Tawara Oriental Pear

Tawara Oriental Pear (Pyrus 'Tawara Oriental')

Tawara Oriental Pear is a crisp, juicy Asian-type pear with smooth green to golden skin and sweet, refreshing flavor; a productive, rounded tree that brings fragrant white spring bloom and late summer to early fall harvests to sunny home orchards and espaliers.

Distinctive Features

Crisp Texture: Fine-grained, snappy flesh with clean sweetness and light aromatics; Attractive Fruit: Uniform, round pears with thin, tender skin for excellent fresh eating and salads.

Growing Conditions

• Sun Exposure: Full sun (6+ hours) for best color, sugar, and yield.
• Soil: Deep, well-drained loam enriched with organic matter; avoid soggy or compacted sites.
• Water: Keep evenly moist from bloom through fruit swell; reduce slightly after harvest.
• USDA Hardiness Zones: 5 to 9.
• Mature Size: About 12 to 18 ft tall and wide on semi-dwarf; 8 to 12 ft on dwarf rootstocks.
• Bloom Time: Spring; fruit ripens late summer to early fall.
• Soil pH: Slightly acidic to neutral, about 6.0 to 7.0.

Ideal Uses

• Focal Point: White bloom and handsome fruit create a seasonal highlight.
• Home Orchard: Reliable crops of crisp dessert pears for fresh use.
• Espalier: Spur-bearing wood adapts well to cordons and fans on fences or walls.
• Edible Landscape: Glossy foliage integrates with herbs and pollinator borders.

Low Maintenance Care

• Watering: Deeply soak when the top 1 to 2 in are dry; increase during heat, bloom, and fruit swell.
• Pruning: Winter prune to open the canopy and renew fruiting spurs; summer pinch vigorous shoots to 3 to 5 leaves to promote spur formation.
• Fertilizing: Apply a balanced, low to moderate nitrogen fruit tree fertilizer in early spring based on soil test.
• Mulching: Spread 2 to 3 in organic mulch over the root zone, keeping it off the trunk, to conserve moisture and moderate temperature.
• Notes: Requires a compatible Asian pear pollinizer such as Shinseiki or Chojuro; thin clusters to improve size and reduce limb stress; monitor for fire blight and pear psylla.

Why Choose Tawara Oriental Pear?

• Sweet, Crisp Eating: Fine texture and refreshing juice straight from the tree.
• Productive Tree: Consistent yields with sun, thinning, and pollination.
• Training Versatility: Performs as free-standing tree or formal espalier.
• Landscape Appeal: Spring bloom and glossy foliage enhance edible plantings.

Plant in full sun with deep, well-drained soil, pair with a pollinizer, and thin fruit for premium, sweet-crisp pears.