Breeding report of a new mid- maturing yellow- fleshed peach cultivar Huangfei

Abstract: The new cultivar Huangfei is a mid-maturing yellow- fleshed peach with excellent appearance. The seedlings were generate from the seeds of Wanhuangjin in 2012 at Jinniushan experimental station of Shandong Institute of Pomology. It was initially selected in 2015 for its yellow flesh and nonpigmented epidermis. After regional adaptability testing at three sites (including Mengyin, Zoucheng and Feicheng in Shandong province) over four years from 2016 to 2019, it was finally selected in 2019 for its good quality. This cultivar is medium growth potential with open tree gesture. The young tree mainly bears fruits on medium-fruit branches, and the big tree mainly bears fruits on long-fruit branches. The flower buds are abandant and the branching ability is medium. The fruit of the cultivar is nearly round and with medium size. In Tai’an area of Shandong, the blooming time is early April, the florescence lasts for 5 days, and maturation period is from the late July to the early August. The fruit development period is about 120 days. The leaf buds burst in the late March and the leaf fall is in the mid and late November. The tree growth period is about 230 days.The fruit surface is golden yellow without red pigment which can obtain yellow fruit by bag-free cultivation. The pulp is yellow and crispy, and there is no red pigment precipitation near the core. The maximum fruit weight is 350.7 g and the average fruit weight is 223.9 g. The fruit quality is excellent. The content of total soluble solids is 13.9%, the content of total acid is 0.223%, the sugar-acid ratio is 62.33, and the flesh hardness is 4.2 kg · cm- 2 . The fruits have a very long storage-life, the cold storage life is about 2 months and the shelf life is over 5 days.The aroma of fruit flesh is still very strong after storage. The main peach producing area of Shandong is the suitable cultivation area of this cultivar. Plant spacing and row spacing can be about 2 m×5 m with Y-shaped tree.