What are the common varieties of loquat? What are the characteristics of each? Have you seen them all?

Loquat this kind of fruit, let people want to eat at a glance, eat a little can not stop, because the taste of this fruit is really very good, but also good for the body. So what are the common loquat varieties in our country? What are the characteristics? Have you seen them all?

What are the common varieties of loquat?

There are still some varieties of loquat in the market, but these are the more common ones in our country: Zaozhong 6, Dawuxing, Changhong 3, Jiefang Zhong, Tanaka.

2. What are the characteristics of different loquat varieties?

1. Morning clock No. 6

The main results are as follows: (1) it was bred by the Institute of Fruit trees of Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences in 1981 with Jiefangzhong as female parent and Japanese precocious variety Mori Zaosheng as male parent. It was approved by Fujian Province in 1998. It is one of the main varieties in Fujian, and it is also cultivated in neighboring provinces.

(2) the tree of this variety is vigorous, the tree posture is upright and the branch tip is stout. The leaf is bigger and thicker, and the reverse curl of leaf edge is not as obvious as Jiefang Bell. The fruit is Obovate or pear-shaped, with a single fruit weight of 52.7% and 60.5g (the maximum can exceed 120g); the pericarp thickness is medium, and the pericarp of early-maturing fruit is difficult to peel off; the pulp is thick 0.89cm, the edible rate is 70.2%, the soluble solid content is 11.9%, the acid content is 0.26%, the taste is sweet and fragrant, and the flesh is tender and dregs. The average number of seeds is 4.6.

(3) this variety has high yield and strong resistance. The fruit matures from March to April (Fujian early-maturing or extra-early-maturing varieties). The harvest time can be advanced to around the Spring Festival in Yunxiao, Fujian and Panzhihua dry-hot valley in Sichuan. Resistant to storage and transportation, suitable for fresh food or processing.

2. Big five stars

(1) selected from the real trees in Meiman Village, Longquanyi, Chengdu, Sichuan in 1980. It gets its name from the opening of Zun Kong and the shape of multi-star and five-pointed star. It has developed rapidly in Sichuan Province in recent years, and has become one of the main varieties in the local and surrounding provinces and regions.

(2) the tree potential of this variety is moderate and the tree posture is open. Leaf blade Obovate, leaf surface raised between lateral veins of spring shoot leaves. The fruit is round or oval, the single fruit weighs 62g (the maximum is nearly 150g); the pericarp is thick and easy to peel off; the pulp is thick 0.96cm, the edible rate is 73%, the soluble solid content is 11% and 13%, the acid content is 0.39%, juicy, sour and sweet, and the texture is delicate. This variety bears fruit early, has high yield, matures in the middle and late May, and is resistant to storage and transportation.

3. Changhong No. 3

It was selected from the real tree of Changhong variety by the Fruit Tree Research Institute of Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Yunxiao County Agricultural Bureau in 1976. it is one of the main varieties of Yunxiao and Xianyou in Fujian Province. The tree potential of this variety is moderate, the tree posture is half-open, and the young tree shoots are stout. The leaf is long oval and medium in size; the surface of the summer leaf is not spreading and the cross section is V-shaped. The variety had early fruiting, high yield, stable yield and strong resistance. The fruit matured from late March to early April, and the ripening period was concentrated.

4. Liberation Bell

The main results are as follows: (1) Putian, produced in Fujian Province, was selected from the seedlings of Dazhong variety. It got its name from the first fruit of the mother tree in 1949 and its fruit was shaped like a bell. It is one of the main varieties in Fujian and performed well in other places. The variety has strong trees, upright trees and strong branches. Leaves are very large, spring leaves up to 40.5cm, wide up to 14.2cm, long oval, leaf margin anti-curling, leaf color dark green.

(2) the fruit is Obovate to long Obovate, and the single fruit weighs 70g to 80g (Fujian Xianyuan obtained 184g extra-large fruit); the pericarp is medium in thickness and easy to peel off; the pulp is thick 0.93cm, the edible rate is 71.5%, the soluble solid content is 10% and 11.1%, the acid content is 0.51%, the juice is medium, the taste is thick and sour, and the texture is thicker. The seeds are large, with an average of 5.7. This variety is relatively high-yielding, the fruit matured in early May (Fujian late-maturing variety), resistant to storage and transportation, suitable for fresh food or processing.

5. Tanaka

The main results are as follows: (1) Fang male Tanaka in Japan was selected from the seedlings of large seed varieties in 1879 and was introduced all over the world. It was widely cultivated in Taiwan and also in the northwest and southwest of China.

The tree of this variety is exuberant and its posture is open. The leaf blade is large, oval or oval, the leaf blade is thick, the surface is uneven and wrinkled. The fruit is large, Obovate, the cross section is pentagonal, and the single fruit weighs 70g to 90g (the extra-large fruit 165g was recorded in Japan); the pericarp is thin and difficult to peel off; the pulp is thin, the edible rate is 66.5%, the soluble solids is about 11%, and the fully ripe fruit juice is more, sweet in taste and thicker in texture. There are more than 5 seeds.

(2) this variety has high and stable yield, the fruit is mature in late April, the fruit is large and beautiful in appearance, but the acid is removed late, so it is not suitable to be picked early.

These are all the contents that the editor is going to share with you today. at present, the more common loquat varieties in China are the above five, each with its own characteristics. Have you seen all of them?

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