Very interesting Black Asian pear in Harbin China. We got the Red ones in circulation and now We just need the Black Asian pear. Hopefully @Sophia2017 can come up with the scion from China.
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It’s rare to see such a pitch black color for any fruit. It does make me wonder if this is how it colors on the tree or if some other process occurs.
I’m not saying it isn’t this color, but it does make me wonder.
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In the northern China, people are used to eating pears frozen, or after the pears are frozen and turned dark. The ones in the picture are the frozen pears
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That’s what I was thinking of actually as just a few days ago YouTube recommended a short video showing that freeze, thaw, freeze (several times) process…but the photo here they seem to have a hard, smooth skin. I think in the video I saw they looked a bit broken down
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Is it legal to bring seeds back?
Yes, it is, if the amount of seeds is small enough, and if there is no disease in the seeds. The best way is to use the small lot of seeds permit, that way our government inspects the seeds for a virus. That way there is no way to blame the person importing the seeds, for spreading a disease. Although the permit would have to be requested long before a trip to another country is taken for it to be active in time.
Technically, if a small amount of seeds is brought in without a permit, and there is no disease (which is the risk of the sender), then it’s legal, although bringing a plant disease in to the USA it’s self can be illegal, accident or not.
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Did you try the fruit? I am curious what it might be like to eat.
Sorry no. My cousin visited there a month ago and sent me the photos. I forgot to ask for seeds.
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Dongbei pears look different but they do resemble them Frozen pears, sorghum liquor, and dongbei salad
I have never seen them or heard of them. What part of China do they grow them? If they sell them in harbin China i would think they grow nearby.
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Harbin, China . China northernmost province.
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DongBei, means north east region. There are a lots of pears cultivars in that region. Harbin is a city in DongBei
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It’s nothing special, just frozen Asian pears at very low temperatures. There’s no such thing as black pear.
You can try to freeze your Pai Li or Yali and Nebraska’s winter should be cold enough. Typical home freezer may not work.
The frozen pear is cold, soft and very sweet. Actually I think a frozen good European pear such as Seckel or Magness would taste even better.
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Dont i know that frozen european pears are good Picking the last frozen pears .That asian pear does appear black without being frozen though photos can be deceptive.
Back then, no refrigerators, people who live in cold regions using outdoor as natural refrigerator to store veggies and fruits. Black pear is the result of that practice. Some pears are picked and some let hanging on the tree frozen till ready to eat.
The taste of pears not as good as fresh, or modern refrigerated pear but having pears/fruits during the winter helped the family survive till spring when fresh veggies start to be available.
To me, it’s a food storage wisdom to prolong the food supply. If a week without food, at the end of the winter, everything tasted good.
Don’t fall into marketing trap. I recall few years ago, someone marketed old fashion Chinese chamber potty as a modern fruit bowl. Iol, testing someone’s IQ
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