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Abbeville
Abbeville: From Roger Meyer. Found in California. A productive late cultivar with small fruit. Has the best fruit set among all cultivars tested at Alcalde, NM. Mediocre for fresh eating and drying. Fruit hanging well on the trees.
AmeriZao® Chaoyang
AmeriZao® Chaoyang: Recent introduction from China. Small to medium in size, light brown color, very uniform fruit. Somewhat tart flavor. Fresh eating or drying.
Jin
Jin: Limited information. A productive cultivar at Alcalde. Non-uniform medium sized fruit. Good for both fresh eating and drying.
AmeriZao® JKW (Jinkuiwang)
AmeriZao® JKW (Jinkuiwang): Recent importation from China. Medium sized fruit, bigger than most Jinsi series cultivars. Mid- or mid / late in season. Very good for fresh eating and drying.
AmeriZao® Jinsi-2
AmeriZao® Jinsi-2: Recent importation from China. Small sized fruit, very sweet fruit with soluble solids over 35%. Mid-season. Excellent for fresh eating, drying and processing. The AmeriZao® Jinsi series is famous for its high sugar content and firm texture. Its name means when you open the dry fruit, there are sugar threads inside. Young trees are not productive.
AmeriZao® Jinsi-3
AmeriZao® Jinsi-3: Recent importation from China. Large fruit than Jinsi-2. High in sugar content like Jinsi 2. Excellent for fresh eating and drying.
AmeriZao® Jinsi-4
AmeriZao® Jinsi-4: Recent importation from China. Very small plants and small fruit in northern NM. Super sweet. Needs to be evaluated in other areas.
AmeriZao® KFC (Kongfucui)
AmeriZao® KFC (Kingfucui): Recent importation from China. Medium to large fruit, bumpy fruit surface, uniform and shiny fruit. Excellent fresh eating quality. It was a fresh eating cultivar in China. Due to its high sugar content, it is also very good for drying.
AmeriZao® Liuyuexian
AmeriZao® Liuyuexian: Recent importation from China. Similar to KFC in appearance. Early- to mid-season. Excellent fresh eating quality. Also good for drying.
AmeriZao® Miyun
AmeriZao® Miyun: Recent importation from China. One of the AmeriZao® Jinsi series cultivars. Medium to small in size. Very sweet. Excellent for fresh eating and drying.
AmeriZao® Pitless
AmeriZao® Pitless: Recent importation from China. Small in size and very sweet. Similar to AmeriZao® Jinsi series with an incomplete pit, but not truly pitless.
AmeriZao® Sept Late
AmeriZao® Sept Late: A productive late cultivar. Light in fruit color when mature. Cannot fully mature in northern New Mexico. High pollen germinate rate and good pollinizer tree. Good for fresh eating and drying.
Sherwood
Sherwood: A U.S. cultivar from Louisiana State. A late cultivar, column shaped fruit or a little pointed. Too late in maturity for northern NM. Good for fresh eating and drying. Tree is narrow and upright growing.
Shuimen
Shuimen: Imported by Frank Meyer from China in 1914. Slightly pointed in shape. Low in vitamin C. Good for fresh eating and drying. Early to mid season.
Sihong
Sihong: Mid to late in season. Dark colored, round fruit. Very sweet. Excellent for fresh eating and drying. My personal favorite drying fruit with nice looking wrinkles and thick flesh.
Sugarcane
Sugarcane: A cultivar from Roger Meyer due to its sweet flavor and physically adjacent to a real sugarcane in planting. Early- to mid-season cultivar, oval in shape. Medium sized. Excellent for fresh eating and drying. Thorny plants.
AmeriZao® Zhongning
AmeriZao® Zhongning: Recent importation from China. Medium sized, uniform short column-shaped fruit. Have a sweet / tart balanced flavor. Early- to mid-season cultivar. Good for fresh eating and drying.
