Introduction of Penglai Xianzao

Penglai Xianzao is an excellent big fruit fresh food variety cultivated successfully by Maolin jujube Research Institute in Penglai City. He has applied for the special issue of Chinese invention and won the APEO World Gold Award.

Penglai Xianzao fruit weighs 58 grams, the largest 100 grams, is currently the largest variety of jujube fruit, mature in Jiaodong and southern Liaoning in early October, the fruit is oblong, purplish red, peel bright, flesh tender, crisp, thick sweet, good taste, excellent quality, jujube can be called the best.

Penglai Xianzao has the character of dwarfing, short branches, compact tree body, early fruiting, thick fruit stalk, light fruit drop, few fruit dehiscence, string fruit and high yield. It can bear fruit in the same year and enter the full fruit period in the third year. Penglai Xianzao has obvious excellent characteristics of prematurity, high yield and stable yield. through cultivation and comparison, Penglai Xianzao has the advantages of large fruit, early fruit, high yield, wide adaptation, less disease and excellent quality, and is suitable for planting in inland areas. it is also adapted to the special geographical environment and climatic conditions of Jiaodong and Liaoning coastal areas. It is a fresh food variety with excellent comprehensive characters, very precious and promising for development.

Penglai Xianzao is resistant to disease and drought, waterlogging and poor acid and alkali resistance, and does not have strict requirements on the soil. it can be planted in hillsides and hills, valleys, flat rivers, waterlogged beaches or fertile fields, and is adapted to the growth of Penglai jujube in a vast area of 19-43 degrees north latitude and 75-125 degrees east diameter. Penglai fairy jujube tree is strong, vigorous growth, natural open branches, reasonable distribution, self-pollination fruiting, generally no sprouting, branch pulling, ring peeling, less pruning, light diseases and insect pests, labor-saving and easy management, suitable for close planting and garden cultivation. The general row spacing of closely planted jujube orchard is 2.0 m × 1.5 m, and 222 plants are planted per mu.

Penglai jujube is extremely rich in nutrients and has irreplaceable special nourishing, health care and pharmacological effects. it is a lucky fruit which is deeply loved by Chinese people and foreigners. The demand for foreign trade and domestic sales is very large, the market is extremely scarce, the economic price is very high, and the prospect is extremely broad. The cultivation of Penglai jujube is the first choice for rural areas, agriculture and farmers to increase their innovative income, and it is a veritable gold industry.