The Introductive Experiments of Three Early Ripening and Fresh Jujube Variety
Abstract
Aimed at the north of Henan regional climate and site conditions,three varieties:Liuyuexian,Qiyuexian,Kongfusucui was selected for the character comparison.The Liuyuexian,was selected as a jujube variety extended in the north of Henan through introductive experiment,contrast test and demonstration.The variety has many good features.Firsty,it was the early maturity,which was its striking feature.Its early maturing period was at the first ten-days of August and the late maturing stage was at the last ten-days of August.Because its fruit was edible at the first ten-days of August,it can be as the first early ripening and fresh jujube variety.Secondly,its yield was also good.Its Fruit setting rate was high and the rate of fruit drop was low.the average fruit weight was 13.0 g and the most fruit weight was 20.0 g.Thirdly,the quality of its fruit was good.the fruit was ellipse,its suface was very smooth,its skin was thin,its flesh was fragile and has more juice,its pit was very small,the proportion which can be eated was 96.4%,and its Soluble solids in fruit was 36.0% at the late late maturing stage.Lastly,the variety had strong resistance to the bad environment,had few cracking fruit and the proportion of rot fruit was 2.3%.