Red-leaf winter peach

The red leaf winter peach blossoms in the north of Henan Province on March 25, and begins to bloom on April 1, with pink flowers, 5 petals, 3.5-4 cm in diameter, 7-10 days of flowering, pink peach blossoms and purple peach leaves. It has become the only red landscape worth watching in spring. With the change of season and temperature, the purplish red peach leaves slowly change to copper green from the base up, but the top shoots and new leaves are still purplish red, forming on the same branch, the lower leaves are copper green, and the upper leaves are still red. This kind of scenery can last until the leaves fall. The law of the growth of red leaf winter peach is as follows: after the beginning of summer, the fruit stops developing when it grows to the size of egg yolk, the whole summer development is very slow, almost no growth, the weather turns cool after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the fruit begins to grow normally, the fruit begins to color in mid-October, the fruit matures after the Beginning of Winter in early November, the fruit is nearly round, the fruit shape is correct, the fruit on the sunny side is bright purplish red, the fruit weight is 100g-150g, and the maximum fruit weight is 200g. The flesh is white, the flesh is fine, the stone is small, crisp, sweet and delicious, and the sugar content is 20% Mel 24%, which is actually a rare treasure.

Red leaf winter peach has strong adaptability, no choice of soil, except saline-alkali land, waterlogged land, can be planted, can also be pot ornamental. It can blossom and bear fruit after planting for 2 years, which has the characteristics of flower, leaf, fruit and edible, and has high ornamental and economic value. it is a new rare and late-maturing peach variety worth popularizing.