Firm crisp fine-textured juicy mild subacid yet sweet rich-flavored white to off-white flesh is considered by some to be the best-flavored of all Asian pears. Large round-oblate long-stemmed fruit with medium-thick skin covered with glowing yellow-orange-golden brown russet and numerous light-russet dots. Standard commercial variety. Will store for a month. Hosui means ‘much water.’ Medium-sized very vigorous productive tree. Susceptible to fireblight. Z4/5. (2½-6' bare-root trees)