Breeding report of a new pear cultivar——‘Sucui 2'

‘Sucui 2',a new early season pear cultivar,was derived from the cross between Huasu and Cuiguan cultivar. Its fruit is round in shape with yellow-green skin(no/less russet spot); dots are middle sized. The flesh is white,crisp and juicy,containing soluble solids of about 12%. The average fruit weight is about 270 g. It matures in middle to late July in Nanjing area, Jiangsu Province,with a fruit development period of about 115 d. The tree is half-open and easy to produce flower buds with higher fruit setting rate.