Asian Pear Varieties
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Comments (9)How does the pollen get from one Asian pear tree to the other, by the wind? I have never seen a bee visit any of my Asian pear tree blossoms, while I see dozens of them on my nectarine trees. I have been trying to hand pollinate them using a brush but I think I spread fireblight doing that that killed my Hosui, so am not doing it anymore. The year I didn't hand pollinate I didn't get any fruit, maybe just a coincidence? I had a Shinseki, 20th Century, and the Hosui that died. The Hosui was the best producer, making full size fruit. The Shinseki and 20Th century make tiny fruit that ants usually eat their way into from the stem end, ruining the fruit. I bought these trees from a nursery that has a no return policy so I am stuck with them....See MoreCore break down or discoloration of Korea Giant Pear (Asian Pear
Comments (1)I don't have experience with that type of pear but I have left some of my pears on the tree a little bit to long and had the flesh discolor. I'm not sure if that's what you experienced or not. Clapps favorite for example turn brown around the core first....See Moreasian pear (hosui variety)
Comments (2)Don't know about Texas, but I have grown Hosui and several other Asian pears in Virginia and Georgia with no extraordinary problems. Like most pears, you have to be cognizant of fireblight. You may get more responses in the fruits forum....See Moreasian pear picture
Comments (1)Here is another picture I took of the mystery fruit. Erwin Meekers has suggested this is Bong Ri, (a Nijiseiki x Ya Li cross). Here is a picture of Bong Ri from an Australian government website, http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/pome-fruits/BongRi.htm . I think he is right. How it got in my neighborhood is a mystery. -Mark Lee, Seattle...See Morelucky_p
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