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Information below is primarily from the Chinese website: A Complete Collection of Excellent Varieties of Chinese Bayberry - Bayberry Forum - Home of Fruit Bang Farmers
A male Yangmei from the grower Marta in Northern California. She describes it as a vigorous male with abundant red flowers. Marta Website
A soft flesh pillar bayberry, which is native to Longhai Fuguan in Fujian Province. The leaves are large, the old leaves are longer than the new leaves, the leaf margins are obviously toothed, the fruit is round and spherical, and the fruit shape is upright. The average weight of a single fruit is 15 grams, the fruit surface is purple-red to purple-black, the flesh column is round and blunt and long, there is a longitudinal and shallow groove on both sides or it is not obvious, the fruit pedicle has a blue-green nodulous protrusion, the flesh is fine and soft, the juice is more, the sweet and sour are moderate, the nucleus is small, the edible rate is more than 95%, the taste is good, and the quality is good; The production area ripens from mid to late May.
A hard flesh pillar bayberry, native to Fujian Province Longhai Floating Palace. The new leaves are tender and green and slender, the edges of the old leaves are slightly toothed, the fruit is round and spherical, the fruit shape is large, the average weight of a single fruit is about 16 grams, the fruit surface is purple-black, the fruit pedicle has a blue-green nodulous protrusion, the flesh column is long and thick, the flesh is hard, juicy, the core is small, the quality is medium to high, and the edible rate is more than 95%. It is resistant to storage and transportation, has a long preservation time, and is a rare variety suitable for long-distance transportation; The production area ripens from mid to late May.
The most unique and advantageous feature of this variety is that it is not afraid of the influence of rainy weather during the growth and ripening of the fruit, and even if it is picked in rainy days, the fruit is not easy to rot and deteriorate, and the natural freshness time is long. Its flesh column is pointed and hard, which can be selected after harvest without soft fruit, and has good storage resistance, which is more suitable for long-distance transportation than other bayberry varieties. High yield and good flavor.
Varieties have a high fruiting rate, high yield, and the fruit often hangs on the whole branch. The flesh of the fruit is crisp, the juice is moderate, sweet and rosin-flavored, and the taste is good; Fruit hangs early, and the picking period is long. This variety will bear fruit in the second year after grafting, and commercial fruit can be produced in the third year. In mid-May, when the fruit is bright red to dark red, it can be picked and marketed, and as it matures and turns jet black, it can be picked multiple times in succession, and its effective picking period is longer.
The bicolor yangmei is native to Fujian Province. The fruit is slightly oblate with a raised pedicle and a single fruit weighing 13 to 15 grams. The color of the fruit is different from top to bottom, the upper 2/3 is purple-black and the lower part is red, hence the name bicolor yangmei. The flesh is thick and soft, juicy, with a small core and a sugar content of 9.45%. It tastes sweet and has excellent quality. It matures in late June and is suitable for fresh consumption and winemaking. This tree species is highly adaptable and cold-resistant and drought-resistant.
This is likely also called Big Black Carbon.
This variety has strong tree vigor, beautiful tree shape, slightly thicker branches, oblanceolate leaves, and dark green leaves. It usually blooms in late January and early February, and the fruit matures in mid-to-late May. The mature fruit is large in shape and small in core, purple-black in color, of good quality, the flesh and core are easy to separate, and the edible rate is 95.0%. The fruit is firmly set, and there is little fruit drop before harvest. This variety has the characteristics of high quality, stability, and high yield, and has a wide adaptability. It can be eaten fresh or processed into preserved fruits.
The fruit is nearly round, with an average single fruit weight of 12.9 grams, purple-red, soft flesh, sweet taste, edible rate of 91.8%, soluble solids 11.5%. It matures in mid-June.
Similar to Black Carbon but often labeled as different varieties.
Biqi is the most widely distributed and planted in China. It is selected from the variation of excellent seedling trees. It is named because the fruit is purple-black and resembles water chestnut (Chinese name: Biqi) when ripe. It is a famous Chinese variety. It is native to Yuyao and is the main cultivated variety in Yuyao City. Therefore, it is also called Yuyao yangmei. It has been promoted to various provinces and regions in southern China. This variety has the characteristics of wide adaptability, early fruiting and high yield. It can show early fruiting and high yield performance under the production conditions of multiple regions and multiple environments. It is the main variety promoted in China.
