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cultivar A cultivar is a kind of Horticulture, cultivated plant that people have selected for desired phenotypic trait, traits and which retains those traits when Plant propagation, propagated. Methods used to propagate cultivars include division, root a ...

s of the

pear Pears are fruits produced and consumed around the world, growing on a tree and harvested in late summer into mid-autumn. The pear tree and shrub are a species of genus ''Pyrus'' , in the Family (biology), family Rosaceae, bearing the Pome, po ...

are known. 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 Perry or pear cider is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented pears, traditionally in England (particularly Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, and Worcestershire), parts of South Wales, France (especially Normandy and Anjou), Canada, Austral ...

. Those varieties marked have gained the

Royal Horticultural Society The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity. The RHS promotes horticulture through its five gardens at Wisley (Surrey), Hyde Hall (Essex), Harlow Carr ...

Award of Garden Merit The Award of Garden Merit (AGM) is a long-established award for plants by the British Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). It is based on assessment of the plants' performance under UK growing conditions. It includes the full range of cultivated p ...

. Those varieties marked FCC have gained the Royal Horticulatural Society's First Class Certificate.

Table of pears

Perry pears

Perry Perry or pear cider is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented pears, traditionally in England (particularly Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, and Worcestershire), parts of South Wales, France (especially Normandy and Anjou), Canada, Austral ...

pears may be far too sour or bitter for fresh eating, but are used for making perry, the pear equivalent of the alcoholic beverage

apple cider Apple cider (also called sweet cider, soft cider, or simply cider) is the name used in the United States and Canada for an unfiltered, unsweetened, non-alcoholic beverage made from apples. Though typically referred to simply as "cider" in North ...

. Some pears (especially older ones from the U.S. and Canada) are used for both cider and eating purposes.

Gallery

File:Pyrus - Alexander Lukas.JPG, Alexander Lukas File:Worcester Black Pears - geograph.org.uk - 541843.jpg, Black Worcester File:Hedrick (1921) - Beurre Bosc.jpg, Bosc File:Pyrus communis 'Conference'.jpg, Conference File:D'anjou pear (square).jpg, Beurré D'Anjou File:Forelle pear.jpg, Forelle File:Pears.jpg, European Pear File:Pomological Watercolor POM00007116.jpg, Le Conte File:Rocha Pear.jpg, Pêra Rocha File:Shinko Yali and Whangkeum.JPG, ''Pyrus pyrifolia'' File:Nashi.jpg, ''Pyrus bretschneideri'' File:Williams Bon Chr%C3%A9tien 1822.png, Williams (Bartlett) File:Kruška Pastorčica.jpg, Vicar of Winkfield (Poire de Curé)

References

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