The best of plums-American snake plums

American snake plum was introduced from California in 1999 and was planted in the snow base of Jixiang in Shaanxi Province by introduced experts and professors in the same year. After 4 years' observation of fruit performance, it is generally considered to be an excellent mid-late ripening variety with excellent quality, good high yield, strong adaptability and fruit storage tolerance.

Snake plum fruit is large, spherical. The average weight of a single fruit is 139g, and the maximum weight is 210.2 g. The pericarp is bright red to purplish red with fruit powder. The flesh is yellowish and turns red from outside to inside as it ripens. The color is extremely beautiful. The meat is crisp, insoluble, crisp and refreshing, delicate, strong fragrance, sweet and refreshing taste, excellent quality. The content of soluble solids is 15.2%, the sugar content is 16.5-19.2%, and the titratable acid is 0.73%. The quality is excellent. When harvested, the fruit has high firmness, smooth and shiny surface, purplish red pulp, very small kernel and semi-sticky core. The snow company of Jixiang matured from late July to early August. The harvest time is long, when the fruit surface is red, it can be harvested until the fruit surface is purplish red, the harvest time is about 10-15 days, and the shelf life of the fruit harvested in red is more than 15 days. The fruit can be stored for more than 2 months at room temperature and can be stored in cold storage until the end of April of the following year. The market price is as high as 40 yuan per kilogram, which is the highest price in the Brown plum series at present.