The tree has moderate vigor, with a neat crown, a semicircular or round-headed shape, and a short tree shape. The 10-year-old tree is 3.2 meters tall, with a crown diameter of 4 meters and a stem circumference of 0.4 meters. Perennial shoots dark brown, with grayish-white halos and oblong pores. The shoots are green, the spring shoots are large, and the summer and autumn shoots are small. Measured by the leaves in the middle of the spring shoot, 8.1 cm long, 2.5 cm wide, obovate, the tip of the leaf is acute, the apex is obtuse and rounded, the thickness is medium, the leaf quality is slightly hard, the front color is dark green, the back is gray-green, the whole margin or the front end of the leaf is occasionally obtusely serrate. The fruit is medium-large, with an average longitudinal and horizontal diameter of 2.6×2.71 cm; The flesh stigma is round and shiny, the kernel accounts for 5%, the weight of a single fruit is 10.7 grams, the large fruit is 17.6 grams, about 93 per kilogram; the fruit shape is nearly round, the top is slightly concave, the bottom of the fruit is flat, the suture line is more obvious, the fruit pedicle is small, slightly concave, the pedicle moss is light red, the fruit axis is short; the flesh is fine and soft, the juice is rich and the flavor is strong, the fragrance is sweet and delicious, and the quality is excellent; the edible rate is 93.5-94% for the fruit ripening early, the medium and late ripening fruit is 95-96%, the soluble solids content is 12.5%, the sugar content is 10.5%, the acid content is 0.8%, the pit is small, Oovate, slightly pointed at the top, round at the base, with an average weight of 0.51 grams, easy to separate from the pulp, good hardness in the early fruits, resistant to storage and transportation.
Similar to Biqi.
The fruit is medium-sized, slightly oblate, with an average single fruit weight of 12g and a maximum single fruit weight of 18g. The fruit matures at the end of May and is jet black when ripe. It tastes better and sweeter than Dongkui.
Similar to Biqi. A new variety of black plum large-fruited bayberry jointly bred by the Institute of Horticulture of Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Wenling Agriculture and Forestry Bureau, and the fruit ripens in late June. The fruit is round, the average weight of a single fruit is 20.4 grams, the top of the fruit is relatively concave, the fruit pedicle is prominent and red, and it is purple-black, shiny and has obvious longitudinal grooves. The meat column is round and blunt, and the meat is soft, juice, containing 11.5% soluble solids, 0.88% total acid, excellent quality; It matures in late July in Wenling, Zhejiang.
The black crystal bayberry tree is moderate, the posture of the tree is open, and the crown is round-headed; Leaves inverted-lanceolate, tips rounded and blunt, leaf margins shallowly wavy; The fruit is round, the average weight of a single fruit is 20.4 grams, the top of the fruit is relatively concave, the fruit pedicle is prominent and red, it is purple-black when ripe, shiny, with obvious longitudinal grooves, the core is slightly larger, and the edible rate is 90.6%.
The maturity period of black crystal bayberry is basically the same as that of Dongkui bayberry. When ripe, the fruit is black and shiny, and its name comes from the two characteristics of the fruit's appearance, "purple black" and "bright crystal", which are significantly different from the red of Wenling Damei and the purple red of Dongkui bayberry, which can be called the most "beautiful" bayberry. The fruit size was second only to Dongkui bayberry, which was 2.24 times that of water chestnut bayberry fruit, and the average fruit weight of Wenling bayberry increased by 34.2%. The soluble solids content could reach 11.5%, the total acid content was 0.88%, and the solid-acid ratio was 13.1, which was significantly higher than that of Dongkui (10.5), water chestnut (10) and Wenling Damei (9.3), showing good quality characteristics.
This variety is from Anhai Yingsi.
