Snowflake Pear

Declaring unit: Hebei Provincial Forest Tree Improved Variety Approval Committee.

Approval status: Recognized by the National Crop Variety Approval Committee in 1993.

Variety registration number: G814022-1992.

Variety source: local variety.

Characteristics: The tree is vigorous, with good uprightness when young and gradually spreading after fruiting. One-year-old branches are greenish-brown, perennial branches gray or dark grayish-brown. Leaves are thick and glossy. The fruit is very large, elliptical or broadly ovate, with a waxy surface, greenish-yellow or golden yellow. The flesh is milky white, relatively fine, crisp, juicy, and fairly sweet. The fruit is large and attractive and stores well, but contains somewhat more stone cells.

Cultivation points: For young trees, attention should be paid to opening the angle of the scaffold branches, and Yali pear should be planted as a pollinizer, with strict thinning of flowers and fruit.

Suitable range: Cultivated in North China, Northwest China, and the Huai River basin and other areas.