Abstract
Noshiro-Hama-asanai and Osaki-Tenno areas are the two chief cores of sand-pear growing in Akita Prefecture. Under the leadership of landed farmers and progressive farmers, the culture of sandpear in unirrigated fields and newly reclaimed laud was started in the last decade of the 19th century.
In farm-houses with 1 to 1.5ha. of cropped land, the rate of pear growing farms is 72% in Hama-asanai and 75% in Osaki. It is seen that the larger the scale of a farm is, the larger the area under pear raising. The native kinds of pears traditionally raised here are late growing varieties and they are rather late to be shipped to the market. Efforts are continued to produce early ripening varieties.
In pre-war time, Hokkaido and Tokyo area were main markets, but now with the decreased production the products are mostly consumed locally.