The fruit is round and large, with an average single fruit weight of about 18 grams. The fruit surface is purple-black, the flesh is long and thick, the flesh is hard and juicy, the core is small, the quality is medium-high, and the edible rate is more than 95%. It is resistant to storage and transportation, and has a long shelf life. It is a rare variety suitable for long-distance transportation.
Also called Yingsi. A variety developed from Anhai Yingsi. Mid-ripening variety. Flowering period is mid-to-late February, ripening period is late May, 10 days earlier than Dongkui. Fruit color is purple-black, average single fruit weight is 20-28 grams, the largest is 42 grams, sweet flavor, fragrant, excellent quality. Resistant to squeezing, it is reported to be the most storage-resistant yangmei variety.
Produced in Guiyang, Guizhou. Because the ripe fruit is dark red, like burning charcoal, it is called “Burning Carbon”. The fruit is oblate, and a single fruit weighs about 12 grams. It is purple-black, soft and juicy, with a soluble solid content of about 12%.
A batch of large-sized Biqi varieties of yangmei were selected and bred in Nanlian Village, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province. The locals named it “Ciqi”, and it was recognized as an excellent yangmei variety by the Zhejiang Provincial Forestry Department in 2008. Its most prominent feature is its large fruit shape, with a single fruit weight of 14.25 grams, significantly larger than the single fruit of ordinary water chestnut varieties in the same orchard (9.05 grams).
In the rural areas of Nanlian, a number of extra-large Biqi have been selected and bred, and the local people named it "Ci Camelina" (taking the meaning of Cicheng's Biqi bayberry, harmonizing the sound of "Cixi"), and in 2008, it was recognized as a forest tree by the Zhejiang Provincial Forestry Department (3 years validity). According to the survey, the most prominent feature of the large "Biqi" species is that the fruit type is large, and the single fruit weight and fruit diameter are 14.25 g and 3 cm, respectively, which are significantly larger than the single fruit of 9.05 g and 2.55 cm in the same orchard. The fruit is nearly round, the fruit surface is purple-black, the flesh column is stick-shaped, many round and blunt with slight thorns, the flesh is fine and soft, juicy, sweet and slightly sour, and slightly aromatic. The average weight of a single fruit is 13 grams, and the maximum is 18 grams; The ripening period of the production area is mid to late June. Through the detection of the fruits of C. chinensis and Biqi species, except for the content of the main organic acid catalpic acid, the single fruit weight, fruit diameter, total anthocyanins, fruit juice, pH value, soluble solids (SS c13.31%), soluble sugar (total sugar 125.97 mg/ml) and organic acids (10.04 mg/ml) were significantly larger than or higher than those of ordinary water chestnut bayberry, and the flesh spines were more obvious, the hardness was higher, and the meat was more resistant to transportation and storage.
Crystal bayberry, also known as Baisha (White Vista) bayberry, Xishan bayberry, Erdu bayberry, White Crystal, and White Bayberry, is produced in Shangyu, Yuyao, Fujian, Longhai, Zhangpu, and other places in Zhejiang. It is a large-fruited variety among the various bayberry varieties and is very popular with consumers. The tree is vigorous, the crown is semicircular, the leaves are inverted-lanceolate or oblong-ovate, 7.57 cm long, 2.37 cm wide, the apex is rounded and obtuse, occasionally acute, the margins are occasionally serrate, thin, pale green.
The fruit is round and spherical, and the weight of a single fruit is 14.4 grams, and the maximum is 17.3 grams. When ripe, it is white and jade-colored, and the tip of the meat column is slightly reddish; The meat is soft and delicate, juicy, sweet and slightly sour, the flavor is stronger, it has a unique fragrance, and the quality is high. The edible rate was 93.6%, the soluble solids were 13.4%, and the fruit was ripe in mid to late June, and the fruit drop was obvious before harvest.
White bayberry is a rare variety of bayberry, ranging in color from pink to milky white. The crystal bayberry with a milky white body is the rarest, and is said to have been used as a tribute in ancient times. Its color is crystal clear, like white jade. The flesh is firm, sweet and sour, and the taste is also outstanding. Often after eating, there is still a light fragrance in the mouth.
