And now for something completely different is it an apple is it a pear it is in fact called an asian pear or sometimes a nashi pear it is a very round russet apple looking pear with similar taste and characteristics to pears sweet white flesh and it keeps really well too it is a relative newcomer over here but widely grown elsewhere in the world r the variety kumoi is self fertile so you will get some fruit from it but you will get heavy crops pollinated by other pears the common