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EUROPEAN PEAR VARIETIES

BARTLETT:

Large golden-yellow fruit with smooth white flesh. Good for fresh eating, canning or preserves. Medium sized, compact, upright tree. Highly productive and long lived. Pollinate with any other European pear.

BOSC:

Medium to large dark yellow fruit. Tender, juicy, white flesh with a smooth texture. Fine for eating, baking or drying. Ripens better at room temperature than in cool storage. Large, upright, slow-growing, late blooming tree. Pollinate with any other European pear.

COMICE:

Large greenish-yellow fruit with red blush and light russet color.  Rich, juice, firm, sweet, and finely textured flesh.  Premium dessert pear.  Needs a month of cool storage for ripening.  Large, vigorous tree but slow to bear.  Pollinate with any other European pear.

ORCAS:

Large, flavorful, yellow pear well suited for home orchards. Good for fresh eating, canning or drying. Tree has vigorous, open, spreading habit. Ripens in early September. Pollinate with any other European pear.

UBILEEN:

Large, juicy, sweet greenish fruit with red blush. Ripens late July. Disease resistant variety from Yugoslavia. Vigorous and productive.  Pollinate with any other European pear.

ASIAN PEAR VARIETIES

HOSUI:

Medium to large, brownish orange fruit.  Juicy, sweet, fine grained, crisp, off-white flesh.  Stores through December; ripens August thru late September.  Vigorous tree with spreading, loose growth habit.  Pollinate with any other Asian pear.

NIJISSEIKI:

Medium sized, round, yellow fruit with greenish mottling. Thin, tender skin. Extremely crisp juicy flesh. Stores through January. Pollinate with any other Asian pear

SHINKO:

Medium, oval, brownish green fruit. Firm, crisp, apple-like flesh with rich, sweet flavor. Good for storing; keeps until spring in cool storage. Ripens from early to mid-October. Pollinate with any other Asian pear

SHINSEIKI:

Medium to large round, yellow fruit.  Crisp, creamy white flesh with sweet flavor.  Ripens in August.  Stores through January.  Pollinate with any other Asian pear.