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peer-reviewed research article

Asian pears in California

authors

William H. Griggs
Ben T. Iwakiri, University of California

publication information

California Agriculture 31(1):8-12. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v031n01p8. January 1977.

abstract

California now has only a few hundred acres of Asian pears in commercial orchards. Demand for these crisp, juicy pears has increased in recent years, and planting the best commercial varieties should result in further increases.

author affiliations

William H. Griggs is Professor of Pomology and Pomologist in the Experiment Station; Ben T. Iwakiri is Staff Research Associate, Department of Pomology, University of California, Davis.

author notes

Photos by Don A. Edwards. Ayako Maeda arranged the material in the photograph on page 8.