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.
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.