Abstract:

‘Hongmanao’is a new early ripening red skin pear cultivar selected from the cross‘Zaomeisu’בHongxiangsu’. The fruit is spindle-shaped with a medium size，average weight 174 g. The fruit skin is greenish-yellow covered with bright red on the side exposed to the sun，smooth with small dense lenticels. The flesh is yellowish-white，crisp，juicy and sweet. The soluble solids content is 12.9%，0.13% total acidity，and 49.6 mg · kg^-1 of vitamin C，fruit firmness of 6.9 kg · cm^-2. The fruit matures in mid to late July in the Zhengzhou region of Henan，with a fruit development period of approximately 110 days and a vegetative growth period of around 220 days. The yield during the peak fruiting period is 52 500 kg · hm^-2.

Key words: pear, red skin, early ripening, cultivar