关键词: 梅, 花果兼用, 品种

Abstract: Prunus mume‘Yulong Hongfei’is a new ornamental and fruit production cultivar developed through seedling-selection approach. The cultivar displays a spreading plant type with large crown. The color of the young leaves is dark red，then becomes green when the leaves mature. It presents medium density of the flowers distributing on the branches. The buds unfolding into flowers are white with light red color at the upper end. The flower is shaped like shallow-bowl type and surrounded by five white petals with color halo, as well as five dark reddish purple sepals. The shape of the fruit is oblate circle. And the epicarp, red colored at the sun-facing side but yellow-green colored at the shade-facing side, is medium thick with a few tiny hairs. The yellow-white flesh with high quality is suitable for food production. The cultivar with strong adaptability and resistance characteristics suits to Lijiang and the surrounding areas with similar climates（soil pH 5–7）in China.

Key words: Prunus mume, ornamental value and fruit production, cultivar