it's a new fruit," said Win Cowgill, a fruit specialist with the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Hunterdon County. Bred at least as far back as the 12th century B.C., Asian pears can be divided ...

Asian pears are the consummate palate cleanser ... Kosui (the favorite in Japan), Shinko and Shinseiki (also known as New Century). In Korea, a popular dish is yukhoe, basically a piece of ...

New Jersey is brimming with fall ... There are four Asian pear varieties found on the farm – hosui, 20th Century, hybrid and apple pear. Walking through the property, I loved how clean and ...

One of the first trees to burst into bloom in Rich Kroll’s San Jose backyard is the 20th Century Asian pear. It not only blooms first, Kroll says, it simultaneously produces leaves. The flowers ...

Little known a decade ago, Asian pears have become very popular ... walnuts and flowers; 20th Century, another crisp pear that tastes like a sparkling combination of apples and citrus; Kosui ...

To store: Although ripe when picked, packers often allow the best Asian pears to mature for a few weeks in cold storage before shipment to market. Twentieth Century and Shinseiki Pears are ready ...

Little known not so long ago, Asian pears have become very popular ... walnuts and flowers; 20th Century, another crisp pear that tastes like a sparkling combination of apples and citrus; Kosui ...

The most popular variety is called 20th Century. Other names for the Asian pear include nashi (Japanese for “pear”), sand pear and Chinese pear. Unlike European varieties of pears, the Asian ...

IF YOU SHOP for Asian ... Asian pears, and Rockridge’s offer a pleasurable shock if you know only the dull grocery-store standard. The standard tends to be a cultivar named 20th Century, also ...

PRICE We found nine kinds of domestically grown Asian pears, including tart-crisp Twentieth Century and sweet Shinko, earlier this month at Berkeley Bowl, all priced at $1.79 per pound.

But there are actually thousands of Asian pear varieties, including hosui, nijisseiki (also known as 20th century), shinko, and niitaka. Based on the variety, an Asian pear can be anywhere from ...