Specialties Visit our 'shop' page for our seasonal fruit gift or gift basket ideas: www.wonderfulfruit.com - we are an online store only. Do not telephone; please shop online only. Subarashii Kudamono Asian Pears are the premier Asian Pears in the U.S. Our fresh fruit gift baskets, filled with our Asian Pears, are the best way to discover their supremely juicy, crisp and sweet flavor first hand. Grown in the fertile soil of Eastern Pennsylvania, our pears will become the favorite for your table as well as exciting to share as wonderful fruit gift baskets. History Established in 1984. Asian Pears originated in Asia a millennia ago from roses, bestowing these unique pears with their great beauty. The intoxicating scent of their floral ancestry evolved into their modern day captivating flavors as edible fruit. Joel Spira, successful inventor and founder of Lutron Electronics Co., first tasted Asian Pear varieties in Japan in the 1970's. So enchanted with the Asian Pear, he brought back some of the fruit's seeds and grew them into Asian Pear trees in his own Pennsylvania backyard. Mr. Spira's wife, Ruth Rodale Spira, a trained botanist, diversified the Asian Pear trees into American-style Asian Pear varieties, further evolving the Asian Pears into what we call Subarashii Kudamono, Japanese for "wonderful fruit." Our Asian Pear trees now flourish on hundreds of acres in scenic Eastern Pennsylvania farmland. Enjoy or share as gifts these fresh Asian Pear varieties direct from our farm via our website. We sustainably produce other gourmet items as well!