Hosui Asian Pear 4-6 ft branched tree (Copy)

Asian pears are not reliably hardy here in northern Vermont. That said, we have had great luck with a couple trees and the fruit is amazing. Very little pest and disease pressure makes it easy to grow high quality fruit. Thinning crops heavily, as soon as the fruit is set will help with fruit size, quality and flavor; it may also help with hardiness of new growth going into winter.

Hosui is sweet and juicy with a golden brown russeted skin and pronounced lenticels. Ripens early to mid September.

Pollinate with another Asian pear. Communis type pears may also pollinate. 

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Pears are a great fruit for Central Vermont. Pears suffer from fewer pests and diseases than apple trees, making it easier to grow high quality fruit. Plant 20-30 ft apart.

Pear Pollination: The two different strains of pear, communis (European) and ussuriensis (Siberian), flower at slightly different times and will not reliably pollinate each other. Plant communis types with communis types, and ussuriensis types for most reliable fruit set. Also, some pear varieties produce very little pollen, making them poor pollinators for other pears. Plant at least two different varieties from the same pollination group (either communis or ussuriensis) for pollination. If planting a poor pollinator, plant at least two other varieties from the same group. The more the merrier!

Ussuriensis types will often grow to be larger trees (25 or more ft tall). Communis types have been grafted on a semidwarf rootstock and may be kept under 20 ft with pruning.