‘豫农蜜香’是以晚熟鲜食桃品种‘八月香’为母本,中熟鲜食桃品种‘豫香’为父本杂交育成的早熟鲜食桃新品种。该品种果实较大,果实长圆形,平均单果质量148 g;果面极干净,果皮底色洁白如玉,茸毛短;果肉白色,柔软多汁,风味纯甜,果肉软溶质,香气浓郁,可溶性固形物含量可达15%;离核。在河南郑州地区6月18日可开始采收,6月25日左右完全成熟,丰产稳产、不裂果、不裂核,栽培适应性强,可以在河南各地桃产区进行规模化生产。
‘Yunongmixiang'is a new early-maturing peach cultivar which is derived from the cross‘Ba-yuexiang'בYuxiang'in 2000.‘Bayuexiang'and‘Yuxiang'were both bred by Henan AgriculturalUniversity.‘Bayuexiang'is a late-maturing,clingstone,white-flesh peach cultivar with good flavor.‘Yuxiang'is a middle-maturing,clingstone peach cultivar. The anthers of‘Yuxiang'at big bud stagewere collected. 260 flowers of female parent removed the corollas were pollinated and bagged in April 3,2000. 121 fruits of the cross were harvested,and the cleaned seeds were stratificated. 72 seedlings wereobtained and planted at 0.5 m × 1 m in density in the next spring. No.‘00-7-12'was selected after morethan three years identification and tests. In 2012,the bud wood from this selection was grafted onto Chi-nese wild peach(‘Maotao') seedling rootstocks and planted in three sites in Henan province(includingXinzheng,Luoshan and Xincai). The cultivar comparison trials with‘Yumeiren'as control were conduct-ed from 2012 to 2016 at each site. All testing trees were trained as open-center-natural form with spaced3 m in the rows and between rows 5 m. The tree,flower and fruit characteristics of‘00-7-12'were as-sessed in comparison trials from 2012 to 2016. The characteristics of‘00-7-12'were obviously betterthan‘Yumeiren'after 5 years of evaluation. Trees of ‘00-7-12' are vigorous with a semi-upright growthhabit. Leaves of ‘00-7-12' tree have reniform nectaries,and the average leaf size is 4.3 cm wide and17.4 cm long. The fruits of are mainly set on long branches. The earliest full bloom date was observed on 24 March at Xinyang which located in the south region of Henan province. Its flowers are nonshowy andfertile with abundant bright yellow pollen. The average ripening date in Henan was 25 June,about 90 d af-ter full bloom. The fruit shape of ‘00-7-12' is oblong while the fruit shape of‘Yumeiren'is ellipse. Theground color of fruit is white. There is short fuzz on the skin