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Introduction to the main characteristics of the peach variety Mayfire

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Bred by the USDA Horticultural Experiment Station in California from natural seedlings of Armking embryos through embryo culture. Introduced in 1989 to the Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. The fruit is oval, with two symmetrical halves and a slightly protruding tip; average single fruit weight 75 g, maximum fruit weight 110 g; the skin's ground color is orange-yellow, fully covered with red, glossy, attractive in appearance, and the skin peels easily; the flesh is firm-melting, yellow, without red pigment, moderately juicy, aromatic, with a flavor more sour than sweet; soluble solids 8.8%. Clingstone. The tree is relatively vigorous, with a

Bred by the USDA Horticultural Experiment Station in California from natural seedlings of Armking embryos through embryo culture. Introduced in 1989 to the Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

The fruit is oval, with two symmetrical halves and a slightly protruding tip; average single fruit weight 75 g, maximum fruit weight 110 g; the skin's ground color is orange-yellow, fully covered with red, glossy, attractive in appearance, and the skin peels easily; the flesh is firm-melting, yellow, without red pigment, moderately juicy, aromatic, with a flavor more sour than sweet; soluble solids 8.8%. Clingstone. The tree is relatively vigorous, with a semi-spreading habit. It fruits mainly on medium and long fruiting branches. Most buds are compound flower buds, the first flower bud node is low, at the second node, and the flower buds are relatively small. It has good productivity. In the Zhengzhou area of Henan, it blooms on March 30, and the fruit ripens on June 5, with a fruit development period of 65 days. The flower is rosette-shaped, with abundant pollen.

This variety has good productivity, the fruit surface is fully red, glossy, and attractive in appearance; the fruit is relatively small, with a sweet-sour flavor. Its chilling requirement is 550 hours, and it can serve as a pollinator variety for protected cultivation. It is currently the earliest-ripening nectarine variety.

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