İlkadım (Samsun) İlçesi Yerel Armutları.

This research was carriedout on 5 local pear cultivars grown in and around İlkadım county (Samsun province of Turkey) in 2017. These cultivarscalled as Sarıca and Orak, and three Çörtük cultivars that have different characteristics in the region. In thesecultivars, fruit weight varied from7.6 g (Çörtük-2) to 33.0 g (Orak); fruit width from 31.55 mm (Çörtük-2) to 37.56 mm (Orak); fruit length from 36.98 mm (Çörtük-2) to 54.64 mm (Çörtük-3); fruit diameter from 31.36 mm (Çörtük-2) to 39.04 mm (Orak); fruit flesh firmness from 2.06 kg (Orak) to 7.77 kg (Sarıca); total soluble solid content from9.9% (Orak) to 14.7% (Çörtük-3); pH value in fruit juice ranged from 4.77 (Sarıca) to 5.39 (Orak) and titratable acidity from 2.10 % (Orak) to 5.19% (Çörtük-2). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]