Chinese Pear, Japanese Pear, Asian Pear, Sand Pear, Nashi Fruit

On Aug 27, 2007, Hexham from Orange Springs, FL wrote:

Although the tree gets rather large and the fruit small, the size of a baseball or smaller, texture hard as a rock, they make excelent canning pears. I have so far canned 20 quarts and the tree is still full, my tree is 20 years old. Later through the winter I use the canned fruit to make Apple pie, no one can tell the difference. Mine gets no special care,no feeding or spraying. The one and only problem is the Squirrels, one or two bites of a pear and they throw it down and start on a new one.

On Jun 10, 2004, davidreese from Tampa, FL wrote:

This tree is known to be prevalent in Mississippi, Alabama, and North West Florida. My grandfather had an orchard of these trees in Florida that dates back to the late 1800s. As they grew in sandy soil, and when cut open they looked like there was sand inside, they were called sand pears. Having grown up around these, I thought that pear shaped was round. To have more trees, after pruning simply place the limbs in the ground and water. I bury the limbs about 18 inches to 24 inches deep. I did the hole with the garden hose. The new tree will bear fruit in a few years.

As a child I often had these pears for desert. They were easy to can. When used in a pie, it tastes like apple pie. This is a very nice summer shade tree. Eating too many raw pears will act like a l... read moreaxative.