Pyrus nivalis

{{Short description|Species of pear tree}}

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|status = DD

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{Cite iucn |title=Pyrus nivalis |author=Wilson, B. |name-list-style=amp |page= e.T173013A119836443 |date= 2018 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T173013A119836443.en |access-date=19 July 2024}}

| genus = Pyrus

| species = nivalis

| authority = Jacq.

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Pyrus nivalis, commonly known as yellow pear or snow pear, is a species of tree in the family Rosaceae that grows naturally from South-East Europe to Western Asia. Like most pears, its fruit can be eaten raw or cooked; it has a mild sour taste. The fruit is picked in October, when it is still dry and unripe; it will not become soft and sweet until the end of November or December, hence the name snow pear ({{langx|de|Schneebirne}}).{{Cite book |last=Jacquin |first=Nicolaus Joseph |url=https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/viewer/14949/?offset=#page=9&viewer=picture&o=bookmark&n=0&q= |title=Florae Austriacae |publisher=Leopold Johann Kaliwoda |year=1774 |volume=2 |location=Vienna |pages=5}}

The plant is very colorful and may grow up to 10 meters tall and 8 meters wide. It is a very hardy plant that is able to survive with a small supply of water and can brave very high/low temperatures. It may hybridize with other pears, producing, for example, Pyrus austriaca in a cross with Pyrus pyraster.{{cite conference |title=Proceedings of the VIIIth International Symposium on Pear |last1=Sansavini |first1=Silviero |date=2002 |publisher=International Society for Horticultural Science |pages=191–192 |location=Ferrara-Bologna, Italy }}

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