thanks!
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I thought that was my Mishirazu. Nope. It’s my Nijiseikki.
Sorry for that, everyone. It appears to be on track, correct. Thank you, again.
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Oh my Clark! I recognize your small yellow pear pictures. Those are photos engrained forever.
Thanks, I’ll keep that in mind, again. Best…
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That thread is forever engrained. I remember all the photos. or close to.
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One thing is drippin honey has light russeting much of the time Dripping Honey . @Auburn will be planting another tree by next year i think if the taste is as good as it is here. Hopefully they do as well in your climate as they do in ours. Many people report they are the best asian pear they have had. All pears have things about them that are not good as well. In certain climates drippin honey can crack sometimes. Its done it here before but it happens very seldom. Here comes the 2019 pear harvest! - #18 by clarkinks
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Thanks, Tony!
Dax
I have 20th Century (Nijiseiki) for 10 years. The shape of the pears in your pic does not look quite like 20th.
The pic of 20 C pears in this link looks exactly like my 20th C, both the greenish one and the yellow one.
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Thanks!
Dax, my grafted Mishirasu branch died. I don’t have this cultivar anymore. But I recall the fruit was round, similar to the ones on your picture. I highly suspecte the one I had was not the real Mishirasu.
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Thank you, Annie.
We have been growing Kosui, Mishirasu, Chojuro, Shinseiki for about 20 years. Kosui is my favorite, with no disease or pest issues. Mishirasu is good, although you really have to pay attention to fruit thinning - even more than with the others (which also require serious thinning attention!). I top-worked my Shinseiki - just wasn’t worth the trouble compared to the quality of the others. I am putting in a Korean Giant this fall (2025). The only one that showed any Pseudomonas - just a bit one year - was Chojuro. Pruned a few branches, haven’t seen it since. We don’t see fireblight because of our cool maritime temperatures (Whidbey Island, WA, USA)
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Mishirasu is one our favorite Asian pears here on the farm. Only surpassed by Olympic in flavor. Both, however have excellent storage capability. The Mishirasu’s unique feature of gigantic size, customers regularly bring out 2+ pounders, the record being just over 3 lbs, is also its downside in that the big ones tend to drop with the wind, usually before you want. Truly excellent processing pear though. Many years we can them and been much happier than with the usual Bartlett.
I have grown Hamese and Yoinashi but lost all my trees to the battle with CAR.
Too bad though. Hamese was my favorite of all the early season Asian pears.
When did Mishirasu ripen in relation to Olympic? I just grafted it this year.
Multi picks on Mishirasu. We did our first pick, for selling in Nov-Dec, on Sep 17. There were some ripe ones at this time but we select the lesser ripe ones for storage.
We opened up the trees to u pick on Sep 20 and they have been picking thru this, almost gone now.
Olympics we picked for storage on Friday and opened them up for u pick this today. They are just a touch on the under ripe side, mabey can find 10% ready to go now but we get a lot of customers who make a long trip to stock up on Olympic and want them for longer term storage.
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I’m growing for sale as well. So it is a variety that will sell well? I put in two trees of it as a trial not really knowing much about it. If you recommend it I will put in a few more next spring.
See my post above. Other than them getting overly large they are great! I do have a problem with CAR where I am. Ive never had it on apples but it has devastated some Asian pears. Mishirasu gets it but not as bad as the varieties I have had to remove.
I dont know your marketing channels but once sampled it sells itself. At first I had to push it pretty hard at the farmers markets since it looks different and is overly large but people get used to it and word gets out. Now its my best selling winter pear.
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Thanks. I was looking for some varieties to fill the gap between Yoinashi and KG. I have Seuri Li in that bracket, but that is another that has to be pushed. I like it because it has a bit of a unique flavor.
I show Olympic as Oct 9 for optimum pick date.
Mishirasu is in ARS-Grin as Mishirazu aka Lida Nashi and dates to 1887. Ripens over nearly a month beginning in late September through mid-October. Very large irregular fruits with excellent flavor on productive trees make it attractive for small commercial growers in areas where it is adapted.
Pingo Li, Okusankichi, Tzu Ma Li, Ba Li Hsiang, Ta Mo Pan, Tau Ma Li, and Tsu Li are possible Asian varieties that fit in the gap between Mishirasu and Korean Giant.
Buerre Alexandre Lucas, Forelle, Leopardo Morettini, and Sierra are non-Asian possibilities.
Due diligence required, I’m just reading the list for ripening in the gap between the two requested varieties.
Digging a bit deeper, it looks like Nikkori could be a candidate. Good luck on finding it in the states.