Commercial Varieties of Pear

Name of Variety	Salient Features	Recommended Areas
Bartlett	Vigorous upright trees. Large bell-shaped fruits, light green turning golden yellow. Mid-season maturity.	Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
Red Bartlett	Medium vigour. Large fruits with dark red-maroon skin over yellow base. Mid-season.	Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya
Max Red Bartlett	Medium vigour. Large pyriform fruits with red blush. Mid-season maturity.	Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh
Conference	Medium vigour. Medium fruits, long-necked pyriform shape, brown russeted skin. Late season.	Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh
Flemish Beauty	Vigorous trees. Large fruits, creamy yellow with slight red blush. Good pollinizer. Mid-season.	Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh
Starkrimson	Medium vigour. Medium fruits, dark red to crimson colour. Early to mid-season maturity.	Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh
Laxton’s Superb	Medium vigour. Medium fruits, yellow-green with slight red blush. Mid-season maturity.	Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh
Fertility	Vigorous upright trees. Small-medium pyriform fruits, brown russeted skin. Mid-season.	Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
Keiffer	Vigorous trees. Large golden-yellow fruits, pyriform shape. Early season maturity.	Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Punjab
Indian & Local Varieties
Kashmiri Nakh	Medium vigour. Small-medium fruits, green turning yellow. Mid-season maturity.	Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram
Jargonelle	Upright spreading trees. Lemon yellow fruits with red blush. Mid-season maturity.	Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Patharnakh	Heavy bearer. Round green fruits with crisp juicy flesh. Excellent keeping and transport quality.	Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Manipur, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram
Baggugosha	Vigorous trees. Small yellow fruits, sweet and slightly gritty. Ripens in August, yield ~100 kg/tree.	Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Manipur, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram