Abstract:

‘Qiuyan’is a new late-ripening peach cultivar selected from natural seedlings of
‘Yanhong’. The fruit development period is about 130 days. The fruit shape is nearly round，the average
weight is 297 g，and the biggest one is 410 g. More than 90% of the fruit surface is covered with deep red.
The flesh is yellowish-white with red pigment，hard-melting，sweet. The soluble solids content is 12.5%
and the stone is cling. It is tolerant to storage and long-distance transportation with 12.2 kg · cm-2 hardness.
It has high yield with self-fertility.

Key words: peach, cultivar