Pears
Asian Pears
Sweet crunchy, full of flavor, long keeping pears that are very firm and juicy without a gritty texture.
All Pears are $35.00
- Hosui - Consistently rated the best-tasting Asian pear in America’s fruit tastings contest. Large, juicy, sweet, flavorful, refreshing, crisp like an apple. Brownish-orange russeted skin
- Chu Hwang - The ‘Chuhwangbae’ Asian pear, a late-season cultivar that has become popular in Korea. very large, average weight 400 - 450 grams, elongated. The peel is smooth to slightly rough, light yellow-brown, firm and dry. The tendency for fruit cracking is low.
- Hwa San - The fruit is round, the average fruit weight is 300~400 grams, it is an extra-large fruit shape. The flesh is milky white, with few stone cells and a small heart, making it one of the varieties with the highest sugar content in Korean pears. The meat is fine and crunchy, sweet and of excellent quality.
- Ju Hong - Meaning "Red Striped." The fruits are of large caliber, very nicely colored (striped), with a fine pulp - crisp, juicy and sweet - similar to common varieties of Asian pears.
- Korean Giant - Is a large, sweet, and crisp Asian pear variety. It's known for its impressive size, sometimes weighing up to a pound, and its ability to store well in cold conditions. The pears are characterized by their yellow-brown skin and juicy, flavorful flesh
- Man Pong -
- Man Su -
- Meigetsu - Meigetsu Asian pears are pleasantly sweet with the flavour and aroma being compared to pineapples, watermelon, and butterscotch. The flesh is somewhat softer than other Asian pears, making the texture more akin to that of European pears.
- Late Korean (Okusankichi)- Pyrus pyrifolia sp. Large, round. Green to tan russeted, Thick skin keep very well. White, refreshing, firm, coarse, crisp and juicy flesh. Keeps well after picking. Flavor improves with storage. Ripens: Late October, 600 hours chilling.
Cold hardy USDA Zone 5.
- Shu Li -
- Ya Li - Ya Li Asian Pear has a crisp, fine-textured flesh that is sweet and juicy and is somewhat softer than other Asian Pears. Ya Li pears are large, pear-shaped, and smooth skinned. Ya Li pears have a crisp juicy texture and fine sweet-tart flavor with hint of anise and spice.
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 Raja Asian Pear - This attractive, golden-brown Asian Pear is very sweet, richly flavored and simply, quite delicious. Very productive, disease-resistant, and hardy, Raja Asian Pear is a must-have variety for gardeners throughout the U.S.
- Chojuro Asian Pear - Tree of the golden-brown Japanese variety. Reliable and very productive you will enjoy an abundant harvest of large and beautiful pears, which ripen in early to mid-September
- Korean Giant - Very large round, dark brown russet fruit weighs up to one pound. Excellent crisp flavor ,juicy flesh with high sugar content, very precocious. Ripens early October.
European and Hybrid Pears
Pears of the Old World well known in those parts but newly introduced in the USA.
- Briaca Pear - The Cocomerina Pear, also called Briaca Pear or Cocomera Pear, has a small size. It owes its name to the pulp, with its atypical watermelon red color. The flesh has crisp with a light cherry flavor
- Deveci Pear - From Turkey, a well-known pear sought after for years. It was a hidden secret of the owner and was found growing in a dense forest, unseen by passersby. This pear has a beautiful red blush and is round and squatty. It is similar to an Asian pear but with all the texture and full body of a European pear. This pear comes highly recommended from us and friends in Turkey. It is grafted on to OHxF87 semi-dwarf pear root stock.
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- Turnbull - Large fruit with a crisp, juicy apple-like flavor. Long bloom period and most often misses the late spring frost, it is a hybrid cross of Asian pear with European pear. The fruit is excellent for fresh eating, hardy, fireblight resistant, and worthy of attention. It is vigorous growing and grafted on to OHxF87 semi-dwarf pear rootstock. Limited numbers on hand.
- New World Pear Hybrid - Bartlett European pear x Korean Giant Asian pear. Pear develops a beautiful fawn colored skin. Fruit texture is fine grain without grit cells. Fruit is larger than Korean Giant and has a sweet crunchy texture that is reminiscent of a butterscotch flavor. Fruit shape is slightly oblong with a button at the flower end of fruit. Grafted on to OHxF87 Semi-Dwarfing pear root stock. Tree is fire blight resistant AND Self-pollinating here.
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