Comparison of important Iranian pistachio cultivars
Sequence number
Region name Pistachio shape Color Iranian Pistachio length Length in millimeters Width in millimeters Number of pistachios per ounce
Number of grams of pistachios
Pistachio kernel net weight per gram
1 Damghan Shah Pasand Almond Full Cream 25-22 15-12 12-17 64-63 53
2 Damghan almond dagger light cream 25-21 13-12-12-19 70-69 52
3 Damghan groceries Almond and hazelnut bold cream 20-18 13-12-12 25-28 88-87 52
4 Commercial Mixed Damghan 20-18 13-12 12 28-27 95-94 52
5 Qazvin Mixed almond noodles 21-19 19 12-12 26-25 92-91 52
6 Qazvin commercial hazelnut mixed 17-15 12-10 39-38 136-135 51
7 Isfahan Hazelnut Large Hazelnut Cream 18-15 13-12 12-27 100-99 57
8 Isfahan Hazelnut Fine Hazelnut Cream 16-14 12-10 32-31 114-113 55
9 Isfahan Almond Almond Dark Cream 21-17 14-11 27-26 94-93 53
10 Ardakan Hazelnut Hazelnut Dark Cream 19-17 14-12 12-32 80-79 57
11 Ardakan Badami Badami Cream bold 22-19-19 12-10 28-27 98-97 54
12 Yazd Hazelnut Hazelnut Cream 19-17 13-12 12-23 84-83 57
13 Yazd Almond Almond Dark Cream 21-18 12-10 30-29 104-103 55
14 Rafsanjan Ouhadi Hazelnut Dark Cream 19-17 12-11 23-22 80-79 58
15 Rafsanjan Ouhadi Hazelnut Color Cream 21-19 15-13 19-18 66-65 58
16 Rafsanjan Premium Almond Color Cream 22-19 12-11 21-20 76-75 55
17 Rafsanjan Hassani Hazelnut stretched bold cream 22-20 14-12 12-17 63-62 59
18 Rafsanjan Stretched almond knob Light cream 24-22 14-11 22-21 75-74 56
19 Rafsanjan Amiri between almond and hazelnut bold cream 22-19 19 14-11 22-26 76-75 58
20 Rafsanjan white pistachios, super hazelnut, thick cream 22-20 13-11 22-21 76-75 55
21 - Premium hazelnut grade 2 hazelnut cream 20-20 17-12 25-24 86-85 58
22 - Premium Almonds Grade 2 Almond Bold Cream 22-18 13-11 25-24 86-85 57
23 - Hazelnut grade 1 Tchari hazelnut mixed 19-14 12-11 28-27 100-99 58
24 - Almond grade 1 standard mixed almond 22-17 14-12 12-24 90-89 52
25 - Grade 2 Standard Mix Mix 22-13 13-11 11-32 108-107 50