Xiufeng Pear

Xiufeng Pear is a new extremely early-maturing European pear cultivar that we bred. Its outstanding characteristics are early maturity, high quality, high price, and good economic returns, and it can bloom and bear fruit multiple times in a single year. Its unique biological characteristics have been praised by well-known domestic fruit tree experts as "a treasure among pears." In July 2002, it passed the appraisal of an expert group composed of Shu Huairui, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and other experts, who considered this cultivar to be an early-maturing cultivar with early fruiting, high yield, large fruit, and high quality.

This cultivar originated from a mutated single plant of European pear. In 1993, it was discovered in a 5-year-old pear orchard. While carrying out detailed observations of this single plant, we also conducted top-grafting and variety replacement on large trees and cultivation trials in different locations.

The main characteristics of this cultivar: the tree vigor is relatively weak; during the young tree stage the tree posture is upright, and the sprouting ability and branching ability are relatively strong. The tree canopy is open. Young trees mainly bear fruit on medium and long fruiting branches, while trees in full bearing period mainly bear fruit on medium and short fruiting branches. Axillary flower buds can bear fruit, and new shoots can bloom and bear fruit at their tips or in leaf axils at any time during growth. The self-fruitfulness rate is high. It bears fruit early; newly planted young trees can bloom and bear fruit in the second year, and in the third year the yield per tree can reach 15 kg; after top-grafting on large trees, they can bloom and bear fruit in the same year. The fruit is large, with an average single fruit weight of 198 g and a maximum fruit weight of 600 g; it matures early, and the first batch of fruit can mature and go on the market in early to mid-July, 20 days earlier than ordinary European pears. The marketing period is long. In addition to the first batch of fruit filling the gap in the early fruit market, its second and third batches of fruit also have very high value. The market price is high, with an average local purchase price of 4 yuan per kg. The fruit surface is yellow-white, smooth and attractive; the flesh is milky white, fine in texture, juicy, and pleasantly fragrant in taste; the core is small; the soluble solids content is 15.4%; the fruit can be stored at room temperature for 25 days. It has strong stress resistance and is resistant to pear scab, pear psylla, aphids, and leaf blight.

The main cultivation techniques for this cultivar: ① Density. 3 m x 4 m, 2 m x 4 m. 1 m x 2 m, 2 m x 2 m, or double-row close planting can also be used. Pollinator trees may be omitted. ② Training and pruning. The tree form adopts the small-canopy delayed-open central leader shape; free spindle shape can be used in dense planting orchards.