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It would be awesome if there was a chop of that with Japanese characters. 
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Over 20 years ago the grocery store where I worked carried and sold these individually in little styrofoam sleeves. They were labeled as "Japanese Apple Pears" and I fell in love with them. We carried them a couple of seasons and then I didn't see any more for many years. I've tried them recently and although they are still good, they aren't as good as those I had back in the 80's. 
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The ones in the store are OK but the ones I grow in my orchard and picked at just the right time are honey sweet awesome and full of juice. I have even made cider with them. Cider? Man, that would be awesome. In the markets they are usually selling ones that were picked green to ship. They are rock hard then. After stored for a while they begin to turn yellow and sold. I grow them and don't pick them until golden yellow ( the peak of ripeness). They are at their sweetest and best flavor. They aren't as big as softballs but far better tasting. |
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| They have a wonderful fragrance to them, unlike the run of the mill ones in the local stores. A bit of a pain to eat though, the skin is too tough to eat and has to be peeled, but once it's peeled and cut into pieces, the effort is entirely worth it, it's also a big fruit to finish in one setting. |
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It would be awesome if there was a chop of that with Japanese characters.
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Awesome! 
I also like Lychee. |
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It would be awesome if there was a chop of that with Japanese characters.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4012/4393120859_e2961bace3_o.jpg Holy shit that's great. Rick click, save as 
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I have a lychee tree in my yard, along with the mango tree and pomelo trees. |
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| We have about 100 Korean pear trees growing in our yard-more trees are coming this spring,too. Korean people flock to our place in the fall to pick them. I make pear cider, along with batches of apple cider,too. I had a thread in the garden section last year called "Asian gardening" where I followed our crops for the year. |
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We have about 100 Korean pear trees growing in our yard-more trees are coming this spring,too. Korean people flock to our place in the fall to pick them. I make pear cider, along with batches of apple cider,too. I had a thread in the garden section last year called "Asian gardening" where I followed our crops for the year. I don't have a large area like yours but I do have a couple old dwarfs in Moonglow and Seckel. Geez, they're going on 25 years old now. Anything picked off the tree fresh is so much better tasting than store bought it is ridiculous IMHO. Your Asian homegrown pears are probably mouth watering!! FWIW, I do the same with apple and pear juice/cider as you do. Good stuff!! (My friends REQUIRE me to give them a bunch of fruit every autumn. LOL.) I lost my only peach tree a couple of years ago and the Contender replacement should give me some peaches this year. Can't wait!! Ironically, an old Japanese man, when I was a kid, taught me how to grow fruit trees, (i.e., planting, pruning, spraying, feeding, etc.) He grew Asian pears and Golden Delicious apple fruit trees and his were mouth watering also. You might think Golden Delicious apples are bland if you get them from the supermarket......not so with his homegrown apples. Mouth watering! ETA: For you Asian fruit lovers, you might try to grow Fuji apple trees. I've heard they are mouth watering also but don't have one myself. |
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I've got a few of those Fuji apple trees also-planted them last year. Our whole place is basically a Korean farm,and so we have Persimmon and Chestnut trees dotted around the yard,too-also a few Mulberry trees,too. Man, that's great........I'm jealous!! 
ETA: I assume you're on the west side of Michigan(?)........fruit growing heaven out there. I'm near Monroe in the southeast corner of Michigan. Not bad for fruit growing either!! Something about our Michigan climate makes for good fruit growing. Why is that? |
No,I'm near you in Wayne County. Our climate here seems to be just like Korea. The only trees we've ever had trouble with around here are peaches-I've only lost one or two pear trees to winter temps, but three or four peach trees over the years. Deer have been more of a problem in my suburban area-a big buck uses them for antler rubs in the fall (I had to put a sleeve of fencing around each and every tree this past fall). I had an arrow with his name on it,but never got a good shot. Maybe just as well, I can just imagine the squawking if he had run over and died in a neighbor's yard
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