• See also:
• Dessert pear trees27
• Cooking pear trees3
• Perry pear trees2

Asian pear trees

Asian pears, or Nashi pears, look like golden apples and have a crisp sweet flavour.

• Hosui

  

  Hosui has perhaps the best flavour of any Asian pear - it is very juicy and very sweet.

  • Picking season: Early
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 4

• Kumoi

  

  One of the most popular Asian pears, with a firm flesh and sweet flavour.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 2

• Shinseiki

  

  This popular early-season Asian / Nashi pear variety produces crisp sweet-flavoured pears, which can be kept for up to 3 months.

  • Picking season: Early
  • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 2