Red Fragrant Crisp

Red Fragrant Crisp

　　The Red Fragrant Crisp introduced and cultivated at the Dangshan Orchard Farm in Anhui Province is a new variety of late-maturing, storage-resistant red-skinned pear, newly developed in 1980 by the Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. It is currently a rare new variety in China. The fruit is oblong-oval or spindle-shaped, with an average single fruit weight of 200 grams; the fruit surface is clean, smooth, with medium to large lenticels, and the base color of the peel is yellowish-green, with two-thirds of the sun-exposed surface being bright red; the flesh is white, with dense and fine texture, few stone cells, juicy, sweet taste, strong aroma, and excellent quality. (Dangshan)