Talk:Pyrus pyrifolia

message: As stated there are a couple of possible solutions
# Finally, I suggest people discuss the possible alternatives, of which I see four:
##leave the article where it is
##move it to Korean pear (which will need evidence backing up your claim that it's the most common name)
##move the article to Pyrus pyriflora (easiest good solution, but perhaps not the most elegant)
##move to Asian pear and put a disambig line across the top saying Asian pear may also refer to the Ya pear... - if, that is, "Asian pear" refers to pyriflora more commonly than the Ya.
:Thanks for agreeing to talk, Jclf19k. It means that I don't have to care about this any more. 69.140.12.199 21:21, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Per the flora naming convention, I have moved the page to its scientific name. --Rkitko (talk) 04:43, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Oops. I simply copied and pasted the scientific name up at the top of the article (Pyrus pyriflora) which appears to be incorrect. I'm not an admin, so I'm unable to move it to Pyrus pyrifolia, but I have listed it at Wikipedia:Requested moves per the flora naming convention. Best, --Rkitko (talk) 04:54, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Immediate Fixes 

message: According to this article, which seems to be fairly authoritative, the species is Pyrus serotina. MrDarwin 18:37, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Oops, never mind, according to Tropicos (following Flora of China) Pyrus serotina is a synonym of Pyrus pyrifolia.  The article is a bit dated (1990) but might have some useful info. MrDarwin 18:40, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Species?

message: In which nation was the photo at the top right taken? The photo does not seem to have a clear description. Badagnani (talk) 19:16, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo 

message: Hello everyone,
I have given this article a bit of a tidy up.  I shall outline what I have done.
1) Order of Country Names
It seems that the order of country names was a point of contention, and so I have simply opted
for alphabetical order.  This works well, because the three main nations - China, Japan, and Korea,
are listed on List of Asian countries by population in 1st, 6th, and 12th place, respectively.
This is repeated later in the article, under the subheading culture.
2) Unnecessary and excessive use of one of the fruit's names.
The repeated reference to "nashi pear" throughout this article is clearly poor grammar.  I have therefore removed many contentious references to the name of the fruit and tree.  If the reader has somehow forgotten what article they are reading, then I suggest we refer them to the title.  I personally do not care what you call the fruit, and for most of this article, it does not specifically need to be called anything.  
If there is a particular instance where omission of the name will cause confusion, please try to find a way to rephrase the sentence such that it does not, or use the scientific name.
3) Country specific VERSUS General information
I have relocated general information about this tree, and its fruit, to the top the relevant article section, and placed country specific information below it.
4) Asian Pear / Name section
I do not use this name.  I do not know anyone who does, but Google seems to have located an awfully large number of English-speaking people who use this name more than the others.  I realise that this may be due to the term being popular in the United States, and not representative of global English-speaking usage, however, it is the best data presented thus far - so I have moved "Asian pear" in front of Nashi in name section.
As the name section as a whole is disputed/contentious, I have stuck a "fact" tag on it.
I would like to suggest that this section be broken into two parts, one covering the names used in specific countries where the tree is cultivated, and one relating the names by which the fruit is known in countries it is exported to.
5) External Links
The first link is for one of those sites that transcludes Wikipedia into itself, specifically this article, and parts of another article on pears.  I have commented it out - please consider deleting it.
6) Cultivars
This section refers only to Japanese cultivars.  If the trees are grown in China and Korea, what cultivars are used?  The only listed Korean cultivar is a cross of two Japanese cultivars.
I have tried to clarify the first article which discusses the red/brown and yellow/green groups of cultivars, but there is a chance that the original writer meant something else.  The last sentence regarding Yamanashi is still unclear.
7) China
This article has recieved some enthusiastic additions from editors living in Japan and Korea, but what of China?  If it is indeed a popular fruit with cultural associations, then surely there must be something interesting to add to this article?
Thanks,
--James Chenery (talk) 16:37, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Regarding my last edit for NPOV, citations, ordering, etc. 

message: What makes them so salty near the core? There isn't even a mention of the saltiness of the center.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.17.118.100 (talk) 08:10, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Salty center. 

message: Added a reference to a Bengali dictionary showing the transliterated word "nashpati."  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.89.180.133 (talk) 12:40, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nashpati 

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thread_title: File:Nashi pear.jpg Nominated for Deletion

message: I've been attempting to research why the Korean variety has such an alcoholic taste to it compared to other varieties (it's often used in cooking but can eaten raw), only to find that this article is lumping together different cultivars as if they were all the same thing. I find this article confusing and uninformative. 81.143.89.182 (talk) 09:12, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Article lumping different cultivars together

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Does anyone else call them apple pears? Where I live in Alberta, that's what they're called, but it might just be an Alberta thing, so I wanted to ask before I added that to the section on its numerous names. Thank you!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.199.53.2 (talk) 00:15, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Haven't heard that but I have heard "pear apple".   HalfGig talk 21:26, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other names 

message: * "Can the same tree be grown from Asian pear seeds?
: Or are they like apples and it is a crap shoot?"
: "Asian pears have to be cross pollinated so you never know what you'll get if you grow them from seed..."
: "The seed of pear cultivars will not usually breed true to type."
: "pears are highly heterozygous, and therefore do not breed true from seed"
Please add info to the article about propagation, particularly from seed.-71.174.185.30 (talk) 21:49, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Propagation 

message: Given the importance of the flowers in China, can someone please include a photo of the flower? 68.174.155.22 (talk) 23:17, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flowers