Pear
PEAR
PEAR (Heb. אַגָּס, mishnaic), Pyrus communis. Although it is first mentioned in rabbinic literature this does not necessarily mean that the pear was not grown in Ereẓ Israel in biblical times. A member of the same genus, the Syrian pear Pyrus syriaca (mishnaic Heb. ḥizrar), grows wild in Ereẓ Israel in Upper Galilee (Kil. 1:4). The same Mishnah mentions a variety of pear called krostomlin which is regarded as belonging to the same species. The reference is to the pear called by Pliny (Natural History, 15:53) crustumina. It seems that during the time of the Mishnah they began to grow this excellent species in Ereẓ Israel, hence its Roman name. In modern Israel the Arabs used to grow small local pears, but excellent large species have been introduced by the Jews, and today pears are found in abundance.
bibliography:
Loew, Flora, 3 (1924), 235–40; J. Feliks, Kilei Zera'im ve-Harkavah (1967), 93–95. add. bibliography: Feliks, Ha-Tzome'aḥ, 18.
[Jehuda Feliks]
pear
pear / per/ • n. 1. a yellowish- or brownish-green edible fruit that is typically narrow at the stalk and wider toward the tip, with sweet, slightly gritty flesh. 2. (also pear tree) the Eurasian tree (genus Pyrus) of the rose family that bears this fruit.
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Pear
Pear
Also known as the "Bahr" or "Pohr," the Pear number about 1,000 (1981) and live in southwest Cambodia. They are now largely assimilated into Khmer society. The Pear are closely related to the Chong and the Saoch.
See also Khmer
Bibliography
Hickey, Gerald C. (1964). "Pear." In Ethnic Groups of Mainland Southeast Asia, edited by Frank M. LeBar, Gerald C. Hickey, and John K. Musgrave, 159-160. New Haven: HRAF Press.