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.
Ping Guo Li Pear is interesting… the actor in the film not so much.
Sorry melon, as the arbitrary comptroller of pears and pear growers, I hereby deny your request to grow Singo. You’ll have to make do with something more mundane until your experience level is a tad higher.
Im not a comptroller or any kind of controller or expert but i grow
Niitaka. So can most anyone.
新高。 Singo/Shingo/Niitaka aka. The King of Pears in Japan
Shingo pears are labor-intensive and hand-harvested, making them a premium variety sold at high prices in the market. The variety is also widely known as Niitaka pears or Singo pears and is sometimes generally labeled as Korean pears, Apple pears, Bae, or Asian pears in commercial markets. Shingo pears are favored for their large size, aqueous nature, and sweet taste. In Asia, Shingo pears are often given as gifts and are transported in protective packaging to prevent their skin from being damaged. The variety is popular in Japan and Korea and is also exported to Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia, where they are sold as premium fresh fruits.
Highly productive, ‘Niitaka,’ aka ‘Singo,’ is noted for its abundance of large caramel-russet fruit with an occasional pink blush. The flesh is off-white with a crisp, juicy texture and mild, melon-like flavor.
We’re in the process of putting in an additional 135 A. Pear this Spring
Atago
Olympic
Yoinashi
We have about 20 more mature trees (Shinko, Shinseiki, Chujoru, Hosui, Atago, 20th Century… all great pear fwiw). I’ve also planted a few more unusual ones for us (I grafted these->) Hayatama, Yakumo, Zoa Su Li, Shinsui, and Taylor
Yes, I misspelled it, sorry, was working from memory and I only have two(2), just planted but were in pots for a year among +50 others, so they don’t get a lot of my attention to remember what they are.
If it walks like a duck and it talks like a duck, it is probably Clark looking for a new “duck” pear.
I wrote about these a few days ago.
On a more serious note, I only have a very small number of oriental/Asian pears in the database. There are still thousands that have not made it to the U.S.
New Arirang was sent to me about a decade ago as freebie/substitution. I wasn’t looking for asian pears, but I grafted it to an OHxF333 multigraft anyway. I didn’t know what to expect because there was no information on it back then. For some reason, I assumed it was an old abandoned variety. In the end it was a big disappointment. It has always been on the bland side.
I recently added Korean Giant, and it has a lot better flavor. It tends to ripen about a week later and be larger than New Arirang. Still, I’m not sure I like the texture of asian pears. The only other asian pear I have is Chojuro, which I can’t seem to pick at the right time. It is always overripe by the time I get to it.
I have a hard time believing my New Arirang is a sport of Korean Giant. It seems like they would be more similar. Of course, I can’t be 100% sure I have true New Arirang. There isn’t much to go by for confirmation. I also can’t be sure that it just doesn’t develop well here. Maybe it does better in different growing conditions.
I also have been trouble picking Chojuro at the right time here. They loose their firmness crispness very fast. The flavor/ sweetness is very pronounced and they are delicious, texture just ends up mealy.
Next season I’m going to pull some off when I think it’s still too early and trial cold storage for a bit.
This is what I do, pick when still crunchy and store them. I’ve been really impressed with how well Chojuro stores. Just ate one today and it’s at peak flavor right now. I ate the last one in early April last year and that’s just because I ran out. I think it would easily have lasted another month.
I bought some shingo pears at Costco last week 3 for $12. Wasn’t impressed huge but average grocery store taste. Best Asian pears I’ve had have comefrom target, thats what got me to plant a chojuro but I haven’t been overly impressed with those so far either.
Asian pears as a general group do not have high aromatics like European pears. The closest I’ve found is hybrids between European and Asian varieties. Spalding looks more like a European pear but has the crunchy/juicy sweet taste typical of Asian varieties with a bit more flavor and aroma. I’m looking forward to trying Xinjiang and Yulu fragrant pears. They are supposed to have more taste/aroma.
it said the variety on the box this entire time…
here’s a cookie. Reverse the decision please!
So can most anyone.
