What is an Asian pear?

Asian pear is a round fruit similar to shape and size to an apple and sometimes called apple pear. It has a crisis and a texture similar to a texture to an apple, but retains more sweets and taste of pear. He once cultivated mainly in China and Japan, but became popular in us because of the demand of immigrants from Asia. This demand helps to increase the popularity of this fruit among other inhabitants. In the US it is primarily cultivated in the California central valley. While most pears need to be selected while it is green and leaves ripening, this variety is selected mature and ready to eat. It has a longer durability than other pears, especially during cooling. However, the skin is exposed to bruises if the fruit is roughly processed during the process of collection, packaging or transport.

In fact, there are numesros cultivars of Asian pears. Most often, the varieties in the US are those with yellow to brownish bumpy skin and round shape. Different cultivars are in the shape of tears and have green to yellow skinu.

Asian pear can be found in most grocery stores from July to September, depending on the area and individual climate change every season. The summer season with normal temperatures can result in slower maturation and shoppers can buy pears in some places by October or even November.

Asian pear care is work demanding and must be pruned extensively to provide good size fruit. This means that the yield on the trees is low. Diseases and molds can also affect tree production. Organic varieties tend to have the lowest yield because there are fewer organic pesticides that can safely eliminate the lines or diseases. Because the fruit has such popularity, but the yield of crops is low, it can be relatively expensive.

Asian pears are often consumed separately, but can also be excellent in fruit and green salads. OThey are not used in baked recipes, because cooking tends to get rid of the pear of its unique crispy.