Item Synonyms Description
Seigyoku Large fruit, smooth yellow skin. Very best quality - juicy, sweet, flavorful, crisp like an apple. Blooms later than Shinseiki and 20th Century. Ripe a few days before 20th Century. 500 hours. Partly self-fruitful or plant with Kikusui, 20th Century, or Bartlett.
Seuri Crisp, sweet and aromatic. A Chinese variety and one of the most flavorful of all the Asian Pears. Seuri Asian Pear reliably produces abundant crops of golden brown fruit, which ripen in mid to late September.
Seuri The delicious round large fruit has a beautiful bright orange color. The exceptionally attractive tree originates in China. It is very vigorous and productive. The aromatic fruit ripens in mid-October and has a bubble gum flavor to it. It is fireblight resistant.
Shinko The fruit is large and round to slightly flattened with a beautiful bronze-russet skin. Fruit flavor is excellent in hot climates but the fruit stores poorly and tree growth and vigor decline severely as the tree ages. It is very upright in growth habit. The tree is well shaped and extremely productive. It matures during the first week of September and appears to be nearly resistant to fire blight.
Shin Li Excellent quality crisp, sweet, and juicy yellowish green round fruit ripens in September and is known to keep well. The large fruit is fine grained, aromatic and considered one of the best. Vigorous heavy bearing tree is fireblight resistant. Originated in Davis, CA by Ben Iwakiri.Hardy in Zone 5-9.
Shinsieki A round, yellow skinned, firm fruit that is early-maturing (late July) plus it stores well up to three months. In appearance it resembles 20th Century but is larger in size. Fruit holds on the tree well and is often color-picked four times per season.
Shinsui An early maturing, brown fruit with reasonable size, ripening in mid-July after Ichiban Nashi and before Shinseiki. Tree is extremely vigorous requiring special training to spread the tree shape.
Sweet 'N' Sour Sweet 'N' Sour was developed by Virginia Gold Orchard and is superior to most of the traditional varieties developed in Asia. It is green to yellow in color, with smooth skin. The flesh is white, firm, crisp, very juicy, and sweet with lots of flavors. Will keep in the refrigerator crisper up to 4 months.