Introduction to the Characteristics and Cultivation Techniques of the Xuelihong Peach Variety

Xuelihong peach, a newly introduced variety at the Yunda Demonstration Orchard in Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province, after three years of trials and demonstrations, is the best early-maturing peach variety. Its characteristics:

1. Early maturing and high yielding. This variety requires about 300 hours of dormancy, can mature on March 20 in a greenhouse, on April 20 in a plastic tunnel, and around May 15 in open fields. Planted in the first year, it bears fruit in the second year, and by the third year the yield can reach 8000 jin per mu.

2. Good marketability. The fruit of this variety is oval-shaped, with a protruding pointed tip at the top and a snow-white base overlaid with bright red, like rouge applied to a girl's face, beautiful and alluring. The single fruit weighs 150 grams, with the largest reaching 350 grams. It has excellent marketability and is very popular in the market.

3. Easy to cultivate. It has a high self-pollination fruit-setting rate, does not drop fruit after ripening, and can bear fruit with only slight pruning. It is easy to cultivate with a high success rate.

4. Firm fruit, tolerant of transport. After ripening, it can hang on the tree for about 15 days. After picking, the fruit remains firm, and with slight packaging for long-distance transport, there is rarely any bruising or rotting.

5. The Yunda Demonstration Orchard has large peach seedlings available for farmers to purchase.