Introduction to the Variety Characteristics of Flavor Queen, a Plumcot

The plumcot is an emerging fruit obtained by crossing the apricot and the plum.

Flavor Queen. The fruit is round or oblate, with both skin and flesh being orange-yellow, a sweet taste, fine and crisp flesh, and a strong aroma, with excellent quality. The soluble solids content is 17%-19%, it is freestone, and the edible rate is high. The fruit's longitudinal diameter is 5.1-5.9 cm, the transverse diameter is 5.5-6.2 cm, the average single fruit weight is 100 g, and the maximum fruit weight is 135 g. The fruit ripens from late July to early August, the development period is 130 d, and the chilling requirement is 400-500 h. It is storage-tolerant and can be stored for 15-30 d at room temperature, and for 3-5 months under low-temperature conditions of 2-5°C. It has strong early fruiting ability; in the second year after planting, the average yield per plant is 3-5 kg, and in the full fruiting period each plant can bear 30-40 kg of fruit. The planting density is 2 m x 4 m or 3 m x 4 m, with 55-83 plants planted per 667 sq m, and Dinosaur Egg and Flavor King can be used as pollinating varieties.