JUNE BEAUTY
Origin: Anatolia
Pollinator: Williams
Harvest time: It requires 2 or 3 picks starting from the fourth week of June.
Tree characteristic: It grows semi-vertically and very rapidly. It is the earliest of pear varieties and very productive.
Fruit characteristic: Fruit is medium-sized and rosy on green background. Fruit flesh which is juicy, sweet and aromatic is yellow and slightly gritty.
AKÇA
Origin: Anatolia
Pollinator: Williams
Harvest time: It is harvested as from the third week of June.
Tree characteristic: Trees are of moderate vigour and grow semi-vertically. It has a Spur tree structure. It has thorny branches. It is better to graft it to quince and clone rootstocks as it bears fruit in pear seedling late. It is well compatible with a quince rootstock.
Fruit characteristic: The fruit is conical and of medium size. Fruit skin is yellow coloured on green background. Fruit flesh is greenish white, juicy and aromatic. It has a slightly gritty structure.
ETRUSCA
Origin: Italy
Pollinator: Santa Maria, Williams
Harvest time: First week of July.
Tree characteristic: It is an early-ripening variety of which trees are semi-vertical and form a large crown and has a structure growing vigorously.
Fruit characteristic: It is an early-ripening variety with medium-sized fruits. Skin colour is yellowish green. It shows redness at a rate of 50-60 percent and this increases its market value. Even if it is a variety which is launched fresh in the market, it has a long shelf life.
SANTA MARIA
Origin: Italy
Pollinator: Williams, Abbe Fetel
Harvest time: As from the third week of August.
Tree characteristic: Trees grow semi-vertically and rapidly. It is a productive variety and quite widespread in our country.
Fruit characteristic: Fruit is big and conical in shape. Fruit skin colour is rosy on light green background. It has a yellow colour when it ripens in a cold store. Fruit flesh is white, juicy and of moderate flavour.
COSCIA
Origin:
Pollinator: Williams
Harvest time: First week of July
Tree characteristic: It grows vigorously and vertically.
Fruit characteristic: Fruit is medium-sized; its skin is thin and smooth, strong, juicy, sugary, aromatic and very savoury. It is sensitive to black spot disease.
WILLIAMS
Origin: United Kingdom
Pollinator: Akça, Mustafa Bey
Harvest time: As from the third week of August.
Tree characteristic: Tree grows vertically when young and growth slows down and tree starts to get more expansive when it starts yielding fruits. It adapts to a conventional pear tree well.
Fruit characteristic: Fruit is of medium – big size, conical, long-necked and large in the middle section. Fruit skin is light green and thin, rusty around the stem pit. It grows yellow as it ripens. Fruit flesh is white, fine-textured, butter type, very juicy, sweet and aromatic and has an excellent quality. It is used for table, drying and canning.
HOSUI (NASHI)
Origin: Japan
Pollinator: Self-pollinating
Harvest time: Second week of August
Tree characteristic: As it is a spur variety of moderate vigour which grows vertically, it is suitable for close planting. It is recommended for all regions where pear is grown. It is resistant to Erwenia (fire blight) disease. As it is a variety which is so productive, it requires fruit thinning.
Fruit characteristic: It is a medium-sized fruit with yellow spots on light brown background and a little rusty. It is long-stemmed, depressed and pot-bellied. Fruit flesh is white, very juicy and marvellously aromatic and savoury. It may be stored in cold store for a long time.
DEVECI
Origin: Anatolia
Pollinator: Akça, Williams
Harvest time: It may be harvested after the first week of October.
Tree characteristic: It grows wide with moderate vigour. It is a variety sensitive to Erwinia (fire blight) disease.
Fruit characteristic: Fruit is so big and depressed and quite large towards the bottom. Skin colour is rosy on yellow-green background. Fruit flesh is white, firm and savoury.
CONFERENCE
Origin: United Kingdom
Pollinator: Williams
Harvest time: Third week of September
Tree characteristic: Trees have a moderately vigorous structure growing “Spur”.
Fruit characteristic: It is a productive variety with a long pyramidal shape and medium size. It is specifically light brown rusty and has a yellowish green colour. It is a variety suitable for storing and may stay in storage until March and April.
ABBE FETEL
Origin: France
Pollinator: Williams, Coscia
Harvest time: To be harvested in the first week of September. Storage life shortens if it stays on the tree for a long time.
Tree characteristic: It grows with moderate vigour and bears fruits early. It displays better growth in a temperate climate.
MARGARIT MARILLA
Origin: United Kingdom
Pollinator: Williams
Harvest time: Second week of September
Tree characteristic: It grows semi-vertically and very rapidly. It is so productive a variety and widespread in our country.
Fruit characteristic: Fruits are big and sometimes very big. Stem and blossom sections are narrow and middle section is quite pot-bellied. It is spotted on green-yellow background. Fruit flesh is white, gritty, moderately juicy and savoury. It is resistant to Erwinia (fire blight) disease. It may be stored in cold stores for a long time.