China: Trial planting of purple custard and green jujube in Sanya

According to a report from Nanhai.com, the purple custard tree in Nashou Village, Yucai Ecological District, Sanya City has recently begun to bear fruit. This variety has been planted on 10 mu locally. After two years of cultivation, it has begun to bear fruit this year. Purple Sakyamuni, also known as Rose Sakyamuni, is a very rare variety. The fruit has a purple skin with a blush, sweet and silky taste, with a natural milk fragrance and a touch of rose fragrance. Generally, purple Sakyamuni needs to be planted three times. It takes about a year to bear fruit, and a tree can only bear 8-15 fruits a year. It is expected that after two or three years of management, the yield per mu will be further increased. In 2021, Nashou Village introduced two tropical fruit trees, purple custard tree and apple green jujube, and established planting demonstration bases of 10 mu and 15 mu respectively. Among them, apple green jujube and pineapple were interplanted together, and they successfully ...