I think @PharmerDrewee probably can explain.
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No worries. I sent Annie a long and convoluted explanation!
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Yes, Andrew can explain clear enough. Thank Andrew, appreciate it. So the pear that Hmart sales should be the Korea pear, not Japanese pear
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Some asian pears have a heavy crop set this year. Drippin Honey fruited very heavy last year so because I didn’t thin them 2 of my 3 trees took this year off with very few flowers. My yali trees are bigger with heavy fruit set, kosui grew a huge amount this spring, Korean giants set a heavy crop again, pai li set very heavy, Charles Harris set a good amount of fruit, hosui I’m not sure of it may be one of the damaged trees on the outskirts of the orchard but I saw several Flowering.
Does brown skin pears always start green then at some point they turn brown? Im trying to figure at what point i might have a wrong variety green/yellow skin asian pear?
also does anyone know, what are these blemishes on my pear? this is a new variety im testing my other pears dont seem to get this skin they are usually smooth and nice in comparison.
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Yes brown skin pears start out green and as they get near to ripening the skin changes color. Kosui, korean giant and many others start green then turn tan. Its likely to early for me to answer the second half of your question as the fruitlets are very young. My belief is that the fruit will be heavily russetted in the same way pumpkins have scarring if scratched when young. When cantaloupe start out they are mostly smooth and green and get rough skinned later. That will be rough texture that will increase. What I don’t know is if it’s natural for the fruit or a disease or damage from an insect . Insects like pc cause a half moon 
shaped cut on small pears but pears being what they are grow rapidly crushing the baby pc in most cases which scars the fruit. Thats not your fruits scarring. There are insects that leave a single hole. Quince Rust can also damage fruit which appears slightly rough and discolored at first. There are so many things that can happen to little fruitlets but soon you will know what it is. It reminds me of a heavily russetted fruit like Egremont Russet apple
There are many such russet apples the most widely known is Roxbury russet
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thank you so much for your reply. im just wondering if that particular variety of asian pear is more prone to certain disease that caused the blemish on the small fruit. ill probably see it better once it ripens in September. i dont spray anything since i have young kids who just picks fruits. so im looking for more disease resistence pears to grow.
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Raja asian pear i havent heard too much about it.
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Vanilla & tobacco… I think that’s ‘Sweet Sixteen’ apple?
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I had Hosui on my “to buy” list, but after reading a lot of your comments, Drippin Honey appears to be a top contender for my mini-orchard project. Decisions, decisions…
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Get Kosui instead and DH
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Does Kosui taste better and store better than Drippin Honey and Hosui?
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Its more disease resistant, though taste is subjective, many people really like DH too. Get both if you have the space. I love hosui, but have lost it to FB.
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Drippin honey is hard to beat for flavor it was a shade better than kosui. These are both good pears.
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Unfortunately space is an issue. I only have space for 1 Asian Pear.
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I would get Drippin Honey from 39th parallel nursery, rather than Gurney and graft Kosui next year.
There is no patent or patent pending on it (Drippin Honey).
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Does 39th have it listed as “Honey Asian?”
You can email him and check to be sure, but he said in one of his posts that it’s Drippin Honey. He has to use the Asian Honey to avoid the trademark name “Drippin Honey”