It's 10 years old now. I bought it as a 2nd year container grown plant (I prefer to buy maidens bare-rooted, but this was all I could find after 2 years of looking). The variety is Shinseiki, which is partially self fertile, and produces the smooth pale yellow fruits I prefer (rather than the more rough russet kind). I have a couple of normal pears nearby, which apparently are sufficient to cross-pollinate, though not every year do the other ones flower early enough to be effective. Because the Asians are early flowerers - early April, sometimes even late March - some years a late frost has destroyed most of the developing fruit. Also I lost most of the flower buds to the harsh winters of the last two years - maybe that is a feature of SE Englands on-again-off-again winters.

It actually gave me a few fruits first year, just to taste, and then a few more 2nd year and quite a lot 3rd and 4th years. It grew quite vigorously during this period, such that I was pruning it. But in general all of these fruits are plum-sized rather than the apple-sized fruits one sees in the shops. It then suddenly stopped being vigorous, and now hardly puts on any new wood, and yields are now much lower. Probably I ought to clear a bare earth circle round it, fertilise it, and water it a lot. Maybe a bit of pruning, even though it is old wood, might help reinvigorate it, though it only flowers on old wood.