Nick Routledge@nick_routledge
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@Kuwadanouen 1/ Here in the USA, farmers focus on about twenty, key Asian pear varieties. Our most popular equivalent to 'Yukata', seen here, today, is 'Korean Giant' (P. pyrifolia x P. ussuriensis) also known as 'Dan Bae' or 'Olympic'. This 2lb specimen will store for about five months.

Nick, smiling, holding a Korean Giant Asian pear next to his head for comparison.
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Nick, smiling, holding a Korean Giant Asian pear next to his head for comparison.

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Quoted byRT @nick_routledge: @SheepTaiChi Ah, Shen-Nung, the legendary founder of medicine and agriculture and, in Taoist hagiography, symbol of empirical, embodied, direct modes of knowing-through-participation, as distinct from discursive, abstract analysis. Pendell: "The ancient Taoist sages were plant people."Quoted by@SheepTaiChi Ah, Shen-Nung, the legendary founder of medicine and agriculture and, in Taoist hagiography, symbol of empirical, embodied, direct modes of knowing-through-participation, as distinct from discursive, abstract analysis. Pendell: "The ancient Taoist sages were plant people."Quoted by@ldwgf @AbundanceYork @OrchardNotes @ProjectOrchard 1/ Our climate in the US Pacific Northwest not too different to yours. There are several excellent, freely-available guides online, in the US.