Abstract:

‘Zaohongyu’is a new red skin pear cultivar which was selected from the cross‘Shinseiki’בHongxiangsu’. The fruits are subround shape and average weight 256 g. The fruit skin is greenish-yellow covered with bright red on the side exposed to the sun. The flesh is crisp，juicy and sweet. The soluble solids content is 12.8%，accompany with 7.64% soluble sugar content and 0.07% titratable acid content. The fruit growth period is 120–130 d and storage-tolerance is high. It matures in early August in Zhengzhou，Henan. The yield is up to 60 t · hm^-2.

Key words: pear, red skin, cultivar