An Introduction to Common Pear Varieties and Their Main Characteristics

The pear is a common fruit of ours. It is not only delicious and juicy, sweet with a touch of tartness, but also rich in nutrients, containing a variety of vitamins and fiber. Different kinds of pears differ completely in taste and texture. Pears can be eaten raw or steamed and cooked. In terms of medicinal benefits, pears can relieve constipation, aid digestion, and are also good for the cardiovascular system. So what are the common varieties of pears?

1. Hosui Pear

The Hosui pear is a pear originally from Japan. This variety has a medium to large crown, grows vigorously during the young tree stage, and has a moderate tree vigor after fruiting. It has high bud-break ability, weak branching ability, fruits easily, and bears fruit early. It mainly bears fruit on short fruit branches, and its fruit-setting rate is extremely high. Its fruit is juicy and has an excellent taste. It is one of Japan's three "Sansui" pears, and its quality is superior to that of Kosui and Shinsui. Of premium quality, the average single fruit weighs 240 grams, and the largest single fruit weighs 750 grams.

2. Emerald Pear

The Emerald pear has a colorful appearance, a unique flavor, and relatively high nutritional value, and can be widely cultivated and promoted. The fruit is round or flat-round, similar to the fruit shape of Japanese and Korean pears, with a neat fruit shape and slightly lopsided. The skin is yellow-green and fairly attractive, and the flesh is yellowish-white. The pear fruit is delicious, crisp and juicy, sweet and sour, with a fragrant and beautiful flavor. It is one of the early-maturing pear varieties with relatively good overall traits.

3. Golden Pear

The Golden pear has tender and juicy white flesh, few stone cells, and a very small core. Its sugar content can reach 14.7%. It tastes clean and sweet and also has a fragrance. It has a unique flavor and excellent quality. It easily forms flower buds; generally, flowers form the next year after planting and fruit can be seen. It is cross-pollinated and extremely high-yielding.

4. Crystal Pear

The Crystal pear fruit is spherical or flat-round. The average single fruit weight is 385 grams, and the largest is 560 grams. When nearly ripe, the skin is milky yellow, with a sparkling, glossy surface and a translucent look, making it attractive in appearance. The flesh is white, fine in texture, dense, tender and crisp, with plenty of juice. The soluble solids content is 14%, and there are very few stone cells. The core is small, the taste is honey-sweet, the aroma is rich, and the quality is especially excellent.

5. Crown Pear

The Crown pear fruit is oval, averaging about 250 grams. The fruit surface is yellow-white, and the fruit dots are small, similar to a Golden Delicious apple. Excellent quality: thin skin, thick flesh, fine texture, soft and juicy, with a sweet-and-sour flavor that is pleasant to the palate and carries a honey fragrance. The core is small, the edible rate is high, there are few stone cells, and the soluble solids content is 11.6%. It is delicious and juicy, sweet with a touch of tartness, and also rich in nutrients, containing a variety of vitamins and fiber.

6. Xiangshui Pear

The Xiangshui pear is also known as Xiangshui, old Xiangshui, old pear, Ruan'er pear, and Xiao pear. The fruit is round, with a single diameter of 4-6 cm and an individual weight of about 130 grams. The characteristic of the Xiangshui pear is that as its color changes, its taste becomes even better. It is suitable for long storage and is not prone to rotting, and it is not afraid of severe cold or freezing. After being picked, it can be placed anywhere: at minimum, placed in boxes, baskets, bottles, or jars; at most, piled on open floor space indoors. After winter begins, it can either be stored in boxes in a cold room, or packed in wheat straw in the yard or on the roof.

7. Autumn Pear

The Autumn pear is also called sour pear, with the scientific name Anli, and is distributed in the Yanshan area of Hebei and Northeast China. The fruit is about 200 grams, flat-round, and relatively sour when ripe, with a slight faint sweetness. It is resistant to storage and transport. In the past, it was mostly eaten in winter when fruit was relatively scarce. After several months of storage, the fruit becomes soft, the sourness decreases, and the taste improves.

The above is an introduction to common pear varieties. In ancient times, the pear was already praised as the "chief of a hundred fruits," and its fragrance is pleasant, it makes one's mouth water at the sight of it, and it is delicious to eat, cool and crisp and refreshing to the core. Pears are not only nutritious, sweet-and-sour, and thirst-quenching, but also have good curative and health-care benefits. Modern people praise them as "natural mineral water." There are many pear varieties and relatively large market demand, and they are favored by many consumers and growers.

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