Nashi, aka Japanese pear

The news recently visited a nashi batake (梨畑　なしばたけ), what we would call a pear orchard. The name literally means a field of Japanese pears. What I was surprised about were the ages of the trees.

Nashi, Japanese pear, are round, not shaped like American pears. Maybe 15 centimeters across, about 6 inches across. The skin is pretty similar to an American pear, but the fruit inside is white and juicy. Wonderfully sweet, during the season. Also fairly expensive!
( Peel the skin... )

I begin to understand why those delicious nashi in the supermarket are so expensive!

But they do taste good.