$49.95
This time-proven selection was introduced in Japan, back in 1927. Niitaka has large, orange-brown, speckled fruit with sugary-sweet, crisp and juicy, course-textured flesh. It works well for fresh eating, canning or drying. Stores several months. Highly productive, upright-growing tree.
NEEDS A POLLINIZER | ZONE 5 | HARVEST | EARLY-MID OCT.
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Asian Pears are very precocious which means they tend to produce quite heavily when only a few years old. This can result in a weakened tree as all its energy is going into producing fruit instead of forming a sturdy tree. For this reason we recommend removing most of the fruit for the first several years.
All European (regular) and Asian pears will pollinate each other providing their bloom times overlap. Generally you can go by the expected harvest time, meaning only the very early and the very late might not be compatible with each other. However, since Asian pears, on average, bloom earlier than Europeans, you might pair an early European with a mid or late Asian.