The pear tree is certainly one of the most important vegetable crops in the landscape of Etna. With regard to some native cultivars they are still quite popular and very well known (Ucciardone, Spineddu, etc.), but most are very sporadic and often at risk disappearance. Overall have been so far identified 34 native varieties, characterized by a very large collection calendar, from late spring to late autumn and are present in a more or less significant different alien species.