1.   Chinatown pushcarts near Mulberry and Canal Streets last week were stocked with litchis, Asian pears, persimmons, baby bananas and strawberry papaya, a particularly sweet variety.

2.   Dwarf fruit trees in the forecourt produce Bartlet and Asian pears, peaches and plums.

3.   He cuts into an Indian blood peach, which is fuzzy outside with a dark red flesh, Asian pears, Royal Gala and fuji apples.

4.   If you have trouble with fruit tree diseases, entomologist Donald Booth of the Bartlett Tree Co. recommends planting Asian pears, especially the Shinko variety.

5.   The Asian pears, however, were further developed in Korea and Japan and maintain a texture and shape much more like apples.

6.   To reward them for their loyalty, Rivers said Full Belly has planted eight acres of peaches, plums, apricots, apples and Asian pears.