To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] help with asian pear ID
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:47:01 -0700
I was able to taste a lot of Asians in one place at the Germplasm
Repository at Corvallis and I can testify that there is quite a range
of flavors. Some of the Asian pears have an aromatic flavor
reminiscent of quince.
=Lon Rombough
On Sep 27, 2004, at 8:45 AM, Mark Lee wrote:
Another addition to this thread...
I cut open one of these asian pears this morning that I picked last week
while doing some "Urban Fruit Exploring" in an alley near my office.
Wow. Probably the best asian pear I have eaten. Sugary sweet with
tropical fruit punch flavors. It tastes like a blend of pineapple,
mango and guava. If I juiced this, I'm sure no one would guess it came
from a pear tree. I didn't know such flavors could be produced in the
Pacific Northwest. I wonder if it would taste differently after a more
typical summer than we had this year (hotter than normal).