Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In English, Asian pears are also known as apple pears, sand pears, nashi, Japanese pears, Chinese pears, Korean pears, and more.

Our edible and very fragrant Mystery Plant (Asian pear, Nashi pear, Pyrus pyrifolia) is the fruit of a small tree which botanists place in the rose family. It is very much kin to apples, and the ...

At first glance, the Asian pear reminds me of the coarse-skinned Golden Delicious apples I picked from the orchards near where I grew up. Biting into this crisp, almost melon-flavored fruit, I notice ...

Take a Honeycrisp apple. Now make it larger in size and flavor—a touch crisper, with a more syrupy nectar, and some extra floral notes. This is an Asian pear, and nothing tastes quite like it. Asian ...

Ripe Asian pears are in our markets now, but how do you tell if they’re ripe? Both ripe and unripe Asian pears are juicy, lightly sweet and crisp. The secret is that ripe ones soften a bit and their ...