Zhejiang Agricultural University

Basic Introduction to Jianning Yellow PearThe Yellow Pear is a type of sand pear, originally created by the Horticulture Department of Zhejiang Agricultural University through hybridization of the Yellow Honey Pear and Three Flower Pear. Jianning County is located in the northwest of Fujian Province, under the jurisdiction of Sanming City. It is the source of the Fujian River, the mother river of Fujian Province. The county features well-drained, fertile hill slopes and is influenced by a subtropical maritime monsoon climate, which brings abundant sunshine and rainfall, along with significant day-night temperature differences in summer, making it very suitable for the growth of Yellow Pears. Nutritional ValueThe Yellow Pear contains fructose, glucose, as well as phosphorus, iron, carotene, vitamin C, and other essential nutrients required by the human body, giving it high edible value. It also has significant medicinal value. According to *Compendium of Materia Medica*, it can moisten the lungs and cool the heart, eliminate phlegm and reduce fire, and treat sores and detoxify. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that pears are sweet and cold in nature and have effects such as moistening the lungs, clearing the heart, stopping coughs, eliminating phlegm, treating lung heat, removing excessive internal heat, and…