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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 ...
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.
Pyrus pyrifolia. Not suitable for shipping. eating: Kosui [141] [167] (幸水) Russet apple pear National Institute of Fruit Tree Science, Japan: c. 1959: the most important cultivar in Japan), [168] [169] ('Russet pears')Pyrus pyrifolia subsp. culta Cider, cooking, eating 120–130 La France [170] Vienne, Isere, France: 1864: Lategale: Laxton ...
Pyrus communis, the common pear, is a species of pear native to central and eastern Europe, and western Asia. [ 3 ] It is one of the most important fruits of temperate regions, being the species from which most orchard pear cultivars grown in Europe , North America , and Australia have been developed.
Pyrus × bretschneideri (or Pyrus bretschneideri), the ya pear or pearple or Chinese white pear [1] (Chinese: 白梨; pinyin: báilí), is an interspecific hybrid species of pear native to North China, where it is widely grown for its edible fruit.
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]
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The Williams' bon chrétien pear, commonly called the Williams pear, or the Bartlett pear in the United States and Canada, is a cultivar (cultivated variety) of the species Pyrus communis, commonly known as the European pear. The fruit has a bell shape, considered the traditional pear shape in the west, and its green skin turns yellow upon ...