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The hard-fleshed peach variety 21st Century is suitable for cultivation in the Yangtze River Basin

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Originating in Beijing, the average single fruit weight is 240 g, with the largest exceeding 380 g, and the fruit shape is highly uniform; when ripe, 70% of the fruit surface turns rose red. The fruit surface has few hairs, the fruit is round, the flesh is white with red, with 20% red blush, the flesh is extremely firm and fine in texture, the soluble solids content is 15.7%, the taste is richly sweet with no sourness and a slight fragrance, and the quality is excellent. The stone is small, and the edible rate is 93.7%. In the Chongqing area, buds sprout in mid-February, full bloom occurs in early March, and the fruit ripens in mid-to-late July. It is storage- and transport-resistant and high-yielding; in a high-density orchard (222 trees/667 sq m), the third-year

Originating in Beijing, the average single fruit weight is 240 g, with the largest exceeding 380 g, and the fruit shape is highly uniform; when ripe, 70% of the fruit surface turns rose red. The fruit surface has few hairs, the fruit is round, the flesh is white with red, with 20% red blush, the flesh is extremely firm and fine in texture, the soluble solids content is 15.7%, the taste is richly sweet with no sourness and a slight fragrance, and the quality is excellent. The stone is small, and the edible rate is 93.7%. In the Chongqing area, buds sprout in mid-February, full bloom occurs in early March, and the fruit ripens in mid-to-late July. It is storage- and transport-resistant and high-yielding; in a high-density orchard (222 trees/667 sq m), the third-year yield reaches 1900 kg/667 sq m.

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