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Saint Germaine (pear)

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2. Sary Sinop (apple) Botanical lithograph of a variety that likely originated in the southern coast of the Black Sea and thrived in Crimea. With the Saint Germaine pear the "alpha and omega" of Crimean orchardry. The Sary Sinop is considered a first-class market fruit, appealing for eating and cooking. Candied fruit factories use it exclusively. Yield is high, which explains why it plays a crucial role in the Crimean economy despite fetching 1 ruble 50 kopeks per pood (half the price of many reinette varieties). This is calling-card apple of Karasubazar.
3. Prunus avium: four varieties
4. Saint Germaine (pear)
6. Abrikos Breda, Abrikos Lyuize (apricot)
9. Gros Noir (cherry)
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11. Saint Germaine (pear)
32. Bere Dil (pear)
36. Ardanpon (apple) The Ardanpon (Hardenpott) was identified in 1750. In the late 19th century it was well-established in Crimea and the most profitable (and tasty) of all winter pears. In Crimea it was known as the Ferdinand, and was often sent to the Moscow markets from the Kacha valley and from Alushta and Kuru Uzen. (St. Petersburg markets sold French pears.) This chromolithograph is based on a pear sent for the purposes of the Atlas in 1896 from Alushta. It weighed 422 grams.
37. Bere Bosc (pear)
38. Vil'yams (pear)

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