Product Introduction: Water Chestnut Yangmei (biqi yangmei)
The tree has a moderate growth habit, with a relatively uniform tree crown, either semi-circular or round-topped, and a relatively short tree shape. A 10-year-old tree is 3.2 meters tall, with a crown diameter of 4 meters and a trunk circumference of 0.4 meters. The perennial branches are dark brown, with gray-white spots and long-rectangular lenticels. The young branches are greenish. The spring shoots have large leaves, while the summer and autumn shoots have smaller leaves. By measuring the leaves in the middle of the spring shoots, they are 8.1 centimeters long and 2.5 centimeters wide, ovate in shape, with gradually pointed tips, rounded apexes, medium thickness, moderately firm texture, dark green on the front side, gray-green on the back side, with a complete margin or occasional blunt serrations at the tip. The fruit is medium-sized, with an average length and width of 2.6 × 2.71 centimeters; the nucellus is round and shiny, accounting for 5% of the fruit; the single fruit weighs 10.7 grams, with the largest ones reaching 17.6 grams, approximately 93-96 grams per kilogram; the fruit shape is nearly round, with a slightly concave top, a flat base, a distinct suture line, a small fruit stalk, slightly concave at the base, the pedicel is pale red, the fruit axis is short; the flesh is fine and soft, with abundant juice, sweet and delicious, of excellent quality; the edible rate of mature fruits is 93.5-94% for early fruits, 95-96% for mid and late fruits, the soluble solids content is 12.5%, the sugar content is 10.5%, the acid content is 0.8%, the fruit nucleus is small, oval in shape, slightly pointed at the top, round at the base, with an average weight of 0.51 grams, easily separable from the flesh; the early fruits have good hardness, are resistant to storage and transportation.