Breeding report on Jianbawang, a bud mutation of Jianba pear cultivar

Jianbawang is a bud mutation of Jianba pear cultivar. Its fruit size is bigger than that of Jianba, weighing 189 g on average, but reaching 280 g, more than twice bigger than common Jianba pear cultivar. Some of the fruit have 1 to 2 small longitudinal furrows on the surface. Fruit skin is thin, having a yellowish green color. Flesh is white, fine, juicy, with a smaller core and less stone cell, containing a total sugar of 11.88%, total acid of 0.92%, and Vc of 5.81 mg/100 g. The flavor is sweet sour with stronger aroma, of very good eating quality. It is a multi-using cultivar, suitable to be used for fresh consumption, frozen eating and for processing. The shoots and leaves of Jianbawang are obviously longer and bigger than those of Jianba pear. Its cold hardiness is the same as Jianba pear cultivar, a hardiest one among pear cultivars. It is suitable to be cultivated in the cold areas such as in Liaoning, Jilin and Inner Mogulia.