Nijisseiki
Variety of Asian pear · Pyrus pyrifolia culta
Classic nashi cultivar with smooth, yellow-green skin.
🇯🇵 Japan 1888
Taste & characteristics
Taste
crispjuicysweetrefreshing
Profile
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Round fruit with smooth, yellow-green skin; very crisp, juicy flesh with a mild-sweet, refreshing flavour.
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