Re(2): Nashi Pear
- To: t*@picknowl.com.au
- Subject: Re(2): Nashi Pear
- From: B*@monterey.edu (Barry Garcia)
- Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 10:35:58 -0700
tnottle@picknowl.com.au writes:
>The Nashi pear is delicious, somewhat like a cross between a crisp
>apple and sweet juicy pear. The fruits are very round and either
>russetted ie. brown like Buerre Bosc pears or pale yellow greem
>similar to Golden Delicious applesin colour. The fruits are very
>'crystaline' white inside with small black seeds, and filled with
>juice that runs freely when you bite into one. Sometimes the fruits
>can be quite large - the size of a big orange.
Oh! I know what they are know. Around here they are called Asian Pears and
are regularly sold in the supermarkets here. The kinds we have are kind of
a pale yellowish green to pale yellow and speckled.
