Green pear - Aonashi

Japanese: 青ナシ - あおなし
Green pear - Aonashi

...During the Edo period, Japanese pears were cultivated in various regions, with over 150 varieties being developed. Japanese pear varieties are broadly divided into red pears, whose skin is rusty brown due to the development of corks between the fruit points, and green pears, whose skin is green without such development. During the Meiji period, representative red and green pear varieties, Chojuro and Nijisseiki, were discovered, and the area under cultivation increased with the development and spread of cultivation techniques. The area under cultivation decreased due to the effects of World War II, but currently pears are cultivated from south of Hakodate in Hokkaido to southern Kyushu. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "green pear" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…江戸時代には各地で栽培が行われ,150以上の品種がつくられた。ニホンナシの品種は,果皮が果点間コルクの発達でさび褐色を呈する赤ナシと,それの発達がみられない緑色の青ナシに大別されるが,明治時代には赤ナシと青ナシの代表品種である長十郎と二十世紀が発見され,栽培技術の進展とそれらの普及によって栽培面積も増加した。第2次大戦の影響で面積は減少したが,現在では北海道の函館以南から九州の南部まで栽培が行われている。…

※「青ナシ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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