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Agriculture · Q94

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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 94

Q94

Low chilling variety of pear is

A.
Punjab Nectar
Answer
B.
Flemish beauty
C.
Starkimson
D.
Bartlett

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
The low chilling variety of pear is Punjab Nectar. It can tolerate very low temperatures below zero degrees and can stand high temperatures.
It is a low chilling and semi-soft variety of pear. Trees of medium height. Fruits are medium to large size. Fruits are yellow-green with white flesh. On ripening become juicy. It gets a mature week of July. It gives an average yield of 80 kg per tree.