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Chapter 54 New Crop Selection
As Jiang Miao spoke, he took Lu Weibin towards one of the experimental greenhouses.

I came to the big iron gate at the entrance, quickly entered the password, and through facial recognition, the iron door of the experimental greenhouse automatically popped inward.

As you step in, you will find that the farmland in this half-acre greenhouse is now planted with densely packed melon eggplants, which are plants of the Solanaceae family with the commercial name "Ginseng Fruit".

Jiang Miao pointed to the ginseng fruit on the left: "The one on the left is a heat-resistant early-maturing variety that can withstand temperatures below 35 degrees Celsius and maintain normal growth and flowering and fruiting."

"On the right are cold-resistant and early-maturing varieties that can withstand temperatures above 5 degrees Celsius and maintain normal growth and flowering and fruiting."

Jiang Miao then squatted down, picked one of the ripe ginseng fruits, washed it with mineral water, broke it in half, and handed one half to Lu Weibin: "Try it, this variety is called Amethyst."

Lv Weibin quickly took it, took a bite, and savored it carefully. After a while, he said: "This variety has moderate sweetness, but the flavor is very good."

Jiang Miao nodded: "This is the advantage of the purple crystal variety. When it matures naturally, the skin will turn completely light purple. In other words, if there is no color change, it proves that the fruit is not yet ripe. You can pick a purple one at random, and the flavor and sweetness will meet the standards."

"Oh?" Upon hearing this, Lu Weibin walked into the field, picked three purple-skinned ginseng fruits at random, washed them, and tasted them one by one.

"Indeed, they are almost the same. They are all good fruits."

Of course they are good fruits. These are two varieties that Jiang Miao carefully selected from hundreds of thousands of mutated melon and eggplant seeds, naturally taking all aspects into consideration.

The quality of ginseng fruit on the market is obviously uneven. If you get a good one, the flavor is very good and the sweetness is not too bland. If you get a bad one, it is not only hard, but also tastes like boiled water, and even has a strange smell unique to Solanaceae fruits.

This kind of blind box-like quality often discourages customers from buying ginseng fruit.

That's why Jiang Miao specially selected these two varieties.

When the amethyst ginseng fruit is ripe, its skin will appear light purple, and when it is unripe, it will appear mutton-fat jade color, which is very easy to identify.

Another variety is also from the Amethyst series, but the fruit of this variety is smaller.

The shape of the large amethyst ginseng fruit is similar to that of an ordinary apple. Usually, a single fruit weighs 150 to 200 grams, and the sweetness of a ripe fruit is 8% to 9%. Compared with the current varieties, the flavor has a hint of cucumber and honeydew melon.

The shape of the small amethyst ginseng fruit is similar to that of an ordinary large tomato, usually weighing about 80 to 120 grams per piece, with a sweetness of 7% to 8% when ripe. The flavor is traditional, but a lot richer.

Both varieties are high-yield, and grown in a greenhouse environment, the yield per mu is about 6 to 7 tons.

It takes about 35 days to grow seedlings by cuttings; after transplanting, it only takes about 80 days for the cuttings to bloom; from flowering to fruiting, and then to fruit ripening, it takes about 100 days, with a picking period of about four months.

In other words, the growth cycle of these two new varieties before the fruit matures is about 215 days.

Because both varieties are early maturing types.

If it is a traditional variety, it takes 120 days from planting to flowering, and 120 days from flowering to fruit ripening, plus about 35 days for cutting seedlings. The entire cycle takes about 275 days, and the fruit picking period is only about three months.

The new variety shortens the initial growth period by 60 days compared to traditional varieties, and adds a month to the picking period.

The reason why the early growth time can be shortened is that its related genes have a higher utilization rate of fertilizer, the leaves are wider, and the plants are taller. Therefore, the new variety needs a frame for the plants to climb, which is a bit like some tomato varieties.

After listening to Jiang Miao's introduction, Lu Weibin had a certain expectation of the commercial value of these two varieties, and then he said: "Boss, I think these two varieties are very commercially valuable and can be used as the key planting varieties in the future."

