree's edible fruit is known by many names, including Asian pear, [2] Persian pear, Japanese pear, [2] Chinese pear, [2] [3] Korean pear, [4] [5] [6] Taiwanese pear, apple pear, [7] zodiac pear, three-halves pear, papple ...
Asian pears. Spherical, russeted Pyrus pyrifolia (often called Asian, Korean, or Japanese pears) were first cultivated around 3,000 years ago in China and Japan; immigrants brought them to the U.S ...
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Pyrus ussuriensis, also known as the Ussurian pear, Harbin pear, and Manchurian pear, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. [1] It is native to Korea, Japan, china, and the Ussuri River area of far eastern Russia. It has flowers in spring that are slightly pink when budding and then turn white. [2]