The Deep Red bayberry is native to Shangyu, Zhejiang, and is a good variety of local forests in Zhejiang. This variety is a robust tree with lush foliage, a rounded crown, dark green leaves, and inverted lanceolate leaves. The fruit is large, round and spherical, with an average single fruit weight of 13.1g, a maximum of 16.3g, a small fruit pedicle, a dark red fruit surface, delicate flesh, more juice, sweet and sour and palatable, and a strong flavor. The soluble solids content is 12.4%, the total acid is 1.3%, and the edible rate is 94.6%, which is of excellent quality. The fruit ripens in mid to late June in the main producing area of Shangyu, and the harvest period is as long as 20 days. This variety has strong adaptability to the terroir, and has the characteristics of high yield and high quality, large fruit and small kernel, strong flavor and beautiful color. "Deep red bayberry" has the characteristics of abundant yield, high-quality fruit, large kernel and small flavor, strong flavor and bright color.
In July 2002, it was approved by the Zhejiang Provincial Forest Varieties Examination and Approval Committee. The tree is strong and vigorous, the branches and leaves are luxuriant, the crown is round-headed, the leaf color is dark green, the leaves are inverted-lanceolate, the apex is round and blunt or nearly round The female flowers are the inflorescences, the general dioecious plants are drawn 3 times in 1 year in Shangyu area, Zhejiang Province, mainly in spring and summer, generally germinate at the end of February and early March, spread the leaves in mid to late March, and begin to grow spring shoots, summer shoots in mid to late July, autumn shoots in mid to late August, bloom from the end of March to mid to late April, the flowering period is up to 20 days, and the fruit is swollen in early May, In mid to late June, the fruit ripens and the harvest period is as long as 20 days, the fruit is large, the average single fruit weight is 13.1 grams, the maximum is 16.3 grams, the top of the fruit is concave, the fruit pedicle is small, the bottom of the fruit is flat, the fruit surface is dark red, there is an obvious longitudinal groove, the tip of the meat column is more round and blunt and less pointed, the flesh is delicate, the juice is more, sweet and sour is delicious, the flavor is stronger, and the quality is good.
Native to Ouhai Tea Mountain, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, this variety has a small canopy, sparse branches and leaves, and a round head. The branches are shortened, and the body of the tree is dwarfed. The fruit is round and spherical, medium in size, with an average single fruit weight of 11.8 grams, the fruit stalk is extraordinarily long, up to 2 cm, and the fruit and branches are firmly fixed. The flesh column of the fruit is full and round and blunt, tender and crisp without stinging, the color is purple and black and shiny, the fruit stalk is extraordinarily long, green, and there is a red spherical protrusion at the base of the fruit stalk, which is known as "red plate green pedicle". The shape of the fruit is neat and beautiful, the flesh is thick, soft and juicy, sweet and sour, and the quality is excellent. It contains 11.1% soluble solids, 0.83% acid, and 95.0% edibility. The fruit has strong fixation ability, picks with stalks, and is more resistant to transportation. The harvest period is 12-15 days. Cultivated in well-drained sandy soils, the canopy is significantly dwarfed, the fruiting is early, and the cultivation management is convenient.
This variety has strong resistance to wind and pests, but has high requirements for the environment, so attention must be paid to the introduction.
This tree is extremely strong, with an open tree posture, strong branching ability, a round crown, and short internodes at the branch tips. The leaves are large, oblanceolate, 9.7 cm long and 3.1 cm wide, with wavy edges and dark green leaves. The fruit is very large, in an irregular sphere, weighing about 20 grams, and the largest one is 50 grams. The fruit surface is purple-red, and the flesh is red or light red. The suture line on the fruit surface is obvious, the fruit stalk is raised, and it remains yellow-green when ripe; the flesh column is slightly thick, with a blunt tip; it is juicy, sweet and sour, and has a strong flavor. It contains 13.4% soluble solids, 10.5% total sugar, 1.10% acid, and 94.87% edible rate, with excellent quality. The main production area matures in early and mid-July, and the harvest period is 10-15 days.
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