Here's a bunch of links about Asian pears and all discuss ripening
times. Since most of them are not for mid-Atlantic regions, I would
not use the dates themselves, but the relative ripening order might
be useful.
I've had less luck w/ Asian pears - a fruit worm seems to attack most
of my pears, and if I avoid that problem the deer take them.
Note that Korean Giant = Dan Bae = Olympic (all the same variety).
--- In nafex@y..., "Correnti, Andy" <andy.correnti@l...> wrote:
>
> Hi
> Can anyone enlighten me on the ripening time for Asian Pears,
> perhaps relative to that for Comice or Bartlett which I also have
growing?
> The varieties of Asians I have are Chojuro, Niitaka, Korean Giant,
and
> Hosui, all growing on Quince rootstock and bearing for the first
time.
> There isn't much fruit to experiment with, but one that I knocked
off
> accidently and ate had a nice texture and juiciness - the flavor
was a bit
> weak and green so I think as of last week they were not ready yet.
>
> My experience growing these asian pears for 2 yrs has been
very
> good. The only thing I had to spray for was plum curculio.
Interestingly,
> the curculio seemed to only do their feeding on the asian pears.
Whereas
> they do much more damage on my apples and european pears with their
egg
> laying marks.
>
> So, any insight on the ripening time...?
>
> Andy Correnti
> Collegeville (SE) PA
> Zone 6b
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