The Shinko Asian pear is crisp, juicy, sweet with pleasant hint of citrus, spice and butterscotch flavor. This is the 7th of the 9 variety in our backyard mini orchard, but the 8th video in the series of updates on our Nashi for 2023. More on that below but here are the #ᴬᴰlinks so live plants, seeds, cutting scions and gardening supplies on Amazon:
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The nine variety of our Asian Pear fruit trees are – Atago, Hosui, Kosui, Niitaka, Olympic (Korean Giant), Shinko, Shinseiki (New Century), Shinsui & Yoinashi. We planted them bare roots. If you want to find out how to plant bare root trees please check out our tutorial video on that topic.
Our last updates were on 2017 . The fist set of videos we did on these nashi trees were done in 2013, therefore we could also consider these updates as “ten (10) years later”, although the first few trees were planted between 2009-2010. So most of these nashi trees are about 15 years old.
Here are the links to the rest of our 2023 Nashi updates:
Part 0: https://youtu.be/z47DuH75IuU | Intro / Preview / Teaser
Part 1: https://youtu.be/p7QgdQfXA-w | Shinsui
Part 2: https://youtu.be/17ncYvPK_5Y | Shinseiki
Part 3: https://youtu.be/D0pmF3LEc0Q | Hosui
Part 4: https://youtu.be/EmsoKS7sjHs | Niitaka
Part 5: https://youtu.be/7eYEyHlGXZ8 | Yoinashi
Part 6: https://youtu.be/i0hdkC5v7Tg | Atago
Part 7: https://youtu.be/HcCt05p6NAY | Shinko
Part 8: https://youtu.be/hkITtkgkutA | Kosui
Part 9: https://youtu.be/3s9HWyHoLyo | Korean Olympic Giant
Here’s the playlist containing all of our Asian Pear videos we have published thus far: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62LWLsB0fj8&list=PLWTQPaDoIjN2wXZcB5C68YDRG4wXwJLNv
Shinko is a medium to large size pear, very sweet and juicy. The fruit has a refreshing crispiness to boot with an attractive smooth russet/orange skin. Fruit flavor remains excellent in hot interior climates. The fruit is medium to large (14-20 oz.), round and flattish, with an attractive brown to golden-brown russet. The flesh is yellowish-white, crisp, and juicy with a distinctively rich, sweet flavor. It ripens about a week after Yoinashi and two weeks before Olympic. Shinko will store well for three-four months; it is an excellent winter keeper.
The tree bears heavy, but still crops annually. This variety has shown good resistance to fire blight. Harvests late September.
Seedling of Nijisseiki, selected in Japan. Introduced in 1941. Distinctive rich, sweet flavor. Fruit medium to large size. Attractive golden russet skin; firm, crisp flesh. Ripens mid-October in New York. Fine winter keeper. Very productive. Much less susceptible to fireblight than most asian pears
Large to medium fruit with excellent quality, yellow-white flesh, and a sweet juicy flavor. Skin is brown to golden-brown russet. Tree is moderately vigorous to a medium size. A heavy bearer that shows some fireblight resistance. Storage life is 3 to 4 months. One of the more popular varieties.
MATURITY DATE: SEPTEMBER 25
Often Asian pears are called apple pears because they are crisp and juicy like apples but with a different and distinctive texture. They also are called salad pears, Nashi (Japanese for “pear”), Oriental, Chinese or Japanese pears (Nihonnashi). All Asian pears today are selected seedlings or crosses made within Pyrus serotina.
The fruits may be smooth and thin-skinned, in colors ranging from moonlight yellow, and yellow-green, to caramel, or they may be russeted shades of these.
For all videos in our gardening series, click on the following playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-ZGAqs5IPg&list=PLWTQPaDoIjN28Ci26pXE4_KiknMiKpdpu
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Recording Date: August 20, 2023
Video URL: https://youtu.be/HcCt05p6NAY
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if the Shinko is not producing that well maybe your dad could try grafting some of the other varieties that you do like onto the Shinko and using it like a root stock. or maybe try grafting some varieties you don't currently have in the backyard but some people who watch your videos might donate a branch or two.