A new later-maturing peach cultivar, ‘Qiumihong’

Peach cultivar ‘Qiumihong’ was derived from the cross ‘Okubao’ × ‘Qiuhuang’. It was tested as ’80-3-7-16′ and was released in 2009. Trees of ‘Qiumihong’ are moderately vigorous, and produce a large number of flower buds.
Fruit is round, clingstone and white fleshed with easily peeled, thick skin.
The average weight of a single fruit is 336 g, and fruits could weigh as much as 438 g under necessary thinning.
Average soluble solid content ranged from 16.3 to 20.3%, and the concentration of vitamin C is up to 0.163 mg g^‑1. ‘Qiumihong’ is a later-maturing peach cultivar, and could be harvested in early or mid-September, which is about 155 days after flowering in Zhengzhou, China.
Moreover, the flavor of fruits remains satisfactory after storage at 5°C for 20-30 days.
Because of its excellent flavor, the cultivar is appreciated during the Chinese mid-autumn festival and National Day.
The yield was up to 41.2 t ha^‑1 under normal cultivation conditions.
Therefore, the cultivar has great potential for development in China and overseas.

XXIX International Horticultural Congress on Horticulture: Sustaining Lives, Livelihoods and Landscapes (IHC2014): International Symposium on Plant Breeding in Horticulture

B. Tan, X.B. Zheng, X. Ye, J.D. Li, J.C. Feng

Prunus persica, breeding, cultivar, later-maturing, white flesh

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2016.1127.77