The Hosui Asian Pear is widely considered the "best tasting Asian pear" by growers and consumers.. This is the 3rd of the 9 variety in our backyard mini orchard, but the 4th video in the series of updates on our Nashi for 2023. More on that below but here are the #ᴬᴰlinks so live plants, seeds, cutting scions and gardening supplies on Amazon:
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The nine variety of our Asian Pear fruit trees are - Atago, Hosui, Kosui, Niitaka, Olympic (Korean Giant), Shinko, Shinseiki (New Century), Shinsui & Yoinashi. We planted them bare roots. If you want to find out how to plant bare root trees please check out our tutorial video on that topic.
Our last updates were on 2017 . The fist set of videos we did on these nashi trees were done in 2013, therefore we could also consider these updates as "ten (10) years later", although the first few trees were planted between 2009-2010. So most of these nashi trees are about 15 years old.
Here are the links to the rest of our 2023 Nashi updates:
Part 0: • Our 9 Variety Of Asian... | Intro / Preview / Teaser
Part 1: • Shinshui: Asian Pear N... | Shinsui
Part 2: • Shinsheiki: Asian Pear... | Shinseiki
Part 3: • Hosui: Asian Pear Nash... | Hosui
Part 4: • Niitaka: Asian Pear Na... | Niitaka
Part 5: • Yoinashi: Asian Pear N... | Yoinashi
Part 6: • Atago: Asian Pear Nash... | Atago
Part 7: • Shinko: Asian Pear Nas... | Shinko
Part 8: • Kosui: Asian Pear Nash... | Kosui
Part 9: • Korean Olympic Giant A... | Korean Olympic Giant
Here's the playlist containing all of our Asian Pear videos we have published thus far: • The 2 Best Asian Pear ...
Ripening in late August, fruit is mildly flavored, large to medium with attractive, round globular shape and a crisp like apple, sweet, refreshing, flavorful, juicy off-white flesh. Skin has an excellent golden yellow-brown, heavily russeted with pronounced lenticels. Tree is vigorous, willowy and spreading. Good resistance to pear-scab disease. Susceptible to fireblight. Requires thinning to attain maximum fruit size.
It has a long storage life. Storage life is approximately 2 months. May develop internal breakdown if stored too long when picked very ripe.
Homeowner Growing and Maintenance Tips
Hosui can grow quite large fruit if thinned properly. Because it is an attractive russet, bronze color, be careful not to harvest it before it is truly mature.
A Little History about Hosui Asian Pear: "Much Water" is the English translation of Hosui. Hosui was introduced in Japan in 1972 and is extremely popular in the US.
Estimated Chilling Requirement: 300-400 hours below 45°F
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5 - 10
Maturity Date: August 28
Harvest Dates: August 5 to August 28
Asian pears have been grown commercially in Asia for centuries. Asian pears are deliciously sweet and low in acidity, and each variety has a distinctive bouquet. In China, Japan, and Korea, thousands of different varieties are cultivated, and even in this country, a few dozen varieties are commercially available.
Often Asian pears are called apple pears because they are crisp and juicy like apples but with a different and distinctive texture. They also are called salad pears, Nashi (Japanese for "pear"), Oriental, Chinese or Japanese pears (Nihonnashi). All Asian pears today are selected seedlings or crosses made within Pyrus serotina.
The fruits may be smooth and thin-skinned, in colors ranging from moonlight yellow, and yellow-green, to caramel, or they may be russeted shades of these.
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Recording Date: August 20, 2023
Video URL: • Hosui: Asian Pear Nash...