Karadeniz Bölgesinin Yumuşak Çekirdekli Meyve Üretiminde Mevcut Durumu ve Potansiyeli.

The Black Sea Region, having very different ecological conditions and geographical structures and therefore can grow many fruit species, has a very important place in fruit growing in our country. The Black Sea Region realizes 11.1 % of Turkey's fruit production with 2 573 222 tons, and approximately 4.4 % of our country's pome fruit production about 225 thousand tons of pome fruit production. Pome fruit growing in the region is mainly performed in home gardens, fruit gardens and commercial orchards. Pome fruits with 8.8 % portion have second place after nuts (23.9 %) in fruit growing of the region. Apple (149 275 tons, 66.3 %) and pear (59 931 tons, 26.6 %) are produced as the highest amount among pome fruits in the region. In the region, while apples are produced in terms of both production amount and area with the other apple group (36.3 % and 37.9 %, respectively), the Amasya apple (20.9 %) in terms of production area and the Starking apple (19.7 %) in terms of production amount are followed in this group. The Black Sea Region with 1 912 tons of production supplies 38.5 % of total medlar production of Turkey. When the potential of pome fruit production in the Black Sea Region is evaluated, Amasya (46 004 tons), Samsun (27 874 tons), Kastamonu (21 509 tons) and Tokat (20 450 tons) are the main producer cities. In this study, the current situation and potential of the most produced pome fruit species in the fruit production of the Black Sea Region and Turkey are discussed in detail. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]