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September 06, 2006
Korla Fragrant Pears
Here in Korla, there's a noticeable buzz on the street every time fragrant pear (香梨) season rolls around. A good percentage of the local Uyghur population is involved in picking and packing the pears, with migrant workers pouring in from poorer areas in southern Xinjiang. Soon, the roads leading from the city will be clogged with trucks overloaded with freshly packed boxes, rushing the crispy fruit to wealthy consumers in Hong Kong and Japan. Mohammed - a Uyghur friend who's family owns quite a lot of fragrant pear trees - invited me out to his orchards near the Korla airport to take a look at the harvest. I brought my camera, of course:
posted September 06, 2006 at 11:55 PM unofficial Xinjiang time | HaoHao This!
Comments
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Posted by: flash at September 8, 2006 11:50 AM
great photos! but you are making me hungry:)
Posted by: psymeg at September 9, 2006 10:20 AM
hi,
Michale,
did you pick pears in the town?
Where is it?Is is yingyia town
Posted by: white at September 28, 2006 05:25 PM
CHINA TO EXPORT XINJIANG PEARS TO US AFTER LONG NEGOTIATIONS
29 September 2006
Asia Pulse
BEIJING, Sept 29 Asia Pulse - China is to export fragrant pears specially grown in northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to the United States - after 13 years of negotiations.
Sources with the State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (SAQSIQ) said on Thursday the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) had approved the exports.
The decision came after two U.S. experts examined orchards and packing factories in Xinjiang last month to ensure the Chinese quarantine system met the U.S. requirements.
China first applied to export fragrant pears to the U.S. in 1993, but not until last December did the two sides reach an agreement on quarantining the produce.
The fragrant pears are produced in Xinjiang's Korla City, which had 23,333 hectares of orchards last year with a yield of about 120,000 tons.
The pears are sold in major Chinese cities and exported to Canada, Australia and other countries that have strict quarantine requirements.
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Posted by: Luistxo at October 11, 2006 10:09 PM
Hi!
my name is yong from Los Angeles in California,
i'd like import fragant pear from you..
Posted by: J. Produce at January 31, 2007 11:17 PM
I have tasted this pears got it from the Great wall here in Kent, Washington, the taste is divine! Would somebody tell me if anyone sells the tree itself, to plant here in America?
I saved the seeds, will try to germinate it, see what happens. It would take 7 years to flower though if it started from seeds.
Posted by: CHOLLY at January 5, 2008 10:56 PM
Do you know where I can buy a fragrant pear tree in America?
Posted by: Trang at June 14, 2008 01:07 AM