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Wanted: Temperate Eriobotrya species - East Asia
fanshiliu:
--- Quote from: Patanax on February 14, 2019, 10:43:49 AM ---So I wrote the corresponding author of the paper "Identification of interspecific hybrids between loquat (E. japonica) and bengal loquat (E. bengalensis)" and asked him about the progress of the project. While he is already working in another area, he sent me a link to a news article.
Original: https://sichuan.scol.com.cn/yaxw/201806/56299857.html
Google Translate: https://translate.google.at/translate?sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fsichuan.scol.com.cn%2Fyaxw%2F201806%2F56299857.html
Apparently the hybrid trees mentioned in the paper have already flowered and fruited twice and produced tasty loquats. From what I've understood via Google/Bing Translate, they flower in March (the text also mentions April?) and produce fruit in June. Their current temporary cultivar name is "Spring Blossoms" loquat ('春花'枇杷) and the trees are located at the scientific research park of Sichuan Agricultural University. The team is currently trying to graft them on regular loquat cultivars. Can anybody who speaks Chinese confirm (regarding April)?
So I guess there are spring-blooming loquats now :D
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“三月开花,四月结果,六月成熟”
Flowering in March, fruiting in April, ripening in June
mikkel:
Hi Gaelle, why do you think that? It would be nice to get some other species, but these are very rare to find, even in botanical gardens most are unknown. only Kew has some other species.
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