APPEARANCE 
Perfect looking, unblemished bronze, russetted skin with white flesh; slightly bigger than a softball and weighing about a pound. The package used the word “JUMBO” and I don’t disagree.
AROMA 
Sweet and spicy.
TEXTURE
Paper thin skin, extremely juicy and crunchy, not hard at all.
TASTE
Bright and lemony combined with a butterscotch sweetness.
OVERALL
This is a really yummy pear. It seems a little tooooo perfect though. As I was eating it I kept thinking I was eating futuristic alien fruit. Why is this thing so perfect? I find that to be highly suspicious but not so suspicious that I stopped eating it. I mean it tasted great and I’m not an idiot.
FRUIT
Korean Pear
VARIETY
Shingo
PEAK
Fall-Winter
Origin
Korea
GROWN
Unknown
PURCHASED
Trader Joe’s
NOTES
Apparently there is some sort of bulletin out on fruit physiological disorders and the Shingo at large is suffering from one such disorder: internal browning! I point this out because of the perceived perfection of this fruit, not out of any great concern. HA HA you perfect little jumbo – now we know about your soft underbelly. Thank goodness our disorders aren’t posted on the internet like that.
meagan // Dec 31, 2009 at 2:09 pm
I love asian pears. They’re also yummy with a touch of that spicy mexican fruit seasoning stuff. =)