Abstract:

‘Jiping 1’is a new early-ripening apple cultivar selected from‘Tengmu 1’and natural hybridization pollination. Its fruit shape is cone，average fruit weight is 146.8 g，the largest is 217.5 g. The fruit skin is clean，the base of color is green and yellow，covered by bright red color. Its flesh is cream yellow，crisp，juicy，sour-sweet，palatable，aromatic，and good taste quality，with a firmness of 11.1 kg · cm-2，a soluble solids content of 14.88%. The basic fruit development is 90–100 d. The main characteristic is constant-maturity，non-dropping fruit before picking，strong-storage，disease resistance，high and constant yield，and the yield can be 37.5 t · hm-2.

Key words: apple, early-ripening, cultivar