Re: Nashi Pear
>tnottle@picknowl.com.au wrote:
Not to be picky, but "nashi" is pear, and "ringo" is apple. The nashi
(japanese pears) seem to be less cold hardy than the bartlett/bosc type
pears that are more common on the mainland. They grow here in Kula, Hawaii
(4,000 feet). They seem to have much less stones (in a good cultivare, my
wife's family has one that grew from a bonsai plant that escaped it's pot,
it really doesn't taste that great. I will probablly use it for root stock)
than the bosc/bartlett pears. The comment I get from mainland people is
that they do not have as much taste, or that they are all water. Me, I
like the light sweet flavor, and the crisp juicy texture.
MTGF
>
> "Nashi" is Japanese for "apple" - or maybe "pear" - since it is not
>exactly either one. They are an everyday item in the greengrocers in Perth
>these days and as Trevor says, very juicy, grainy like a pear but crisper.
>The taste, to me, is mainly pear. I am surprised that they do not seem to
>have caught on in California as yet.
>
>Beverly
>
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