Asian pearvariety
Oushu
Also known as 王秋 +1
王秋 · ナシ筑波48号
Oushu is a late Japanese pear selected from a 1983 cross of breeding line C2 and Shinsetsu; C2 itself came from Cili and Nijisseiki, its grandparents. Oushu has large, yellow-brown fruit with soft, fine, juicy flesh. Selection, Norin recognition and variety registration occurred in 1991, 2000 and 2003 respectively.
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Origin · 茨城県つくば市
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Taste & texture
- Firmness
- soft
- Juiciness
- juicy
How to spot it
- Skin
- yellow-brown at full maturityRipe skin colour yellow, brown
- Shape
- inverted triangular
Origin & family
Where Oushu began
Recorded origin
茨城県つくば市
Japan
- Institution
- Fruit Tree Research Institute / Fruit Tree Experiment Station (NARO predecessor institutions)
Oushu’s family
4 varieties · 3 recorded linksArrows follow parents → children
This variety
Oushu
茨城県つくば市, Japan
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Field notes
Original source notes
- weight
- 650 g · NARO native cultivar account; observed measurement locality unspecified.naro.go.jp ↗
- texture
- soft, juicy · NARO native cultivar account; observed measurement locality unspecified.naro.go.jp ↗
- skin colour ripe
- yellow, brown · NARO native cultivar account; observed measurement locality unspecified.naro.go.jp ↗
variety observations
- traits
- shape
- inverted triangular
- skin colour
- yellow-brown at full maturity
- flesh texture
- soft, fine and juicy
- source url
- www.naro.go.jp ↗
- observation scope
- official cultivar description not universal composition or consumer tasting