"Well, these two varieties have good commercial potential." Jiang Miao pointed to the half-acre of ginseng fruit in front of him and said, "Starting tomorrow, you should arrange for agricultural technicians to come here and lead the workers to take branches, cut and grow seedlings."

Lu Weibin nodded: "I'll remember that."

"Strawberries and ginseng fruit alone are not enough for farm and online sales."

Hearing what the boss said, Lv Weibin quickly suggested: "Boss, why don't we grow some other fruits, such as the Sunshine Rose grapes that have been popular in recent years? Or the netted melon No. 8?"

Jiang Miao shook his head: "Come with me!"

"What?" Lu Weibin scratched his head in confusion. Soon the two came to another experimental greenhouse next door, where the farmland area was also half an acre.

At this time, the inside is still lush and green. On the built supports, there are tomatoes with lush branches and leaves, and the branches are already full of fruits.

"Is this a tomato?" Lu Weibin squatted down and looked at the bunches of small tomatoes that looked like bunches of grapes. These tomatoes were black with a hint of red.

Jiang Miao introduced it to him: "This is a new tomato variety called Black Pearl, and the other side is another variety called Red Heart."

Lv Weibin picked a few and tasted them. He found that they tasted very good, especially the sweet-sour ratio and flavor. They were a bit similar to the varieties grown in the local countryside when he was a child:

“It’s a bit similar to the old local varieties.”

Jiang Miao nodded with a smile: "One of the parent plants of this variety is an old variety. The tomato flavor is very strong, with a moderate sweet-sour ratio and a crisp and sweet taste. However, the old variety was not suitable for transportation, so it was gradually eliminated. This new variety has improved its shortcomings and is a variety that can withstand transportation."

Then Lv Weibin broke off another red-heart tomato. The taste and sweet-sour ratio of this tomato variety are also similar to the traditional old varieties. Its improved advantages are also that it is durable in storage and transportation.

Black Pearl tomatoes are small fruit bunch type.

Red heart tomatoes are large fruits.

Jiang Miao made rapid progress in his research on these two varieties because he only needed to mutate many delicious old varieties to create traits that would make them durable in storage and transportation.

"Boss, I think these two tomato varieties have great potential. If the price is right, they can even beat the vegetable tomatoes currently on the market."

"Forget about the vegetable tomatoes. Let's go for the high-quality product route first, and then we can just sell the seeds directly in the future."

Lu Weibin suddenly remembered something and asked quickly, "Boss, have we registered our new variety?"

"Yes, I have registered it. A few months ago, I commissioned a professional vegetable and fruit variety registration company to register many of the company's new varieties and their specific gene sequences."

Jiang Miao would naturally not be careless about such things.

If the varieties and variety genes are not registered, professional breeding companies at home and abroad can register Hailufeng's new varieties and then turn the tables.

This has happened in China, where a breeding company called America registered domestic wild soybean varieties and their genes.

For this kind of registered variety, as long as you do not have the other party's consent or do not purchase the seeds from the original company, after you plant the crops you produce, the other party only needs to check the genes of the crops you produce. If they check, they will be accurate and the grower will definitely lose the lawsuit.

Of course, if it is grown by small farmers, big companies may turn a blind eye.

If you are a large-scale grower, or a company that grows crops, then wait to receive a court summons!
Therefore, the purpose of the varieties registered by Hailufeng Company is not to prevent small farmers, but to prevent other breeding companies.

After looking at Tomato, Lu Weibin still followed Jiang Miao.

Jiang Miao turned around and found Lu Weibin still behind him. He knew that he had misunderstood and reminded him, "There are no new varieties suitable for launch. You should go and do your work first!"

"Huh? Haha... I thought there were new varieties!" Lu Weibin smiled awkwardly.

"No more. Other varieties are still under experimentation." Jiang Miao shook his head.

After Lu Weibin left, Jiang Miao did not return to his own experimental greenhouse, but walked towards Shuya's edible fungus greenhouse.

In fact, there are more than a dozen high-value new varieties in his experimental greenhouse, but Jiang Miao was not dazzled by the victory in front of him.

The speed at which Hailufeng Company launches new varieties now can be described as riding a rocket. If it continues to launch new varieties, it will be quite eye-catching.

(End of this chapter)