A New carambola Variety Sweet carambola 3

Sweet carambola 3 is a single bud mutant of sweet carambola in Malaysia. It was approved and named by the crop Variety approval Committee of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region in May 2007.

The main results are as follows: (1) the fruit is long and oval in economic characters, with an average single fruit weight of 183.0g (the original variety 285.0g). The fruit is thin and the fruit tip is protruding (the fruit of the original variety is thick and the fruit tip is concave). The pericarp is thin and smooth (the original variety is slightly rough and has no luster). The immature fruit is turquoise, the ripe fruit is yellow, and the edge is turquoise. The pulp is fine and crisp, the fiber is less, the taste is sweet, and the quality is better than that of the original variety. The content of soluble solids is 12.60%, 1.8% higher than that of the original variety, 8.90% of total sugar and 0.18% of total acid.

(2) the characteristics of growth and fruit and phenological phase grow fast and bear fruit early. It will blossom and bear fruit in the same year, and can be put into production in the second year, with a yield of 10kg in the second year, a yield of 25kg in the third year, and a peak yield of more than 36kg in the fourth year. There are three or four flowering times a year in southern Guangxi, that is, flowering from mid-late May to early June, fruit ripening from mid-late August to early September, flowering from mid-July to mid-August, maturing from mid-October to early November, and flowering from late October to mid-November. mature from mid-January to late February the following year.

(3) the key points of cultivation techniques are suitable to be planted in the south of Guangxi. Choose loose soil, fertile, small slope to the south or southeast to the middle and lower slope, gentle slope land to build a garden. The grafted seedlings were used and the distance between rows and plants was 5m × 4m. Before planting, rotten organic fertilizer was used as base fertilizer. Attach importance to plastic surgery and pruning.