Chojuro

Variety of Asian pear · Pyrus pyrifolia culta

Old Japanese nashi cultivar with a caramel-like flavour.

🇯🇵 Japan

Taste & characteristics

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Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Round fruit with fully bronze-brown russeted skin; crisp, juicy flesh with a sweet, caramel/butterscotch-like flavour; stores well.

Site, soil, hardiness and growth follow the species Asian pear unless the variety states otherwise. Will it grow where you live? → Check your site on the species page

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