Abstract: ‘Danxiahong’is a new red skin pear cultivar selected from the cross‘Zhongli 1’בHongxiangsu’. The shape of fruit is nearly round. The fruit size is big，and the average fruit weight is 260 g. The fruit skin is green covered with red on the side exposed to the sun. The flesh is white，crisp，rich juice，sweet，with litter fragrant. The soluble solids content is 13.5%. It matures in mid and late August in Zhengzhou City，Henan Province. The fruit have long storage life but not resistant to bumping. The yield is about 45 000 kg • hm-2 at full fruit stage.

Key words: pear, red skin, cultivar