Light
Full sun, six to eight hours.
Growing guide · Edibles
Pyrus pyrifolia
How to grow Asian Pear 'Hosui'.
Crunches like an apple. Drips like a pear.
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Moderate
- Zones
- 5–9
- Size
- 12–15 ft tall, 8–10 ft wide
- Spacing
- 12–15 ft apart, within 50 ft of a pollination partner.
- Pets
- Not pet-safe; keep out of reach
Water
Weekly the first two summers. Established trees handle dry spells but fruit better with a deep soak.
Planting and soil
Spring or fall, graft union above the soil.
Feeding
Light. Balanced fertilizer in early spring; too much nitrogen invites fire blight.
Pruning
Late winter, to a central leader with well-spaced scaffold branches. Thin fruit to one per cluster in late spring for full-size pears.
Through the year
White bloom in early spring. Thin fruit in late spring. Harvest mid to late August.
If something's off
Fire blight: cut out blackened shoots well below the damage and sterilize the pruners. Birds like ripe fruit.
Often called the best-tasting Asian pear.
Large, round, golden-bronze fruit with crisp, very juicy, sweet flesh and a little tartness. Asian pears ripen on the tree, so you pick them ready to eat, in mid to late August. They store for a couple of months.
Why we stock it: Pear flavor with apple crunch, ripe straight off the branch.
Hosui Asian Pear Treefrom $119.95 · Arrives alive, or we replace it
Hosui Asian Pear Treefrom $119.95 · Arrives alive, or we replace it