Abstract:

‘Yutian 2 Caixin’ which cultivated by the male sterile hybrid breeding is a new hybrid of middle-late maturity flowering Chinese cabbage. The plant is upright compact，hairchested，well- proportioned，glossy dark green colour，fleshy tight and vigorous growth. Main sprouts are 26.2 cm in height，1.9 cm in thick，with 65 g in single sprout weight. It takes 44–47 days from sowing to harvest and is tidy. The ball-flower is big and standard.‘Yutian 2 Caixin’yields about 18 750 kg ? hm^-2. It is suitable to grow in plain areas from early September to mid-December and from mid-March to early April in the second year.

Key words: flowering Chinese cabbage, hybrid