Successful cultivation of New Apple varieties of Chinese version of "Red Fuji"

Its early fruit, high yield and economy are better than "Red Fuji".

According to People's Daily? After nearly 20 years of efforts, a scientific research team led by Professor Zhao Zhengyang, School of Horticulture, Northwestern University of Agriculture and Forestry, has successfully cultivated a new Chinese version of "Red Fuji" apple variety "Ruiyang" and "auspicious Snow".

"Ruiyang" is a red and late-maturing variety, which was bred and bred by "Qin Guan" and "Fuji" as parents. This variety has the advantages of early fruit high yield, strong disease resistance, large fruit, good quality, easy to manage and resistant to storage. "auspicious Snow" is a yellow and late-maturing variety, which was bred by "Qinfu No. 1" and "Pink Lady" as parents. Its fruit is large, the shape of the fruit is correct, the pulp is hard and crisp, the quality is good, the yield is high, and it is resistant to storage. At present, these two varieties have been approved by the Fruit Tree Variety approval Committee of Shaanxi Province.

Zhao Zhengyang said: although the output of apples in China accounts for 52 percent of the world's total, 90 percent of them are foreign varieties, and less than 10 percent of the varieties are cultivated independently in our country.

According to reports, "Ruiyang" and "auspicious Snow" have been granted three patents, declared three patents, and have independent intellectual property rights. Experts believe that its early fruit, high yield and economy are better than "Red Fuji", and its quality is close to "Red Fuji". Zhao Zhengyang expressed the hope that through three to five years of efforts, "Ruiyang" and "auspicious Snow" will occupy a place in the main apple producing areas in China.