What is Penglai Xianzao? A detailed introduction to its variety characteristics
Penglai Xianzao is an excellent large-fruited fresh-eating variety successfully bred by the Maolin Jujube Research Institute of Penglai City. It has already applied for a Chinese invention patent and won the APEO World Gold Award.
The fruit of Penglai Xianzao weighs 58 grams, with a maximum of 100 grams, making it the largest known jujube variety. It matures in early October in the Jiaodong and Liaonan regions. The fruit is oblong, purple-red in color, with a glossy skin, tender and crisp flesh, and a rich sweet taste. Its mouthfeel is excellent and its quality is superb, making it worthy of being called the finest of jujubes.
Penglai Xianzao has a dwarfing trait, with thick branches and short internodes, a compact tree body, early fruiting, thick fruit stalks, light fruit drop, few cracked fruits, fruits borne in clusters, and extremely high yield. It can bear fruit in the same year of planting and enters full fruiting period in the third year. Penglai Xianzao has obvious excellent characteristics of early bearing, high yield, and stable yield. Through cultivation comparison, Penglai Xianzao has large fruit, early fruiting, high yield, wide adaptability, few diseases, and excellent quality. Its performance in six indicators is outstanding. It is suitable not only for cultivation in inland areas, but also for growth under the special geographical environment and climatic conditions of the Jiaodong and Liaoning coastal areas. It is a fresh-eating variety with excellent comprehensive traits, very precious, and with great development prospects.
Penglai Xianzao is disease-resistant and drought-resistant, tolerant of waterlogging, and tolerant of poor acid-base conditions. It has low demands on soil. It can be planted on mountain slopes, hills, valleys, plains, waterlogged lowlands, beaches, or fertile farmland. Within the vast region from 19-43 degrees north latitude and 75-125 degrees east longitude, it is suitable for the growth of Penglai Xianzao. The Penglai Xianzao tree is vigorous, grows strongly, and its branches naturally spread open with a balanced and reasonable distribution. It sets fruit through self-pollination and generally does not require notching, branch bending, or girdling, with little pruning. Pests and diseases are mild, labor is saved, and management is easy. It is suitable for dense planting in orchard cultivation. In densely planted jujube orchards, the usual row spacing and plant spacing are 2.0 m x 1.5 m, with 222 plants per mu.
Penglai Xianzao is extremely rich in nutrients and has irreplaceable special tonic, health-care, and pharmacological effects. It is an auspicious and treasured fruit widely loved by Chinese people and foreigners alike. The demand for both export and domestic sales is very large, the market is extremely short of supply, the economic price is very high, and the prospects are extremely broad. Cultivating Penglai Xianzao is the first choice project for rural areas, agriculture, and farmers to innovate and increase income, a truly golden industry.