Detailed Introduction to High-Yield, High-Quality Apricot Varieties

Apricot is one of the fruits favored by the Chinese people, with wide uses and extremely high economic value. In recent years, while mainstream fruits such as apples and pears have been declining, apricots have remained in short supply, with prices rising again and again. Cultivating apricot trees has become an effective way for fruit farmers to prosper now and for years to come. Below are introductions to several new high-quality, high-yield apricot varieties.

Golden Olympic: Golden Olympic is the latest early-maturing apricot variety introduced from the United States by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Its main advantages are: extremely early maturity: this apricot can be completely harvested by May 20, about 20 days earlier than varieties such as Kate. Extremely high yield: when Golden Olympic is planted in the same year, a single tree can bear more than 5 kg of fruit the following year, with a flowering and fruiting rate of up to 100%, and an average single fruit weight of about 80 g. In the third year, the yield per mu can reach 2500 kg. Excellent quality: at maturity, Golden Olympic is red outside and yellow inside, with a rich fragrance and a sweet, mellow taste, overcoming the disadvantage of poor taste and quality in other early-maturing apricot varieties. This apricot variety is not only suitable for greenhouse cultivation, but is also the first choice apricot variety for open-field cultivation. Experts predict that Golden Olympic will be the replacement variety and leading variety for early-maturing apricots in the coming years.

Kate apricot: introduced from California, United States, in 1991, the fruit ripens from June 10 to 15. The fruit is large, orange-yellow in color, sweet and tart and refreshing, with top-grade quality. The pit is small, and the flesh separates freely from the pit, with extremely high yield. In the second year, the average yield per tree is 3.3 kg.

Golden Star: this variety has a semicircular crown, an open tree posture, and moderate vigor. It has a high proportion of complete flowers, mainly bears fruit on short fruit branches, and has strong yielding ability. A four-year-old young tree can produce 19 kg per tree. The natural fruit development period is about 57 days. The fruit is nearly round, with a single fruit weight of 30 g, and the largest reaching 55 g. The fruit apex is round, the suture line is shallow, the fruit surface is orange-yellow, the flesh is orange-red, with few fibers, and the flavor is sweet and tart and delicious, with a strong aroma, but the fruit is relatively small, which affects its planting benefits.

Red Purse: originated in the mountainous area of Licheng County, Shandong Province, and was selected from wild apricots in 1985 and promoted on a large scale. The average single fruit weight is 60-65 g, the fruit surface is orange-yellow, sweet and tart and delicious, with a slight aroma. It can be harvested and marketed in late May.

Golden Sun: this apricot is an early-maturing variety. The fruit matures at the end of May. In the second year, the yield per tree is about 3 kg. The fruit skin is golden yellow, with a rich aroma and good yielding ability. The disadvantage is that the taste is slightly poorer.