Hosui Asian Pear Tree

Pyrus pyrifolia

Better with a partner

Large, golden-brown Asian pear, very juicy and sweet. Ripens in August.

#7 container
About 1.25" caliper

$88each, pay at pickup

Reserve

Pick up in Pittsgrove, NJ, typically in March. Pay cash, check, Venmo or PayPal at pickup.

Hosui is a large Asian pear with golden-brown, russeted skin and very sweet, juicy, crisp flesh. It's one of the most popular Asian pears for flavor.

It ripens in August, ahead of Shinko, so the two together spread out your harvest.

Asian pears ripen on the tree. Pick when they taste sweet and come off with a gentle lift, and thin the young fruit to one per cluster for the biggest pears.

Hosui was released in Japan in 1972. It's more prone to fire blight than Shinko, so keep an eye out in warm, wet spring weather.

How it tastes

Very sweet, low in acid and extremely juicy, with crisp flesh. One of the best-tasting Asian pears.

At a glance

You get: #7 container, about 1.25" caliper (trunk thickness 6 inches above the soil; each tree varies a little)
Hardiness zones: USDA About 5–9 (Salem County is 7)
Blooms: Early, with other Asian pears
Ripens: Mid to late August
Starts bearing: Usually 3–5 years after planting
Mature size: Depends on rootstock; ask us
Pollination: Better with a partner
Botanical name: Pyrus pyrifolia
Price: $88 each, paid at pickup
Pickup: Pittsgrove, NJ, typically in March

The fruit

Looks: Large, round, golden-brown russeted skin
Flavor: Very sweet and juicy
Best for: Fresh, Salads
Keeps: A few weeks to a couple of months in the fridge

Pollination

Partly self-fertile, but it crops much better with another Asian pear nearby. Shinseiki and Shinko are good partners. European pears won't reliably pollinate it.

Good partners from our list

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Growing tips

Watch for: Susceptible to fire blight; prune out blighted shoots promptly and avoid heavy nitrogen feeding

Full sun. Pears handle heavier, wetter soil better than most fruit trees.
Fire blight is the main pear problem in our humid summers. Prune out blackened, scorched-looking shoots well below the damage, and don't overfeed with nitrogen.
European pears are picked firm and ripened on the counter. Asian pears ripen on the tree and are picked ready to eat.
Prune lightly in late winter.

New to planting fruit trees? Read our step-by-step planting guide: square hole, graft above the soil, native soil, and no fruit for the first two years.

Photos show the variety, not the exact plant you’ll get. Reservations are for the 2027 season, picked up at our farm in Pittsgrove, NJ, typically in March, and aren’t guaranteed until we confirm them. Questions? Ask us or call or text (856) 345‑4538.