Agriculture Reference
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Table
.
Annual pear production of leading countries
/
-
(
MT)
Year
Rank
( )
Country
/
/
China
Italy
USA
Spain
Argentina
Former USSR
N.A.
Japan
Turkey
Germany
France
Chile
South Africa
Iran
Korean Rep.
Australia
Belg./Lux.
Netherlands
India
Korean DPR
Switzerland
Egypt
Greece
Portugal
Austria
Total
-
Total
World
Data from FAO (, , , ).
lowlands of Emilio Romagna and Veneto (Sansavini,
%of
the output of pears in the USA comes from the irrigated valleys of Washington
State, which overtook California in pear production in the mid-
). More than
s (USDA,
).
In Japan there were more than
-
named cultivars of Nashi ( Japanese
or Asian pears) by
and commercial production began around the capi-
tal. This was boosted in about
with the introduction of two high-quality
chance seedlings ('Nijisseiki' and 'Chojura'), and the development of the rail-
waynetworkenabledNashifruitstobetransportedtothebigcitiesfromdistant
agricultural regions such as the Tottori prefecture (Kajiura,
). 'Chojura'
remained the dominant cultivar until
when it was replaced by the newly-
bred cvs. 'Kosui' and 'Hosui'. In
'Kosui', 'Nijisseiki' and 'Hosui' were
cultivated on
.
%,
.
% and
.
%, respectively, of the area growing Nashi
