add Mehrabyan Nursery to the list
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For me the main attraction of Chojuro is that its a dependable bearer here. Sometimes they are very good, like this year, but I waited too long to pick them because they still feel pretty hard when they are optimal.
Hosui is the best I’ve tasted of the dozen or so varieties I’ve tried. Although I’ve had bland ones from the farmer’s market before. My Hosui is the shyest bearing. I think I need to spray for blossom blast in the spring because the one year I did that coincidentally ended up bearing some fruit 
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I wanted to ask about good Asian Pears for my area.
I’m planning on growing two A. pears at my place up in Del Norte County, California, zone 9a-b. I already have a (very low production) fruiting Bartlett pear that I might be close enough act as an additional pollenizer. Thus far, the hype has been pointing me towards Dripping Honey and KG, but it sounds like climate matters so I thought to ask. Similar what Someet was asking earlier, my interests lie in sweet, crispy, juicy, and preferably thinner skin, which sadly ensues some doubt in KG, but still workable. In reality, I think the thicker skin is manageable if it the pear really is that good, but help convince me of the variety’s virtue. I would like to consider storeablity as well because sometimes I’m away for the month things ripen and I don’t want it to cost me my year’s harvest.
To sum it up, a good alternate apple with storeablity is kinda what’s in mind. I’ve actually never thought of a pear filling that role until reading this thread.
Just to add something other than pure questions, before writing this I tried some of the A. pears I have at my place down by Santa Rosa. Maybe my third time trying, but my first time appreciating them. (Camera over yellowed the fruit)
Although not at all the normal crisp, I nearly devoured 3 nice ones just while walking around. The first two I picked off the tree (rotated them just over 90° as mentioned by ztom). They were very sweet, like sugar bombs; the one I measured was at 18 brix. They melted in your mouth with a touch of juice, but had some mealiness. The third one I tried (pictured above) I picked up off the ground. While I’m not the biggest fan soft apples, and would think similar of pears, that one was impressive.
A perfect, smoothest, butter-like texture, and maintained the slightest bite to keep it firm but tender. It was even sweeter than the others. A touch of juice with some complexity in an interesting underlying flavor was also present. Finally, I shoved that thing down, and if I could now get something crispy, it’s a new Disneyland.
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Grandpasorchard.com looks like they updated their list of trees. Few weeks ago, when you click on the available trees, nothing would come up.
It looks like they have a good variety of Asian pears including that new Juicy Jewel one.
Everything I’ve gotten from them has been great in the past and they respond fairly quickly to email as well.
I have no room but i may get a few more trees from them next year 
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I went there and it says -
We are working hard on our entire Spring 2025 Inventory and will have it available by early December! We will have a full lineup of all our regular varieties, along with several new additions. Please check back in early December to see our varietal listings and to place online orders.
Unless i missed something… gotta wait until December to see what they have for sale.
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I think they may already be putting the varieties up because a few weeks ago if you clicked on their fruit, it came with up a blank page.
Unfortunately. I had several crack and sour with a dry spell followed by extremely heavy rains we got. Then the remaining 3 fruit were harvested by a squirrel 
Next year, I will win!
The tree itself is definitely less rust resistant than my other Asians. I would say more on par with the most rust resistant Europeans I currently grow.
I dont spray here at all.
It did get what I believe to be a fireblight strike as well but she seems to cork herself off from continuous damage, like my Honeysweet does. I was able to remove the strike and all seems well again for now.
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I kept the hopes up and was defeated at the end of the season every year
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