candied dates

Distribution Linfen City Dongkong Guo, Beiwang, Yongan Village and Taigu County and other places have a small amount of cultivation.

Botany characteristic crown assumes disorderly head shape, tree posture opens relatively, dry weak, tree vigor weak, tree body is small. The trunk is grayish brown, the skin is longitudinally cracked, the crack is deep, and the peeling is rare. Date first branch brownish red, annual growth 5l cm, internode slightly curved, large and dense dermatomes, yellow-brown. Date strand taupe, conical. Usually, 1-5 dates are hung, 19-30 cm long, and 6-9 nodes are more fruited. The flowers are dense, each inflorescence has 1 to 9 single flowers. Jujube hanging leaves 9- 17, leaves large and medium thick, long ovate, 5.6--9.1 cm long, 1.8 - 3.8 cm wide, apex acuminate, margin serrate obtuse, base rounded, dark green, petiole 0.5-1.2 cm long.

Biological characteristics of 20-year-old plant stem height 1.3 meters, stem circumference 0.54 meters, tree height about 4 meters, technical development 4--4.8 meters. The germination ability of jujube head is medium, and the fruit setting rate is high in the current year. Early fruiting, high and stable yield. A 20-year-old single plant yields 30- 40 kg fresh dates. It germinates in mid-April, blooms in mid-May, reaches full bloom in mid-June, ripens in mid-September, and defoliates in mid-October.

Fruit small, ovate, longitudinal diameter 2, 4--3.1 cm, transverse diameter 2 - 2.6 cm, average fruit weight 2.3 g, maximum fruit weight 10.6 g. Fruit surface smooth, thin skin, red, fruit point large prominent, shallow and wide pedicel depression, fruit apex slightly concave. The meat is white green, compact and crispy, juicy, extremely sweet and contains 30.5% soluble solids. The nucleus is small, fusiform, 1.5-1.9 cm in longitudinal diameter, 0.47 - 0.72 cm in transverse diameter, with an average weight of 0.25 g. The edible part accounts for 96.6% of the fruit weight. The kernel surface is rough, the furrows are deep, the apex is long and sharp, the base is short and obtuse, the kernel rate is 50%, and the kernel is plump. The fruit quality is excellent. Disadvantages: small fruit, serious fruit drop before harvest, poor storage and transportation capacity, easy to crack fruit in case of rain at maturity.

Cultivation points This variety is weak in tree vigor, small in tree body, cold resistance, weak in disease resistance and strong in drought resistance. It is suitable for flat land, dry land, sloping land and suburban development of cities.