Shinsui asian pear trees

Pyrus pyrifolia 'Shinsui'

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• Picking season: Early
• Self-fertility: Not self-fertile

A popular and productive early-season Asian pear with a glowing golden brown skin and a sweet flavor.

Shinsui asian pear trees for sale

• Full-size 1-year bare-root tree $38.95
  Mature height: 16ft-24ft after 10 years
  OHxF 97 rootstock
  

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Next deliveries

Our inventory is up to date, you can pre-order now for the spring 2024 planting season.

Shinsui is one of the sweetest of the early-season Asian pears. It also looks superb with its golden-brown skin, flecked with lenticels.

The flesh is very crisp, very juicy, and very sweet.

The fruits can be stored for about a month.

How to grow

Shinsui is a naturally precocious Asian pear, but somewhat susceptible to fireblight.

It grows with a vigorous upright habit.

Advice on fruit tree pollination.

History

Shinsui was developed in Japan in the 1960s and is a cross between Kikusui and Kimizukawase.

Shinsui characteristics

• Gardening skillAverage
• Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
• Pollination group3
• Pollinating othersAverage
• Bearing regularityRegular
• Picking seasonEarly
• UsesEating fresh
• CroppingHeavy
• Keeping (of fruit)1-2 months
• General resistanceAverage
• FireblightSome susceptibility
• Cold hardiness (USDA)(5) -20F / -29C
• Summer maximum temperaturesWarm (25-30C / 76-85F)
• Period of origin1950 - 1999
• Flesh colourWhite
• Fruit colorBrownGreen / YellowRusset
• Fruit sizeAverage