Asian Pear Summary 1978-88
A trial of 18 Asian pear cultivars at Mount Vernon was concluded in 1988, and resulted in the following evaluations. Varieties and selections are listed in harvest order, starting with the earliest ripening; (* = Currently planted)
| Cultivar | Harvest | Set | Size | Skin Color | Comments |
| Yakumo | early Sept | good | med | yellow | sweet flavor, thin skin, attractive |
| Kosui* | early Sept | heavy | sm-med | tan | excellent flavor, pseudomonas susceptible |
| Hosui | mid Sept | light | med-lg | tan | conspicuous lenticels, excellent flavor, very disease prone (Pseudomonas) |
| Shinseiki* | late Sept | good | med | yellow | flavor mild, sweet, thin skin, attractive, keeps well in storage |
| Shinseiho | late Sept | good | med | yellow | attractive but poor flavor, lacks sweetness |
| Seigyoku | late Sept | light | med | yellow | green lenticels, flavor good at harvest but deteriorates rapidly |
| Kikusui | late Sept | mod | mod | green | russet blotches, unattractive, flavor good, declines in storage |
| Nijisseiki | late Sept | heavy | sm-med | yellow | flavor good, inferior to Shinseiki, less attractive |
| UC 8-46* | early Oct | good | lg-v.lg | yellow | russet blotches, unattractive, flavor good to very good, some breakdown in storage |
| UC 12-43 | early Oct | good | med-lg | yellow | greenish russet, somewhat pyriform shape, flavor spicy to astringent, grainy texture |
| UC 12-44 | early Oct | mod | med | yellow | russet blotches, flavor poor to fair |
| UC 17-63* | e-mid Oct | heavy | large | yellow | green lenticels, good flavor, mild, pleasant, keeps well in storage |
| Seuri | e-mid Oct | mod | med | tan | russeted, somewhat pyriform shape, long stem, flavor very spicy, declines in storage |
| Yongi | e-mid Oct | heavy | med-lg | tan | russet, orange shade, flavor very good, sweet, spicy, keeps well in storage |
| Chojuro* | e-mid Oct | heavy | med-lg | tan | russet, flavor good, sweet, spicy, keeps well in storage |
| Shinko | mid Oct | good | med-lg | tan | greenish russet, flavor mild, pleasant, keeps well in storage |
| Niitaka | late Oct | heavy | med-lg | tan | greenish russet, flavor mild, fair to good, keeps well in storage |
| Ar-ri-rang* (Olympic) |
late Oct | mod | med-lg | brown | flavor fair to poor, improved slightly in storage, (a.k.a. Den Bae, Korean Giant) |