Abstract:

‘Qinmi’is a new mid-late apple hybrid selected from‘Qinguan’בMicui’. Its fruit shape is conical，with the average fruit weight 230 g，the largest 353 g. The fruit skin is glossy，which has the light yellow ground color covered with strip red. Its flesh is yellow，suitable sour-sweet，aromatic，juicy，with firmness of 8.42 kg ? cm-2，soluble solids content of 14.9%，titratable acid content of 0.40%，and vitamin C content of 159.7 mg ? kg-1. The fruit development period is about 160 d，ripening in late September，no pre-harvest drop phenomenon，and long-storage. The main characteristics include early-bearing，high and stable yield，drought and cold resistance，and a certain resistance to apple scab disease.

Key words: apple, cultivar