Pêra Rocha
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Pêra Rocha is an native Portuguese
variety of pear
. The earliest account of the Rocha variety dates from 1836, in the Sintra
municipality. This variety was casually obtained from a seed, on Pedro António Rocha's farm. The variety derives its name from his family name. The Rocha pear is produced in several places in Portugal. The production area is over 100 km² and there are about 9,450 producers.
region is the most renowned, being a product with specific characteristics:
Over 13,520,000 kg of Oeste's Rocha Pear was exported in 2004 to countries like Britain, Brazil, France, Ireland, Russia, Poland, Netherlands, Canada and Spain.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
variety of pear
Pear
The pear is any of several tree species of genus Pyrus and also the name of the pomaceous fruit of these trees. Several species of pear are valued by humans for their edible fruit, but the fruit of other species is small, hard, and astringent....
. The earliest account of the Rocha variety dates from 1836, in the Sintra
Sintra
Sintra is a town within the municipality of Sintra in the Grande Lisboa subregion of Portugal. Owing to its 19th century Romantic architecture and landscapes, becoming a major tourist centre, visited by many day-trippers who travel from the urbanized suburbs and capital of Lisbon.In addition to...
municipality. This variety was casually obtained from a seed, on Pedro António Rocha's farm. The variety derives its name from his family name. The Rocha pear is produced in several places in Portugal. The production area is over 100 km² and there are about 9,450 producers.
Oeste's Pêra Rocha
Rocha Pear produced in the OesteOeste
Oeste, is a NUTS 3 sub-region of the NUTS 2 Centro Region of Portugal. The sub-region is coterminous with the Comunidade Intermunicipal do Oeste of the same name...
region is the most renowned, being a product with specific characteristics:
- Size: medium 55 to 75 mm
- Format: oval, piriform
- Skin: fine and smooth
- Colour: yellow and green
- Russeting: typical around peduncle
- Pulp Colour: white
- Pulp: hard and firm, crunchy, juicy and sweet
- 'Rocha' pear is very sensitive to pear scab (Venturia pirinaVenturia pirinaVenturia pirina is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *...
) and also to Stemphylium vesicariumStemphylium vesicariumStemphylium vesicarium is a plant pathogen.- External links :**...
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Over 13,520,000 kg of Oeste's Rocha Pear was exported in 2004 to countries like Britain, Brazil, France, Ireland, Russia, Poland, Netherlands, Canada and Spain.