Banana vs Pear
Both are Fruit. Each axis is a percentile across all 538 crops — 80 means higher than four-fifths of the table. Where an axis is missing, the crop genuinely is not measured that way.
Banana
Pear
| Measure | Banana | Pear |
|---|---|---|
| Season | Perennial | Perennial |
| Sowing window | Jun–Jul, Feb–Mar | Dec–Jan (planting) |
| Days to harvest | 300–365 | 4–6 yr to bear |
| Spacing | 1.8 × 1.8 m | 6 × 6 m |
| Soil pH | 6.0–7.5 | 6.0–7.0 |
| Water | 1200–2000 | 800–1100 |
| Temperature °C | 20–35 | 10–25 |
| Seed rate | 3,000 suckers | 270 plants |
| Yield | 50–70 t | 15–20 t |
| Watch for | Sigatoka, panama wilt, weevil | Scab, leaf blight |