...and ''bae'', from the Korean 배. In India is it called ''nashipati''. Nashi pears are widely grown for their sweet [[fruit]], a popular [[food]] in [[East As
...y texture, very different from the buttery European varieties. Also, Nashi pears are not as intensely sweet, having a more refreshing, light taste.
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...Elder]] all present information about the cultivation and [[grafting]] of pears.
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...m]],<ref name = "Swearingen" /> in the rose family ([[Rosaceae]]). Callery pears are [[deciduous]] [[tree]]s growing to {{Convert|15|to|20|m|ft|abbr=on}} ta
Callery pears are remarkably resistant to sicknesses or [[blight]]; they are more often k
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* [[Pears]]
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species that yields some of edible pears of Peking. Hardy N.
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...ason (the frs., like the quince, having no true detachable peduncles as do pears and apples), and in having the top of the ovaries not covered by the over-g
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...es are the stone cells (called stone cells because of their hardness) of [[pears]] (Pyrus communis) and [[quince]]s (Cydonia oblonga) and those of the shoot
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of the pomological pears. It is subject to pear-blight.
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...). Sometimes spelled Pirus. Rosaceae. The Pome-fruits, as all the kinds of pears, apples, and crab-apples; also many small trees and bushes grown for the ve
...eld together by a broad definition, Pyrus was held to include not only the pears and apples, but the mountain-ashes or sorbuses, the medlar and quinces, the
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==Pears==
Pears were formerly packed in a small barrel or keg holding about five pecks, and
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[[Category:Pears]]
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...this particular species, and it also hybridizes easily with other prickly pears, making identification sometimes tricky.
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...sia]]. It primarily grows in open areas where there is some sun. Like most pears, it produces fruit that can be eaten raw or cooked and has a mild sour tast
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...oducing the powdery mildew of grapes; Podosphaera Oxycanthae on apples and pears; and Sphaerotheca Castagnei, the hop mildew. The most successful mode of co
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Currently, only '''prickly pears''' (also known as [[nopal]] or ''nopales''; see [[#As food|below]]) are inc
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...are at present. They have been grown in America, at least dwarf apples and pears, for nearly a century, during which time in recurring periods they have rec
...nly propagated, is the best dwarfing stock for the pear. Comparatively few pears can be successfully worked on quince roots because stock and cion do not ma
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