China's best peach is grown by Cui Jianbin

    Recently, Cui Jianbin, a science and technology commissioner in Yongning County, and his family were picking the "Ningtao No. 1" and "Ningtao No. 2" that he bred experimentally and named himself. Cui Jianbin, who weighs 80 kg, casually stepped on the large, red, 80 percent ripe peaches scattered all over the ground and said: "These peaches cannot be crushed and are tolerant of storage and transport. Whether in terms of yield, fruiting period or quality, they are China's best."

6 years ago, Cui Jianbin hired domestic breeding expert Guan Qingbao to jointly conduct experimental selection and breeding of peach varieties suitable for planting in Ningxia. Through unremitting efforts, they crossed a non-dormant variety from the southern region with a deep-dormancy variety from the north, successfully breeding a new tetraploid hybrid variety with early fruiting, high yield and excellent quality. In addition, with the self-created inclined two-way cultivation technique for fruit trees, the trees receive balanced nutrition and uniform light, solving the domestic greenhouse peach problem of strong upper growth and weak lower growth, with red tops and green bottoms.

The peach variety that Cui Jianbin planted experimentally in April last year went on sale in April this year, 20 days earlier than the earliest domestic Hebei peaches to hit the market. Compared with China's best variety, it produced 3000 kg more in the first year, reaching 4000 kg, setting a domestic record.

He revealed that before May Day, peaches from the experimental greenhouse could sell for 24 yuan per kg, with average income per greenhouse approaching 60,000 yuan, truly doubling peach growers' income.