Pera coreana nashi

The Asian pear (or Nashi pear) is sometimes called ‘Apple pear’, but it is not a cross between apples and pears, as this name suggests. It’s a pear that rather looks like an apple. Names. Scientific Pyrus pyrifolia English Apple pear Asian pear Chinese pear Japanese pear Korean pear Nashi pear Sand pear Taiwan pear Dutch Aziatische peer.