How Is the Black Peach Queen Peach Tree Variety? Detailed Introduction to Its Characteristics
Summer is the season for eating peaches. There are many peach varieties on the market now, but many people probably do not know about the black peach. The black peach is also called the Black Peach Queen. It is a special peach variety discovered in China in the early years with the greatest development value. The fruit is relatively large, and when ripe it is deep purplish red, showing red through the black, with a very beautiful and alluring appearance. Its taste and nutrition also perform well, and it is deeply welcomed by the public. Today let us take a closer look at this peach tree variety, the Black Peach Queen.
Variety Introduction
1. The Black Peach Queen originated in the mountainous areas of western Zhejiang, China, and is the special peach variety with the greatest development value discovered in China in recent years. Because the black peach matures during the off-season for fruit, and its fruit color also caters to people's consumption fashion for black foods, its development prospects are very broad.
2. The Black Peach Queen tree is short with many branches, has strong branching and budding ability, enters the fruiting period early, and mainly bears fruit on medium and short fruit branches. It blooms in March, has a long flowering period, and the flower color is redder than ordinary peach blossoms, giving it a certain ornamental value.
3. The fruit of the Black Peach Queen generally ripens in early September. Its appearance is like an ordinary peach, and the fruit is relatively large. The average single fruit weighs 120-160 grams, and the largest single fruit weighs up to 245 grams. The flesh is purplish black with red lines, and it is currently the only black-fleshed peach variety in the world. The fruit is juicy, sweet and sour and palatable, with a rich honey flavor.
Nutritional Value
The black peach is the finest of peaches. Most specially, the various nutritional components contained in the black peach far exceed those of ordinary peaches, among which the vitamin C content is more than 10 times that of other peach varieties.
In addition, the black peach fruit is rich in a variety of special elements, which can effectively inhibit the survival of cancer cells and harmful cells in the body, and has effects such as strengthening the stomach and promoting digestion and lowering blood pressure. It is currently a very rare precious fruit that combines food use and disease-resistance health care. Its fresh fruit selling price is 10 times the local average peach price, and it once won the first prize in the evaluation of famous, special and excellent new varieties in China.
Cultivation and Management
Because the black peach has long grown in deep mountain primeval forests without management, it has strong adaptability and resistance to diseases and insect pests. Under normal circumstances, no spraying is needed to ensure a bumper harvest. It has abundant pollen, good yielding ability, and is easy to cultivate and manage. Seedlings planted bear fruit in the second year, and during the full production period the yield per 667 sq m (1 mu) can reach 2000-3000 kg.
Black peach saplings are extremely cold-resistant and can be planted in both northern and southern China. If you have vacant land at home, it is recommended to plant three or four at one time. Planting within the recent 1 month avoids delaying next year's fruiting; if you miss this period, you will have to wait another 1 year for fruit. Two-year-old Black Peach Queen saplings planted now can bear fruit next summer. The Black Peach Queen will not die even at minus 30 degrees, and can be planted in both the south and the north. If you grow fruit trees at home, do not miss this kind of fruit tree. Plant 3-5 now, and they can bear fruit next year.
Overall, the Black Peach Queen has an alluring and beautiful appearance, is naturally pitless, has juicy fruit, is sweet with a slight sourness, has a rich honey flavor, leaves a lingering fragrance in the mouth after eating, and its nutritional value is also far higher than that of ordinary peaches. I wonder whether everyone has eaten this kind of black peach? You are welcome to leave a message for discussion.
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