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Introduction to Longyuan Sweet Apricot, a New Cold-Resistant Apricot Variety

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Longyuan Sweet Apricot is a new cold-resistant variety for fresh eating and kernel use, bred by crossing 79-7-1 (Northern No. 2 plum x Dajie apricot) as the female parent and 79-15-14 (631 apricot x Dajie apricot) as the male parent. In February 2006, it passed the approval of the Heilongjiang Provincial Crop Variety Approval Committee. The fruit is nearly round, with a yellow background color and a red blush on the sunny side. The average single fruit weight is 59.2 g. The largest is 75.5 g. The flesh is orange-yellow, relatively fine and soft, with few fibers and abundant juice. The flavor is sweet and sour, suitable 1:3, containing 13.90% soluble solids. The quality is excellent.

Longyuan Sweet Apricot is a new cold-resistant variety for fresh eating and kernel use, bred by crossing 79-7-1 (Northern No. 2 plum x Dajie apricot) as the female parent and 79-15-14 (631 apricot x Dajie apricot) as the male parent. In February 2006, it passed the approval of the Heilongjiang Provincial Crop Variety Approval Committee. The fruit is nearly round, with a yellow background color and a red blush on the sunny side. The average single fruit weight is 59.2 g. The largest is 75.5 g. The flesh is orange-yellow, relatively fine and soft, with few fibers and abundant juice. The flavor is sweet and sour, suitable 1:3, containing 13.90% soluble solids. The quality is excellent. The stone is free, and the kernel is sweet. The average single stone weight is 2.5 g. In the Harbin area, the fruit ripens on July 20, and the fruit development period is 75 d (days). The tree vigor is moderate, with high yield and strong cold resistance.

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