Pyrus × bretschneideri
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Pyrus × bretschneideri, the ya pear or pearple or Chinese white pear, is an interspecific hybrid species of pear native to North China, where it is widely grown for its edible fruit.
Pyrus bretschneideri
Chinese white pear flower
Pyrus communis
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Pyrus communis, the common pear, is a species of pear native to central and eastern Europe, and western Asia.
Pyrus × bretschneideri
…white to light yellow pears, unlike the round Nashi pears (P. pyrifolia) that are also grown in eastern Asia, are shaped more like the European pear (Pyrus communis), narrow towards the stem end. The “Ya Li” (Chinese: 鸭梨; pinyin: yālí), literally "duck pear" due to its mallard-like shape, is one cultivar widely…
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