Introduction to the New Flat Peach Variety Ruipan 20

The extremely late-ripening white-fleshed flat peach variety "Ruipan 20", bred by the Institute of Forestry and Pomology of the Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, recently passed the Beijing municipal variety approval.

This variety can bear fruit on all types of fruiting branches, mainly on long and medium fruiting branches, with a high natural fruit-setting rate. The fruit development period is about 160 days, and the annual growth period is about 208 days. The average single fruit weight is 254.7 grams, and the largest fruit weight is 350 grams. The fruit's longitudinal diameter is 5.86 cm, transverse diameter 8.37 cm, and lateral diameter 9.28 cm; the fruit is flat in shape and uniform in size; the fruit apex is sunken, and a few fruits have longitudinal cracking at the apex; the suture line is shallow, the stem cavity is shallow and broad, the ground color of the skin is yellowish white, 1/3-1/2 of the fruit surface is covered with a purplish-red blush, and the fuzz is thin. The skin is moderately thick and cannot be peeled. The flesh is yellowish white, with no red streaks beneath the skin, and slightly red near the pit. The flesh is of the hard-melting type, juicy, with few fibers, sweet in flavor, high in firmness, and the pit is relatively small. In the third year after top grafting, the yield reached 1968 kg per mu, and in the fourth year after top grafting, the yield reached 2205 kg per mu.