date:Nov 13, 2019
tion has decreased an average of two percent annually, while the area for new planting (young trees) has decreased drastically by 16 percent annually.
In MY 2018/19, total planted area decreased by five percent to 10,303 hectares from the previous marketing year. Pear trees can bear commercial fruit in six to seven years after planting. Koreas pear growing area is relatively evenly spread across four main provinces of South Jeolla, Chungcheong, Gyeonggi and Gyeongsang, each contributing around