Longkong Lanzones (NSIC Ln 01): Fruit and Tree Characteristics
Longkong is a registered lanzones variety, also sold or known as NSIC Ln 01. It was registered with the National Seed Industry Council in 2007 as NSIC 2007 Ln 01. Alfonso Abad bred it. Its record notes a yield of 80.
The average and top yields in tonnes per hectare come from the trials each variety went through to be registered with the NSIC, and from what the seed companies say about their own seed.
What farmers harvest today can be different. Newer harvest records, the season, the place, the soil, the water and the care all move these numbers over time.
So use them to compare varieties, not as a promise for your field. Ask your seller or your agriculturist how the variety did on farms near you in the last few seasons.
If you came here looking for NSIC Ln 01, this is the same lanzones. Its seller and farm sources add notes, listed at the end. Compare it with the others in our lanzones variety finder, or see every crop variety we list. For the crop itself, read our guide: Land preparation for fruit trees.
- Yield: a recorded yield of 80.
Key facts about Longkong lanzones
| Trait | What the record shows |
|---|---|
| Registration | NSIC 2007 Ln 01 |
| Year approved | 2007 |
| Breeder or owner | Alfonso Abad |
| Also known as | NSIC Ln 01 |
| Yield noted | 80 |
| Tree height (m) | 8 to 9 |
| Tree growth habit | Intermediate |
| Tree growth and vigor | Strong |
| Tree fruiting season | July September |
| Tree regularity of bearing | Annual |
| Fruit weight (g) | 22.38 |
| Fruit pD (mm) | 36.8 |
| Fruit eD (mm) | 32.9 |
| Fruit shape | Spheroid |
| Skin color | Pale Yellow |
| Skin texture | Intermediate |
| Skin thickness (mm) | 1.26 |
| Yield, per the seller | about 80 kg per tree a year |
When does it bear, and how much?
A registered tree variety is described from its mother tree, not from trial plots. The mother tree of Longkong was about 16 years old and about 8 to 9 meters tall when it was registered. Its record notes a yield of 80. It bears every year, with fruit in July September. A grafted or marcotted tree bears years sooner than one grown from seed, and its yield climbs as the tree grows.
anee.io keeps the records of each block of trees, from fertilizer to harvest, with the growth stages and weather beside them.
Is it resistant to pests and diseases?
No pest or disease ratings are published for this variety. So treat it as untested, and scout every week.
The pests and diseases that hit lanzones fields most often: mealybug. Our pest finder and disease finder help you name what you see.
What the fruit is like
A fruit of Longkong weighs about 22.38 grams, and its shape is spheroid. The flesh is translucent white and firm. Its sweetness measured 19.8 degrees Brix, the share of sugar in the juice. Most table fruit tastes sweet from about 12 Brix up. The edible part is 76.3 percent of the fruit. Its fruiting season is July September, bearing annual.
What its seller and farm sources say
- Harvest: Fruits July to September, annual bearer.
- Yield: About 80 kg per tree a year.
- Fruit: Round, about 22 g, pale yellow skin with no latex when ripe, translucent white, firm, very sweet flesh (about 19.8 Brix), 0 to 1 seed, about 76 percent edible.
- Where: Davao.
- Uses: Table.
Why farmers know it: considered the sweetest, most aromatic lanzones type, the only NSIC numbered lanzones. Check these against what farmers near you have seen, because the same variety can do differently from one town to the next.
Where and when to plant Longkong lanzones
Paete and Camiguin lanzones are prized for sweet, seedless segments. Plant grafted trees, which bear years sooner than seedlings. A registered tree variety is a selection from one proven mother tree, and only grafted, budded or marcotted plants carry its traits. A seedling grown from its seed can turn out quite different. So buy from a nursery accredited by the Bureau of Plant Industry, and ask which mother tree the scions came from. Before planting, get the field ready with our guide: Pagtatanim ng puno.
Before you buy planting material
- Buy grafted or budded plants from an accredited nursery, with the variety name on the tag.
- Ask your municipal agriculturist or nearby farmers how it did in your area last season.
- Plant a few trees first if the variety is new to your area, before you fill the whole farm.
- Write down the planting day, inputs and harvest, so you can compare varieties on your own ground. anee.io keeps these records for you.
Set the planting day of each lot and anee.io dates every task to harvest, with the weather beside it. Free on the Libre plan.
Start freeLanzones varieties like this one
These are the closest matches among the lanzones varieties we list. So if seed of this one is hard to find, compare these first.
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- Paete: 1991
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