Asian Pear
Name Variations
- apple pear
- Japanese pear
- Chinese pear
- Oriental pear
- sand pear
- nashi
- nashi pear
- salad pear
About Asian Pear
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The Nashi Pear, Sand Pear or Asian Pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) is a species of pear native to eastern Asia, where it is widely grown for its edible fruit. It is often referred to as the Korean Pear or Taiwan Pear but is not its true name. These are juicy, round pears that are shaped like apples. Because of the resemblance, they are sometimes known as "apple pears". They are a popular fruit, eaten as a thirst quencher. They are sweet on the tree and are eaten crisp.
Nashi Pear flowers are white with five petals; they flower around April. The fruit is harvested in fall and nashi may be used as an autumn kigo, or "season word", in writing haiku.
Note that in Japanese, Nashi (?) is the word for the Japanese apple-pear, while European Pears (Pyrus communis) are called Yonashi (??), which is literally Western Nashi. See also the similar Ya Pear (Pyrus bretschneideri), grown in China.
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