{"id":2327,"date":"2011-12-04T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2011-12-04T17:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=2327"},"modified":"2011-12-02T10:53:15","modified_gmt":"2011-12-02T15:53:15","slug":"european-vs-asian-pears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2011\/12\/04\/european-vs-asian-pears\/","title":{"rendered":"European vs Asian Pears"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2369\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_5190.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2369\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2369\" title=\"IMG_5190\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_5190-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_5190-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_5190-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2369\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Luscious European Pears<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Growing pears in the Southeastern U.S. is both challenging and rewarding. Both the European (<em>Pyrus communis<\/em>) and Asian (<em>P. pyrifera<\/em>) pears are susceptible to fireblight (<em>Erwinia amylovora<\/em>), a bacterial disease with no satisfactory cure. Two popular European pear varieties, \u2018Bartlett\u2019 and \u2018Bosc\u2019, are\u00a0highly susceptible to fireblight. Varieties found to be fire blight resistant\u00a0are: &#8216;Warren&#8217;, &#8216;Aires&#8217;, and &#8216;Moonglow&#8217;. &#8216;Shinto&#8217; is an Asian pear variety with crispy russet brown fruits\u00a0and possesses above average fireblight resistance.<\/p>\n<p>European pears are unique in that\u00a0the fruits do not ripen on the tree.\u00a0Fruits must be harvested on a scheduled date for\u00a0each variety and ripened indoors.\u00a0The unripened pears are stored in a closed plastic or paper bag (sack) for 7-10 days at room temperature (60-70 \u00b0F). Fruits are then\u00a0refrigerated to slow down ripening.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Asian pears ripen on the tree like apples, and are ready to eat when harvested. Asian pears are picked from late August to early October, depending on the variety grown.<\/p>\n<p>European pear varieties will not pollinate Asian pears. Asian pears tend to bloom several days later than European varieties. Both European and Asian pears also require cross-pollination\u00a0of two different varieties.<\/p>\n<p>Both European and Asian pears are notorious for \u201cbiennial bearing\u201d. A tree may overproduce one year, and yield a small crop the next (the \u2018off\u201d year). Biennial bearing in the \u201con\u201d year often results in limb breakage and smaller fruits. To prevent or break the biennial bearing cycle, remove excess fruits by hand within 30 days after full bloom in the \u201con\u201d year. As a rule, one pear fruit is supported by 30-40 leaves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Growing pears in the Southeastern U.S. is both challenging and rewarding. Both the European (Pyrus communis) and Asian (P. pyrifera) pears are susceptible to fireblight (Erwinia amylovora), a bacterial disease with no satisfactory cure. Two popular European pear varieties, \u2018Bartlett\u2019 and \u2018Bosc\u2019, are\u00a0highly susceptible to fireblight. Varieties found to be fire blight resistant\u00a0are: &#8216;Warren&#8217;, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[827,650,645,6,599,826,828,601,630,705],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2327"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2334,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327\/revisions\/2334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}