What types of pears are there? These pear-growing regions produce pears as refreshing as natural mineral water

The pear is a plant of the genus Pyrus in the rose family (Rosaceae). Its fruit generally ripens in August-September and is usually eaten raw, though it can also be steamed or stewed in water to drink. It tastes tender and juicy with a pleasant sweet-and-sour flavor, which is why it is called “natural mineral water.” So, what types of pears are there?

1. A brief introduction to pears!

1. What color are pears?

Pear flowers are white, or slightly yellow or pink; the skin may be yellow, green, yellow with green, green with yellow, yellowish brown, greenish brown, reddish brown, or brown, and a few varieties are purplish red; the flesh may be white or yellow.

2. What shape are pears?

Pear leaves are mostly oval, and the fruit shape may be round or narrower at the base and thicker at the tail end; wild pears have smaller fruit, with a diameter of 1 to 4 cm, while cultivated varieties can reach 8 cm in diameter and 18 cm in length.

3. Are pears a cooling food?

Pears are cool in nature and tend toward cold, and have effects such as promoting fluid production, moistening dryness, clearing heat, resolving phlegm and relieving alcohol intoxication. They can treat dry cough, thirst, constipation and other symptoms, and most people can eat them. However, they should not be eaten by people with weak and cold spleen and stomach, those who fear cold foods, those who urinate frequently at night, postpartum women, children after measles, patients with (blood deficiency, aversion to cold, diarrhea, cold hands and feet), or people with diabetes.

2. What types of pears are there?

Pears mainly belong to 4 systems: Ussurian pear, white pear, sand pear and European pear. Each system is further divided into several types, and each type has a different origin, appearance and taste.

1. The Ussurian pear has fruit that is nearly spherical, with yellow skin, soft and juicy flesh, a pleasant sweet-and-sour taste, and fragrance; the main cultivation areas are in Liaoning, Jilin, northern Hebei, central Gansu and the Hexi Corridor, and Xiangshui pear, An pear, sour pear, Shaguo pear, Jingbai pear and Yaguang pear all belong to this type.

2. The white pear has oval or nearly spherical fruit, with yellow skin, delicate flesh, crisp and juicy texture, and a sweet, refreshing taste; the main cultivation areas are north of the Yangtze River basin, up to the Great Wall area of Hebei and western Liaoning. Hebei's Ya pear, honey pear, snowflake pear, ivory pear and Qiubai pear, Shandong's Wo pear, goose pear, Zhuizi pear and Changba pear, and Shanxi's yellow pear, oil pear, summer pear and red pear all belong to this type.

3. The sand pear has nearly spherical fruit, with light brown skin and sandy, glutinous and refreshing flesh; the main cultivation areas are the provinces and regions south of the Yangtze River basin. Xuancheng in Anhui's snow pear, Taizhou in Zhejiang's Junbao pear, Huzhou's goose-egg pear and Zhuji's Huangzhang pear all belong to this type.

4. The European pear has fruit in the shape of a short gourd, with greenish-yellow skin, white flesh, a delicate texture, juiciness without grit, a sweet and pleasant taste with slight tartness and a rich fruity aroma. Its soluble solids content is 16.5%, making it an excellent product among pears; the main cultivation areas are Jiaodong in Shandong, the Dalian area of Liaoning and the old course of the Yellow River region. Rushan Yang pear has long been famous and is a well-known local specialty at home and abroad.

Common pear varieties on the market include Huangguan pear, Ya pear, Qiuyue pear, snowflake pear, fragrant pear, Nanguo pear, apple pear, Fengshui pear, beer pear, sour pear, Osmanthus pear, Cuiguan pear, Yantai pear, Jinding Xiehua crisp pear, Mengjin pear, Gaoping large yellow pear and Yunnan high-mountain red snow pear.

3. Which places are called the hometowns of pears?

1. Laiyang City, Yantai City, Shandong Province, is known as “Pear City” and “China's Pear Hometown,” and is famous for Laiyang pear; the skin is yellow-green, and after peeling, holding the thick, hard fruit stalk makes it look like a milky white ice pop; its flesh is tender, rich in juice, sweet as syrup, and crisp and fragrant in texture.

2. Jinchuan County in Aba Prefecture, Sichuan Province, and Cangxi County in Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province, have long enjoyed the reputation of “China's Snow Pear Hometown.” Jinchuan County is renowned nationwide for its Jinhua pear, while Cangxi County is famous for Cangxi snow pear, which belongs to the sand pear category.

3. Gaoping City, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province, is known as the “Hometown of Yellow Pears” and is famous for Gaoping large yellow pear. Among them, the large yellow pear produced in Tielu Village, Chenqu Town, has the best quality and is commonly known as “Tielu pear”; it has a strong flavor and aroma and is sweet and pleasant.

4. Xixian County in Shanxi Province, Dangshan County in Anhui Province, Pucheng County in Shaanxi Province and Ningling County in Henan Province are praised as “China's Crisp Pear Hometown.” Among them, Ningling Jinding Xiehua crisp pear is a natural hybrid of white pear and sand pear, and the fruit is crisp and edible without post-ripening.

5. Anning City, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, is praised as “China's Red Pear Hometown” and is famous for red snow pear; this variety has regular fruit, large fruit size, bright color, abundant juice and sweet taste, and its winter snow pear once won first place among Yunnan late-maturing pears for its freshness, beauty, fragrance and sweetness.

6. Dingnan County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, is known as “China's Honey Pear Hometown” and is famous for Dingnan honey pear; its fruit has few stone cells, a small core, tender flesh, abundant juice, crispness, slight fragrance, a sugar content of 11 percent, and moderate sweetness and acidity, making it a fine fruit.

7. Yangxin in Shandong, Botou in Hebei, Weixian in Hebei and other places are known as “China's Ya Pear Hometown.” Yangxin County is famous for Yangxin Ya pear, named because the base of the pear stalk protrudes like a duck's head; Botou City is famous for Botou Ya pear, named for its excellent quality; Weixian is famous for Weixian Ya pear.

The above is an introduction to the types of pears and the hometowns of pears, and we hope it is useful to everyone.