Jinzandazao,a new Chinese jujube cultivar with large fruit for drying and processing

Jinzandazao is a late-ripening,drying and processing jujube cultivar selected from natural variations of Zanhuangdazao.Its fruit with red skin is large and regular in size and obovate or flat cylinder in shape.Average fruit mass is 29.9 g.It has high quality for drying or processing with compact flesh texture.The content of total sugar is 28.71%,titratable acidity 0.40%,vitamin C 3528.2 mg·kg-1 in fresh fruit;total sugar 50.61%,titratable acidity 1.21% in dried fruit.The edible rate of fresh and dried fruit are 96.1% and 91.2% respectively.The percentage of dried fruit portion is 51.0%.It ripens in early October in middle part of Shanxi province,China with fruit development period 110d.It has a strong adaptability.The disease and cracking resistance of Jinzandazao fruits are the same as those of Zanhuangdazao.