Volume 61 Number 1 Article 4 Pages: 21-22
Year 2007 Month 1
Title: A New Late White-Fleshed Peach Cultivar, 'Soomee'
Authors: J.H. Jun, K.H. Chung, S.J. Kang, Y.B. Kwack, S.J. Kim and I.K. Yun
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Abstract:
During the last few years, total planted
area of peach and nectarine trees in South
Korea has increased considerably because
of relatively high fruit prices in the domestic
fresh market.
Total cultivated area of the
four major cultivars was 1451 ha (9.2%
of total peach and nectarine cultivation
area) for 'Yumyeong', 1056 ha (6.8%) for
'Kurakatawase', 663 ha (5.6%) for 'Okubo',
and 1187 ha (7.6%) for 'Hakuto' in 2002 (5).
However, fruit qualities of these cultivars do
not meet consumer demand. 'Yumyeong' is too
crisp and firm in fruit texture, 'Kurakatawase'
and 'Okubo' are low in sugar content, and
'Hakuto' is too soft for picking, grading, and
transportation.
Much effort has been focused
on solving these problems related to fruit
quality in many peach breeding programs.
Until now, only four peach and one nectarine
cultivar have been released by the National
Horticultural Research Institute (NHRI) at
Suwon (1,2,3,4).
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