Abstract:

‘Huaqing’is a new medium-late ripening apple cultivar derived from the hybrid crossing‘Gold Delicious’בHuafu’. The shape of the fruit is oblate，ribbing is absent or weak. The fruit shape index is 0.8，The average fruit weight is 223 g，the biggest one is 300 g. Fruit covereds with bright red like solid flush，and the surface is smooth with big lenticels. The flesh is light yellow，tender and crunchy，juicy. The peeled hardness is 7.4 kg ? cm-2. The soluble solids content is 15.5%. It tastes sweet，with a very good quality. All fruit growth is about 140 days. It is matured in late September in Xingcheng，Liaoning.