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The Parsonage is a cultivar of the European Pear (Pyrus communis) which is a native of New Rochelle, New York in northeastern United States. [1] The pear tree, found on the parsonage of Reverend Doctor R. U. Morgan, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, [2] was introduced as the Parsonage pear in 1857 by Stephen P. Carpenter of the Huguenot Nurseries of New Rochelle.
These tables show pear production by country data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. [1] The estimated total world production for pears in 2022 was 26,324,874 metric tonnes , up by 2.8% from 25,616,665 tonnes in 2021. [ 1 ]
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.
Pears can be divided into two simple categories: European and Asian. The former is what we typically think of: a smooth-skinned fruit with gentle bumps and curves in that typical bottom-heavy shape.
In the Belgian province of Limburg, one of the orchards in the country's pear-growing heartland stands out as unusual: a cluster of 12 transparent domes, perched high by a mirrored wall above the ...
Rust, Kern's pear Gymnosporangium kernianum. Rust, Pacific Coast pear Gymnosporangium libocedri. Rust, pear trellis (European pear rust) Gymnosporangium fuscum. Rust, Rocky Mountain pear Gymnosporangium nelsonii. Side rot Phialophora malorum. Silver leaf Chondrostereum purpureum. Sooty blotch Gloeodes pomigena. Thread blight (Hypochnus leaf blight)
The Callery pear tree, also known as the Bradford pear tree, pops up around the area in the early spring. The Kansas Department of Agriculture ordered a quarantine against these trees, which will ...
Bosc Pear, from The Pears of New York (1921) by Ulysses Prentiss Hedrick [1] The Beurré Bosc or Bosc is a cultivar of the European pear (Pyrus communis), originally from France or Belgium. Also known as the Kaiser, it is grown in Europe, Australia, British Columbia and Ontario, Canada, and the U.S. states of California, Washington, and Oregon.