Nashi Shinseiki
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:
Apparently vigorous plant, in the medium term the growth slows down a lot, it is Spur type with pyramidal habit. Very resistant to winter cold. As the bark darkens with age, it takes on a colouring tending towards black and is very decorative.
Flowering:
medium-late period, sensitive to late spring frosts.
Maturation:
medium-early, in August.
Fruit:
The fruit is medium-sized, if well thinned out, spherically flattened and yellow-green in colour, evidently covered with lenticels.
Taste:
The flesh is tender, juicy, aromatic and moderately sweet.