Hosui Asian Pear

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Hosui Asian Pear

Pyrus pyrifolia Late Summer. Ri-14 (Kikusui × Yakumo) × Yakumo. Nat’l Hort Res Stn, Tsukuba, Japan, 1972.

Firm crisp fine-textured juicy mild subacid yet sweet rich-flavored white to off-white flesh is considered by some to be the best-flavored of all Asian pears. Large round-oblate long-stemmed fruit with medium-thick skin covered with glowing yellow-orange-golden brown russet and numerous light-russet dots. Standard commercial variety. Will store for a month. Hosui means ‘much water.’

Medium-sized very vigorous productive tree. Susceptible to fireblight. Z4/5. BACK! (3–6' bare-root trees)



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Asian Pears

Although partly self-fruitful, pollinators are recommended. The varieties we offer will pollinate one another. Some European pears, notably Bartlett, will also act as pollinators. Plant 15–20' apart.

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