Chojuro: smaak en teelt
Knapperig wit vlees; dunning soms nodig.
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Crisp like an apple, with a pear's juiciness; less buttery-soft than an ordinary dessert pear.
This description applies to the species; a separate taste test of this cultivar has not been confirmed.
Nashi is a good discovery if you enjoy a crisp apple but also want the juiciness of a pear. Compare round brown fruits with a greener pear-shaped form. Put an ordinary dessert pear alongside them for a tasting; the texture makes the difference clear.
Crisp like an apple, with a pear's juiciness; less buttery-soft than an ordinary dessert pear.
Choose a sunny fruit-growing area; thin abundant young fruits to protect branches and fruit size.
Shinko needs another pollinator; other cultivar combinations still need precise checking.
Check rootstock and size with the supplier; the Early Shu taxon differs from P. pyrifolia.
Maintaining a central leader: Retain one continuous central trunk with side branches at different heights. Remove damaged, crossing and competing growth. Let the relatively stiff, upright branches stand fairly naturally; do not force a sharp trained bend. Limit crowding so light reaches productive wood.
Thinning fruit clusters: Inspect young fruit clusters before they become heavy. Leave healthy fruit with room to develop. Snip unwanted fruit away with secateurs; do not pull it off the branch. Let the remaining fruit ripen on the tree and taste before the main harvest.
Maintain a central trunk with well-spaced framework branches; remove crossing or damaged growth. Do not force stiff, upright branches into a sharp bend.
Test the cultivar-specific ripe colour and flavour; do not promise a fixed harvest date.
Allow space for the mature tree, not just the plant currently in the pot. The cultivar determines part of your fruit choice; the rootstock and tree form also help determine how much space the tree needs. Draw the crown, harvesting reach and support on your garden plan. Before buying, check whether a suitable pollinating partner is needed and whether one actually flowers nearby.
Where necessary, support a young tree with a suitable stake and a wide, soft tie. Do not let the tie rub or constrict the tree, and check it as the trunk and crown grow. Water must reach the root zone; a small wet patch on the surface does not tell you whether the rootball has enough moisture. Take care when planting and follow the species instructions for the correct planting depth.
Keep samples of the different cultivars separate. Record picking ripeness, eating ripeness, texture and the preparation you used. Fruit that tastes pleasant straight from the tree may behave differently in a pie or during storage. For perennial plants, your own flowering and harvest observations are more useful than a fixed countdown from the planting date.
Checked on 2026-10-12. This guide was originally written using the listed sources. Growing advice from other countries is not a local weather forecast.