Pyrus Pyrifolia - Cultivars

Cultivars

Cultivars are classified in two groups. Most of the cultivars belong to the Akanashi ('red pears') group, and have brownish-yellow rinds. The Aonashi ('green pears') have yellow-green rinds.

Important cultivars include:

• 'Chojuro' (ja:長十郎, Japan, 1893?)
• 'Kosui' (ja:幸水, Japan, 1959; the most important cultivar in Japan),
• 'Hosui' (ja:豊水, Japan, 1972)
• 'Imamuraaki' (ja:今村秋, Japan, native)
• 'Nijisseiki' (ja:二十世紀, Japan, 1898; name means "20th century", also spelled 'Nijusseiki')
• 'Niitaka' (ja:新高, Japan, 1927)
• 'Okusankichi' (ja:晩三吉, Japan, native)
• 'Shinko' (ja:新興, Japan, 1941)
• 'Hwangkeum' (ko:황금, zh:黄金, Korea, 1984, 'Niitaka' x 'Nijisseiki')