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 ...

The best known variety is the round, yellow-skinned 20th Century ... settled on a 116-acre farm in New Hampshire, where they planted more than 500 Asian pear trees. But after a couple of years ...

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 ...

Kosui - The Japanese consider this the highest quality Asian pear. Shinko - Rated best tasting by Sunset magazine. Sweet, rich flavor. Shinseiki - Aka New Century, has firm, crisp texture ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

You still won’t see them all that often at your corner grocery, but at farmers markets, Asian pears have ... walnuts and flowers; 20th Century, another crisp pear that tastes like a sparkling ...

Fireblight and pear scab are problems for many pear varieties, especially in new growth; for this reason ... blighted growth and burn it. Harvest: Asian pears are ready to eat off the tree ...

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.