FALLin' in love with pears and apples! This pear chart is absolutely captivating. Click chart to enlarge and know your pears tis' season.At Gabriel Farm in Sebastopol, CA, I saw many of my favorite Asian pears - crisp texture and juicy flesh.
All the pears varieties were at $2.50/lb and I got myself some Ya Li - the alluring Asian pear that takes the shape of a bartlett or any European pear, lightly flavored, crisp, juicy and aromatic; Shinseki - yellow colored, flavorful, crisp with a hint of citrus flavor, and Niitaka - tanned, crisp and juicy.
There were others such as Honsui, 20th and Shinko ... and oh gosh...I did not know there were so many Asian pear varieties. You could find out more about each Asian pear variety here.
Papa and Mama pear. Where is baby pear ?
I did not find them in Gabriel Farm but did see the cutest baby mini Asian pears at another farm in Petaluma, CA.
Baby pear is here! Now, where is Goldilocks! :P
Gabriel Farm also grows Fuyu Persimmons, also known as Fuyus. Full orange in color, you can eat them hard or soft. A sweet tasty late fall treat. That explains why the persimmons are still green, unripe, on the tree since we are only one step into autumn/fall.
Persimmon tree
Golden asian pears hanging high on the tree, so tempting...
Pear tree
Apples...nice and red, ready to be picked
Apple tree
Do you like Asian pears ? Or prefer the classic apples?
Tag: fruits, pears
Wow. Those fruits all look so yummy on the trees. I prefer pears to apples - they tend to be juicier and sweeter. Great for juicing too!
ReplyDeleteTigerfish, good afternoon from kuala lumpur, we would love to have them all and baked more delicious dessert!...lol
ReplyDeletehee hee, that papa pear looks almost white! definitely looks juicy, though! :) didn't find my favourite pear on the chart - poire williams, which is easily found here in autumn. they are extremely sweet and fragrant, but fragile since they bruise easily.
ReplyDeleteThis is so interesting. I had a good chuckle when I read you line about "where's baby bear". lol! I like all apples, depending on my mood and if I am eating them or baking. the asian ones are a bit more "watery" (for lack of a better word). I wouldn't normally cook with them and prefer them raw as a snack.
ReplyDeleteI've never met an apple I didn't love -- but some are definitely better for cooking, and others better for eating. At one time, there were so many apple orchards in my are that they named one of the villages Apple Valley. Although many of the orchards are gone, there are still enough that you can buy apples at every farm stand.
ReplyDeleteLooooove your fruit/pear/persimmons galore Tiger!!!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, I'd give anything to grab one of the persimmons!
Asian pear of course! I like the golden asian pear, so sweet and juicy! But I like persimmon too, need to buy it every year when it's on season. Can't wait!
ReplyDeleteI so love the pictures of the pears you have posted. I am not a big fan of pears but I can certainly appreciate a fresh sweet pear once in a blue moon :)
ReplyDeleteI don't know if I've ever used Asian pears specifically, but as long as the taste is similar, sounds good to me.
ReplyDeleteSAHM, I prefer Asian pears to apples, but I prefer apples to English pears! :)
ReplyDeletebig boys oven, oh yes man...I know with your talent, you can turn them all into gourmet cakes and pastries.
shilpa, I find that "Western" pears bruise more easily.
nora, we are in the same school for the different reason.I eat them as-is because I can't bake! :O
lydia, I like the crunch and more tang in apples :) ...Apple Valley...sounds a nice hood to be in...now...where is Adam? LOL!
valentina, I'm still waiting for them to be in stores....
little corner, recently I got some Korean Asian pears from the grocery store..so so good! Juicy! Yet not overly sweet.
wilfrid, how about some pear cider? I just posted them in my latest post.
kelly, Asian pears does not taste very similar as those bartlette, red pears. You should try them.
I love asian pears because they are crispy and tart. But I hate the skin. Strangely enough, asian pears have bitter skin.
ReplyDeleteBoth! My parents' old house, we had half a dozen Asian pear trees so we'd have hundreds and hundreds of them every year. They moved so no more free pears. :(
ReplyDeletewow, .... unbelivable.... such a gigantic pear!!!
ReplyDeleteming, apples are more tart than asian pears, IMO. I usually peel off the pears's skin,
ReplyDeletethey are bruised anyway. :)
wandering choppy, hundreds? WOW! Pears/apples drop quite easily from the tree to the ground, right?
I saw so many of them on the ground while visiting those farms :O
new kid on the blog, so juicy you know :)
Apples, pears, persimmons...they're all good!
ReplyDeleteI like the "Olympia" variety of Asian Pear.
nate, you surely know your fruits :)
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