Asian Pears

  • Also known as apple pears, nashi, and oriental pears, Asian pears are not a cross of apples and pears, but are closely related to European pears (the ‘regular’ pears).
  • Asian pears tend to be more expensive than regular pears and apples because they are much more difficult to grow. The video on this page shows one of the most labor-intensive parts of growing high-quality Asian pears: fruit thinning.
  • Asian pears may be eaten peeled or unpeeled, and are a great addition to salads. They can be used in cooking in any way you would use apples or pears. Over the years, our customers have made them into pies, tarts, ‘baked apples’, poached pears, and more.
  • Look here for Asian pear recipes
Hosui

Hosui

Medium sized, sweet, fruity, extremely juicy and with a melt-in-your-mouth texture, this is our most popular Asian pear variety, developed at the National Horticultural Research station in Tsukuba, Japan. Ripens in late August. Circa 1972.
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Hosui

Medium sized, sweet, fruity, extremely juicy and with a melt-in-your-mouth texture, this is our most popular Asian pear variety, developed at the National Horticultural Research station in Tsukuba, Japan. Ripens in late August. Circa 1972.

Niitaka

Niitaka

Large, crisp, and very juicy, with a mild nutty flavor. Somewhere between Hosui and Olympic in terms of flavor and texture. A good cooking pear and one of the best storage varieties. It will also last in the refrigerator several days after being cut up. Japanese variety. Ripens in late October. Circa unknown.
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Niitaka

Large, crisp, and very juicy, with a mild nutty flavor. Somewhere between Hosui and Olympic in terms of flavor and texture. A good cooking pear and one of the best storage varieties. It will also last in the refrigerator several days after being cut up. Japanese variety. Ripens in late October. Circa unknown.

Raja

Raja

Crisp and sweet with a fruity flavor.
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Raja

Crisp and sweet with a fruity flavor.

Shinsui

Shinsui

Very juicy and very sweet, typically on the smaller side. A Japanese variety that ripens in mid-August. Circa unknown.
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Shinsui

Very juicy and very sweet, typically on the smaller side. A Japanese variety that ripens in mid-August. Circa unknown.