32.pistachio varieties in the world By Allah Dad Khan

2. Pistachio Varities in
The World
By
Allah Dad Khan

4. Pistachios
• are cholesterol-free and high in monounsaturated
fat, which is a good fat and means that they,
along with other nuts, will help protect you from
heart attacks. The copper, magnesium, and B
vitamins in pistachios all strengthen your immune
system, making your body fit.
• California-grown and dry roasted to perfection.
This is the nut where green is good. Buy them in
the shell or just the kernels.

5. European
cultivar

6. Aegina
• ‘
Medium size fruit, long
and similar to
" Mateur ". It comes
from Greece and it also
gives good results in
Spain.

7. Mateur EU
• Long fruit, average size,
yellow greenish colour
and good taste quality.
It was selected in Tunis
and it gives good results
in Spain. In Castilla-La
Mancha it ripens at the
end of August.

8. Larnaka ‘
•
Average size pistachio,
less long than
‘Mateur ". Original from
Cyprus. It is cultivated
in Greece and in Spain,
giving good

9. Turkish
cultivar

10. Uzun Tu
• Pistachio nut of average
size, long and clear
green. It is cultivated in
Turkey.

11. Kirmizi TU
• Kirmizi ‘
Pistachio nut of average
size and reddish colour.
Along with the cultivar
Uzum, it is the most
cultivated variety in
Turkey.

12. Abiad miwahi ‘
•
Pistachio nut of average
size, white colour and
excellent quality.
Cultivated in Turkey

13. Syrian
cultivar

14. Achoury
• Achouri ‘
Pistachio nut of average
size, red colour,
excellent quality and
very productive.
Cultivated in Syria.

15. Alemi

16. Elbataury
• Thick fruit of whitish
colour and good quality.
Important cultivar in
Syria.

17. Obaid

18. Ayimi

19. Iranian
cultivar

20. Momtaz
• Sefideh-Montaz" and "
Imperiale de
Dameghan"
The fruit of these
varieties is round, thick
and yellowish. Very
appreciated in Iran.

21. California
• Probably 97% or more of the pistachio acreage in
California is planted to the Pistacia vera female
cultivar called ‘Kerman’ and a P. vera male called
‘Peters’.

22. Kerman
• • selected, in 1929,
from seed imported
from Rafsanjan, Iran •
named in 1952 •
released for trial in
1957 • grown on 1700
acres in 1977 • grown
on approximately
170,000 acres in
California in 2008.

23. Peters
• Peters Male • found by A. B. Peters from Fresno, CA.
(originally may have come from Armenia) • good
producer of durable pollen • bloom period continues
for three weeks • initial spring bloom usually slightly
ahead of Kerman. Bloom period coincides with
Kerman very well most years.

24. Red Aleppo
• compared to Kerman: • one of the first varieties planted in
CA • flowers earlier in the year • equally alternate bearing •
earlier harvest • more shell staining? • lower percentage of
clean, edible inshell split nuts • smaller nut size, crisper
kernel • trees more difficult to train – hanging branches

25. Joley
• Joley (released from California program in 1980) compared to Kerman: •
blooms earlier (one week) • earlier harvest (one week) • smaller, flatter
and narrower nut • similar percentage of clean, edible split nuts (fewer
closed shell) • tendency toward light stain (may be do to lack of huller
availability early in season) • comes into bearing earlier? • similar
tendency to alternate bear