New Nectarine Varieties ‘CN13’ and ‘CN15’ Granted Variety Protection by MOA
Source：Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute
Recently, two new nectarine varieties,‘CN13’ and ‘CN15’, has grantedplant variety protection from ministry of agriculture, those varietiesbeing developed by the peach breeding team led by Professor Wang Zhiqiang from Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute of CAAS.
‘CN13’ is a white flesh table-nectarine variety, the average ripeningdate in Zhengzhouislate June, fruit shape is round and groundcolor of fruit skin is cream white with bright red blush, average fruit weight for ‘CN13’was 201 g and the big fruit weightgreater than 300 g. Fruits of ‘CN13’are clingstone, melting flesh, have a very sweet flavor and lot of anthocyanins in flesh.The average soluble solids, total sugar, total acidity andVccontent for ‘CN13’is 13.7%, 10.92%, 0.22% and 10.46mg/100g FW, respectively.Flowers of‘CN13’are rose shaped, 5 petals, plenty pollen, 5 pieces and self-pollination.‘CN13’hashigh yieldability,the average fruit weight for 3-years-tree was above 250 g on samples from observational trees in Xingtai, Hebei province.
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Fruits of ‘CN13’ in 4-year-old tree (Zhengzhou, Henan)
‘CN15’(former name, ‘CN16’) isa white flesh table-nectarine variety with good storability, the averagefruit weight is 180~200g and the big fruit weightgreater than250g, fruit shape is round andsymmetrical, ground color of fruit skin is cream white with full bright red blush after ripening. The fruit skin is thick, cling and fluffless. Fruits of ‘CN15’ is firmness and crisp, the flesh is whitewithlot of anthocyanins after ripening, but there is little anthocyanins nearthe stone. The fruit is exquisite and the flowers are rose shaped, have plenty pollen and high yield ability.Fruits of ‘CN15’ have good firmness andcan be store forupto two weeks when on- or off-tree(more information is available at ( http://www.caas.cn/en/newsroom/research_update/260007.shtml). As you known, normal peach fruits generally softenrapidly after harvest, causing difficulties in postharvest handlingand quality maintenance during storage and transportation. The storable peach is convenient forthe industrialization, marketization development, the large scale of production and the long-distance transportation of peach cultivationin our country.
Fruits of ‘CN15’
By Niu Liang
niuliang@caas.cn