Pineapple (Ananas comosus L. Merr.) is a perennial herbaceous fruit tree of the family Bromeliaceae (Bromeliaceae) and genus Ananas. It is called Pineapple in English. It is native to the Americas and was brought by Columbus during the Age of Discovery. Europe, and then spread to Africa, Asia and other places with Spanish and Portuguese overseas colonization.
Taiwan Province has made many achievements in research on pineapple cultivation. What we often hear is that milk pineapple, perfume pineapple and other varieties were developed by them. Now they have been named from "Tainong No. 1" to "Tainong No. 23" , does that mean there are 23 varieties of Taiwanese pineapple ? In fact, no, the main reason is that the cultivation of pineapple varieties takes a very long time. When it is difficult to launch a new variety, it is difficult to mass-produce it. Also, in order to eliminate some homophonic sounds or numbers that are considered unlucky by traditional folk customs, pineapples will become unlucky. The naming of varieties has the result of skipping numbers.
Currently, there are no pineapple varieties including Tainong No. 9, 10, 12, 14, and 15! If someone tells you that he has eaten pineapples from Tainong No. 9, you may want to be extra careful and wary of this person, because he is likely to be a liar!
Recently, mango pineapple has begun to appear on the market? Is it pineapple with mango flavor? Or is it a cross between mango and pineapple?
Complete list of Taiwanese pineapple varieties
The origin of mango pineapple on the market
Mango pineapple
Mango pineapple is Chiayi Agricultural Experimental Branch of Taiwan, China After many years of experience (1 994-2018) for screening, testing and characterization and passed the variety rights review in 2018.
was hybridized with "Tainong No. 19" as the female parent and " Tainong No. 21 " (golden pineapple) as the male parent, and a new pineapple variety " Tainong No. 23 " was developed. Speaking of the Chiayi Agricultural Experimental Branch, you must know that most of the pineapple varieties currently used for fresh food in the mainland were bred and promoted for cultivation. For example, the famous Tainong series varieties: such as No. 22 Honey Fragrant Pineapple, No. 21 Golden Pineapple, No. 6 sweet honey pineapple, No. 17 golden diamond pineapple, No. 20 milk pineapple, No. 22 watermelon pineapple, etc.
"Tainong No. 23" pineapple has a mango aroma, moderate sweetness and sourness, and excellent flavor. The fruit is short cylindrical shape. The peel is orange-yellow when mature. is eye-catching and pleasing. The flesh is yellow or orange. , the flesh is dense and the fiber is fine. The average fruit weight is about 1.4 kg. It is not prone to the problem of fleshy fruit and fruit flavor dilution. The average sugar content is 18.2°, the acidity is 0.7%, the sugar-acid ratio is 26.0, and it is rich in rich special aroma.
The main selection goals for pineapples are: leaf margins are thornless, suitable for fresh eating, moderate fruit size, neat fruit appearance, etc. The purpose is to facilitate management and utilization and provide different qualities and flavors. If during the selection process Other special traits will also be retained if they appear. As for Tainong No. 23 mango and pineapple, it was found that in addition to being sweet, it has excellent storage stability. It was an unexpected gain under the original goal.
At present, most of the mango and pineapples in the mainland come from Hainan, and are also cultivated in Xuwen, Guangdong. Trial planting was introduced by Taiwanese growers in Chengmai, Hainan around 2015. The first batch of fruits were produced in May 2017, and planting was subsequently expanded. mango and pineapple are currently in the mid-to-high-end market, and the retail price is currently basically 15 At more than RMB 1/catties, fruit stones are durable and have an average shelf life of 20 days.
has the characteristics of high sweetness, soft meat and storage resistance , and is known as a new star in the pineapple industry that can strengthen the shortcomings of the Golden Diamond pineapple, which has the highest market share.
