Abstract: ‘Huadan’is a new early maturing apple cultivar bred from‘Meiba’בMaiyan’. Its fruit shape is nearly round，column. Its average fruit weight is 160 g. The fruit has yellow white skin，with bright red blush. Its flesh is white，crisp，fine，sour-sweet. The fruit firmness，soluble solids content and titratable acidity is 6.3 kg · cm-2，12.3% and 0.49%，respectively. In Zhengzhou area，the fruit ripens in early July and the developing period is 80–85 days. It is resistant to apple branch canker and ring rot disease. It is suitable to be planted in‘Gala’growing area.

Key words: apple, hybrid, early maturing, cultivar