Nashi Kosui
Nashi originates from China, where it is called ‘Li’ (apple), while the term ‘Nashi’ is Japanese and means ‘pear’. At the end of the 1980s, it also started to be cultivated in Europe and differs from the common pear in its round, flattened shape, similar to that of an apple (hence the improper name ‘pear-apple’). A vigorous and rather rustic plant that adapts to most Italian fruit-growing areas.
Tree:
Plant of medium to high vigour.
Flowering:
Pollinators Nijisseiki, Hosui, Shinseiki.
Maturation:
early, between late July and early August.
Fruit:
A small to medium-sized fruit, it has a bronze-golden skin.
Taste:
The flesh is fresh, crispy, fragrant, firm and sweet.