New mango varieties: Taiwan summer snow mango characteristics, Taiwan summer snow mango sweetness content

The yellow fruit of summer snow peel is larger, which is obviously different from the common Ai Wen mango on the market.

Kaohsiung Agricultural improvement Farm Research and Development of a new variety of mango "Summer Snow", not only has a strong flavor, but also has the flavor of Taiwan mango, the storage time is also relatively long, and it is highly competitive for export.

Gao Gaochang pointed out that mango is an important fruit tree industry in Taiwan, with a current planting area of about 18000 hectares. the so-called native mango accounts for about 1/3, and the improved mango accounts for 2/3. "Aiwen" is the largest, with an area of about 7500 hectares, followed by "Jinhuang", about 2400 hectares. Aiwen and Jinhuang are the main export sales in Taiwan, but Aiwen is susceptible to disease and Jinhuang is easy to change. Not only the production cost has increased, but also the development of mango industry has been affected.

For this reason, Gao Gaochang actively invested in variety improvement. After years of efforts, a new big fruit strain KMS-83 ​​ 02 with native mango flavor was selected and named "Summer Snow" this year.

Li Xueru, an assistant researcher at Kaohsiung, said that the experimental data of Xia Xue (Kaohsiung No. 3) performed extremely well. In the Gaoping area, the flowering period is from late December to early February, the fruit ripening period is from May to early July, and the skin of the ripe fruit is yellow. the fruit weighs about 400 to 550 grams, the sugar content is 12 to 15 degrees, and the pulp rate can be as high as 80 percent.

Li Xueru said that the flavor of summer snow is rich, and the storage life of fruits at room temperature can be up to six days, which is conducive to long-distance transportation. The common shortcomings of Aiwen and Jinhuang have been obviously improved and will be officially promoted this year, so that consumers at home and abroad who like to taste mangoes have more new choices.

It is the mango production season. In order to improve Taiwan's mango production technology and provide an exchange platform for fruit growers, Gao Gengchang will hold a mango quality competition on May 16. Farmers are welcome to visit.