date:Apr 07, 2014
he pear acreage and the high yield per hectare. From 1947, the Dutch pear acreage slowly decreased from 13,900 to 5,000 hectares in 1989. From 1990, the acreage grew pear and the yield per hectare rose.
In 2012, the pear acreage of 8,169 hectares was bigger than the apple acreage (then 7,948 hectares) for the first time. In 2013, the pear acreage increased further to 8,509 hectares, while the area of apples continued to decline slightly to 7,906 hectares.
The main reason for the record harvest