Rocha (pear)
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The Rocha pear ( Portuguese : 'Pêra Rocha do Oeste' ) is a variety of the pear ( Pyrus communis ) that is native to Portugal . It was mentioned for the first time in 1836 in the municipality of Sintra and is cultivated in the Oeste region with an increasing tendency .
fruit
The fruit is characterized by a medium size of 55 to 75 mm and oval shape. The skin is tender and green to yellowish with small spots. The flesh is firm, juicy and sweet.
Economical meaning
It is one of the ten pear varieties with the largest cultivation area in the EU and in 2004 over 13,520 t of Rocha pears from Oeste were exported to countries such as Great Britain , Brazil , France , Ireland , Russia , Poland , the Netherlands , Canada and Spain .
As a name for agricultural products, Pêra Rocha do Oeste was declared a protected designation of origin within the EU in 2003 .
Web links
- Oeste Rocha pear GI case study (PDF; 163 kB; temporarily unavailable on October 6, 2012)
- Ricardo Machado: Geographicals Indications, a land of opportunities. (PDF, 0.37 MB) Oeste Rocha pear GI case study. In: ASEAN Project on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (ECAP III). European Union / ASEAN, May 17, 2005, accessed October 6, 2012 (English, presentation).
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- JM Silva, NG Barba, MT Barros, A. Torres-Paulo: 'Rocha', The Pear From Portugal. In: Acta Horticulturae. No. 671, 2008, pp. 219–222, doi : 10.17660 / ActaHortic.2005.671.29 , full text as PDF, accessed on December 2, 2012.