Soft date kiwifruit is definitely considered an emerging fruit, which is rich in vitamins and amino acids, and is one of the more expensive types of kiwifruit.
Generally, soft date kiwifruit saplings can be planted in both spring and fall, and are suitable for loose, deep, humus-rich soil. Soft date kiwifruit trees are usually planted for 3-4 years will bear fruit, and 5-6 years to reach the peak fruiting period. Now there are many varieties of soft date kiwifruit, so which variety of soft date kiwifruit is the best?
Kui Green
Matured in mid to late August, all weighing 20 grams, the largest 32 grams, smooth and hairless fruit skin, green flesh, sweet and sour taste. Stable yield, high commercialization, delicate and long. fruit ripening in mid-September, the average single fruit weight 22 grams, the largest fruit weight 36.7 grams.
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Longcheng No.2
Longcheng No.2 kiwifruit's flowering period is in May, and the fruits are ripe in the second half of September, with an average weight of 22.8 grams per single fruit, and the largest fruit weighs 36.8 grams, and the acre output of the fruits can reach more than 2,000kg in full bloom period.
Red Flame
Red Flame kiwifruit fruits ripen in early October, the fruit is medium and slightly round, the skin is smooth, the flesh is purple-red, and can be eaten directly with the skin, and it can withstand the low temperature of -25℃, and it is productive.
Fenglue
Fenglue soft date kiwifruit does not look like other varieties, this variety of kiwifruit fruit ovoid, skin is green, and not like other kiwifruit, hairy instead of smooth and hairless.
This kiwifruit is juicier and more delicate than other varieties, and is sweet and sour in taste, the only drawback is that the fruit is relatively small, but it is very productive, so it has always been very popular with consumers.
Convex Vein
Convex Vein kiwifruit is purple-brown when ripe, columnar and oblong, 2.5-3cm long, with a short beak at the tip. This variety is distinguished from the others by the firm papery nature of its leaves, and by the development of its veins, which are more pronounced.
Purple Fruit
Purple Fruit kiwifruit fruits are purplish-red when ripe, columnar and ovoid, 2-3.5cm long, with a beak at the tip, and the sepals fall off early. The more recognizable features of this variety are the undeveloped serrations on the leaf margins, which are shallow and rounded, and the tips of the teeth are short and inwardly curved; the leaf blades are mostly blackish-green after drying.
Shanxi
Shanxi kiwifruit is ovoid, 2.5cm long, with a pointed beak at the tip, and sepals that fall off early. This variety is close to the purple-fruited kiwifruit, but it is easy to distinguish because it is curly-pilose on the abaxial surface of the leaves.
Cardioleaf
The variant of cardioleaf kiwifruit is characterized by rounded leaves with a heart-shaped base; the flowers are creamy white, mainly distributed in China's provinces of Jilin, Liaoning, Shandong and Zhejiang, born in the jungles of mountains above 700m in altitude.