Abstract:

‘Jinxiu’is a processing apricot（Armeniaca vulgaris L.）cultivar derived from the cross of‘Chuanzhihong’בJintaiyang’. The fruit is oval-shaped with the ground color of orange and 1/4–1/2 sheet red in the surface. The average fruit weight is 65.5 g，and the maximum is 106 g. The flesh is orange，fine with very less fiber，toughness，less juice，sour-sweet and freestone. The soluble solids content is 12.5%. Edible rate is 95.8%. The fruit skin hardness is 12.9 kg · cm-2 and storable. The preserved apricots has orange color and tasty. Preserved yield is 40%. The fruit development period is 72 days. It has high yield. The yield in full fruit period can reach 37 t · hm-2.

Key words: apricot, processing, cultivar