Hanyuan Golden Flower Pear

Hanyuan Golden Flower Pear

　　Hanyuan Golden Flower Pear, also known as Linqin, is a naturally occurring seedling variety. The fruit is large or slightly large, with an average single fruit weight of about 400 grams and a maximum of 660 grams. The fruit is round or oblong, measuring 8.6×7.3 cm in vertical and horizontal diameters. The skin is greenish-yellow with small to moderately sized dots, which are fairly numerous. It has a deep and wide calyx cavity, a small core, and an edible rate of 88.5%. The flesh is white, fine-textured, with few stone cells, crisp, juicy, richly sweet, and lightly fragrant. The soluble solid content ranges from 11.3–16.8%, total sugar 9–9.5%, monosaccharides 8.7–9.5%, disaccharides 0.15–0.25%, total acid 0.22–0.25%, and vitamin C 3.5–4%. The quality is top-grade. The flowering period is late March, and the ripening period is mid to late September.

　　 Hanyuan Golden Flower Pear has won several awards: first place in the 1984 Sichuan Pear Resource Survey and Evaluation; first place in the white pear category of the Sichuan Pear Quality Competitions in 1989, 1994, 1996, and 1999, and awarded quality certificates; and the Gold Award at the Second National Agricultural Expo in 1995. Sichuan Province has listed the Golden Flower Pear as one of the high-quality varieties to be vigorously developed across the province.