"During the Yangmei season, do you still remember that sweet and sour taste from when you were a child?"
Among the numerous varieties of yangmei, there is one that has captured the taste buds of countless people with its unique flavor. It is - biqi yangmei.
This yangmei variety with a peculiar name actually has a rich cultivation history. The tree has a moderate growth form, a neat crown, and its fruits, although of medium size, contain astonishing sweetness.
1"Botanical characteristics"
The tree has a moderate growth form, with a relatively uniform tree crown, which is semi-circular or round-topped, and the tree shape is relatively short. For a 10-year-old tree, the height is 3.2 meters, the crown diameter is 4 meters, and the trunk circumference is 0.4 meters. The perennial branches are dark brown, with gray-white spots and long-rectangular lenticels. The young branches are greenish, with larger leaves on spring shoots and smaller leaves on summer and autumn shoots. By measuring the leaves in the middle of the spring shoots, the length is 8.1 centimeters, the width is 2.5 centimeters, and they are oblong. The leaf tips are gradually pointed, the apex is blunt and round, the thickness is medium, the leaf texture is slightly hard, the front side is dark green, the back side is gray-green, and the margin is complete or there are occasional blunt serrations at the leaf tip.
2. Fruit quality characteristics
The fruits are medium-sized, with an average length and width of 2.6 × 2.71 centimeters; the pulp is round and shiny, with a 5% seed content, and each fruit weighs 10.7 grams, with larger ones reaching up to 17.6 grams. There are approximately 93 fruits per kilogram; the fruit shape is nearly round, with a slightly concave top, a flat base, a distinct seam line, a small and slightly concave fruit stem, a pale red pericarp, a short fruit axis; the flesh is fine and soft, with abundant juice and a rich, sweet and delicious flavor, having excellent quality; the edible rate of fruits that are mature early is 93.5-94%, for medium and late-ripening fruits it is 95-96%, the soluble solid content is 12.5%, the sugar content is 10.5%, the acid content is 0.8%, the seed is small, oval-shaped, with a slightly pointed top, a round base, an average weight of 0.51 grams, and it is easily separable from the flesh.
"Planting Tips"
The tree has a relatively short shape (the height of a 10-year-old tree is 3.2 meters), making it suitable for large-scale cultivation and garden planting...
In this era of pursuing "bigness", biqiyangmei has proven with its strength that true deliciousness does not lie in size, but in the just-right balance of sweetness.