• Pinkerton

• o Originally from California.
  o Group A, requires a pollinator
  o Productivity: a very productive variety
  o Fruit size: around 300 grams.
  o Shape: Elongated Shape with long neck
  o Shell: Rough
  o Picking date: Picking December to February.
  o Picking Mode: manual
  o Flavor: Nutty
  o Quality of the fruit : peels easily and has a small seed.
  o Plantation maintenance: Requires a suitable pruning method for stable yields.
  o Additional data: Sensitive to cold.
  o Planting densities: 6×3.
  o Trees per hectare: 550

• Arad

o An Israeli variety
o Group A, does not require a pollinator
o Productivity: a very productive variety
o Fruit size: around 300 grams.
o Shape: Large pear
o Shell: Rough
o Picking date: December to February.
o Picking Mode: Manual
o Taste: A tad watery not very oily.
o Plantation maintenance: can be planted in high densities.
o Additional Information: better resistant to cold then Hass for example
o Growth Type: Spherical, measured.
o Planting densities: 5/6 x 2.5/3
o Trees per hectare: 550-800

• Reed

o Originally from California, partly Guatemalan
o Group A, does not require a pollinator
o Productivity: Good and constant over the years
o Fruit size: 300-350 g
o Shape: Round
o Shell: Hard, peeled easily
o Picking period: Late season
o Picking mode: picker
o Taste: A tad watery not very oily
o Plantation maintenance: Can be planted in high densities, low feeding. requirements, requires less water than normal varieties.
o Additional data: Can be saved for summer with 2 generations in a suitable post-harvest maintenance.
o Growth Type: High and narrow tree with internal fruits.
o Planting densities: 6/5 x 3
o Trees per hectare: 550-660

• Ettinger

o An Israeli variety with Mexican blood
o Group B, High quality Pollinator
o Productivity: Good, constant over the years.
o Fruit size: 250-280 g
o Shape: Pear green fruit
o Shell: Relatively thin shell
o Picking date: relatively early, picking date September-December.
o Picking Mode: Manual
o Taste: Fine
o Additional information: High resistant to colds.
o Growth Type: Axial growth
o Planting Densities: 6×4 or by the primary variety it pollinates.
o Trees per hectare: 420

• Galil

o Israeli variety
o Group A, requires a pollinator
o Productivity: Productive with great stability in crops
o Shape: Elongated
o Picking date: very early
o Picking Mode: Manual
o Taste: Aaverage
o Plantation maintenance: resistant in cold temperatures
o Growth Type: average vigor. Axial growth
o Planting intervals: 6×3
o Trees per hectare: 550

• Fuerte

o Originally from Mexico
o Group B can be used as pollinator but not as good as Ettinger.
o Productivity: High, depending on plantation maintenance
o Fruit size: average size 250 grams
o Shape: Pear Elliptical
o Shell: Smooth Green
o Picking Date: Picking from late October to March
o Picking mode: picker
o Taste: Fine taste
o Plantation maintenance: Strong variety, requires the use of growth chemical in order to reach high crops
o Additional Information: Tends to grey at late stages.
o Growth Type : lateral and high.
o Planting Densities: 6/7 x 4/5
o Trees per hectare: 280-480

•  Day

o Group B
o Productivity: High
o Fruit Size: Medium
o Shape: Circled Pear
o Shell: Thick
o Picking period: Early – September
o Taste: Average
o Additional Information: Sensitive to cold.
o Growth Type: spherical, moderate.
o Planting Densities: 6/5 x 3.
o Trees per hectare: 550-660

• Dominic

o Group A
o Productivity: 90-100 kg/tree
o Fruit size: large 300-350 g
o Shell: rough, green, medium thick
o Picking Date : October – February
o Additional Information: An experimental variety at the Haskelberg Nurseries in cooperation with Kibbutz Ein HaEmiv.
o Growth Type: Axial growth
o Planting intervals: 6x 3
o Trees per hectare: 550

• Ardit

o Originally from California
o Type A, Good pollinator for Etinger
o Productivity: average crop 12 tons per hectare
o Fruit size: average 250 grams
o Shape: long Pear
o Shell: Green with light bumps
o Picking date: Harvested in the second half of the season
o Picking mode: Picker
o Taste: Good quality
o Additional Information: Requires rigging to keep the fruits on the tree.
o Growing shape: relatively large tree, large trees.
o Planting Densities: 6/7 x 4
o Trees per hectare: 420