2024 - 25 asian pears part 2 - there are so many more than this

[Fusion_power]

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.

New Arirang and Naju pears at Grandpa's Orchard

I was going through the list of pears at Grandpa’s Orchard and found 2 that are not in my list of pears. They appear to be recent additions. New Arirang is a sport of Korean Giant (A Ri Rang) described as a large russeted fruit with high sugar, distinct flavor, and very large size. Naju is harder to trace down. The name is from the city of Naju which is famous for delicious pears. It is described as large, russeted, sweet, crisp, and juicy. For good measure:

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.