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What variety is Mayfire nectarine? What are its characteristics?

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In 1980, it was developed by the California Horticultural Experiment Station of the United States Department of Agriculture through embryo culture from naturally pollinated young embryos of Armking. In 1989, it was introduced to the Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. The fruit is oval, with symmetrical halves and a slightly protruding apex; the average single fruit weight is 75 g, and the largest fruit weighs 110 g; the ground color of the skin is orange-yellow, fully covered with red, glossy, and attractive in appearance, and the skin peels easily; the flesh is firm-melting, yellow, without red pigment, medium-much juice, aromatic, with a flavor more sour than sweet;

In 1980, it was developed by the California Horticultural Experiment Station of the United States Department of Agriculture through embryo culture from naturally pollinated young embryos of Armking. In 1989, it was introduced to the Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

The fruit is oval, with symmetrical halves and a slightly protruding apex; the average single fruit weight is 75 g, and the largest fruit weighs 110 g; the ground color of the skin is orange-yellow, fully covered with red, glossy, and attractive in appearance, and the skin peels easily; the flesh is firm-melting, yellow, without red pigment, medium-much juice, aromatic, with a flavor more sour than sweet; soluble solids 8.8%. Clingstone. The tree vigor is relatively strong, and the tree posture is semi-spreading. It mainly bears fruit on medium and long fruiting branches. Compound flower buds are the majority, the starting node of flower buds is low, at the second node, and the flower buds are relatively small. The yield performance is good. In the Zhengzhou area of Henan, it blooms on March 30, the fruit ripens on June 5, and the fruit development period is 65 days. The flower is of the Rosaceae type, with a large amount of pollen.

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

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