A new early-ripening pear cultivar 'Hujingli 67'

Abstract：'Hujingli 67', a new early-ripening cultivar with high quality, was selected from the cross of'Hakko'×'Zaosheng xinshui'in 2010.After regional adaptability testing at three sites including Jinshan, Fengxian and Chongming district in Shanghai from 2013 to 2016, the cultivar was finally selected and named as'Hujingli 67'in 2017.The tree shows vigorous at young stage and becomes moderate while grown to adult stage.The germination rate is stronger and the branching ability is moderate.Annual shoots are dark brown at sunward side.The average internode length of one-year-old branch is4.58 cm.Young shoot is reddish young leaf is red.The petal is white, ovate and coterminous (an average of 5 petals for each flower) , anthers are purple-red.Above 60.1% flowers can become fruits under natural pollination.The characteristics of'Hujingli 67'are:1) Early-maturing.It has short fruit-growthperiod about 100 days from blooming in early April to mature in late July.2) High-yield.The average fruit weight is 270 g;and short fruiting buds are easy to be formed.Therefore, the productivity reaches to 12 960 kg·hm^-2 at 4-5 years by using wide row and dense planting pattern.3) Excellent fruit quality.The soluble solid content is above 12%, sucrose content is 5.97 mg·g^-1, glucose content is 18.49 mg·g^-1, fructose content is 29.13 mg·g^-1 and malic acid content is 1.49 mg·g^-1.The flesh is crisp, juicy, less stone cells, good balance of sour and sweet, which shows higher eating quality.4) Nice appearances.The fruit shape is globose or oblate, fruit dot and fruit core are small.Skin color is brown in nature and yellowish-brown after bagging.In addition, the cultivar has better adaptability and resistancy to dry rot.Otherwise pay attention to prevent pear ring rot.In conclusion, 'Hujingli 67'is a new early-maturing, high-yield and high-quality pear cultivar and suitable for planting in the Yangtze River basin and similar climatic conditions.