There is a very special member in the Kyoho family—Summer Black, Liaofeng, Giant Rose, and Fujiminori are all uniformly purple-black or purple-red. Only it produces golden-yellow fruit. This is Drunken Golden Fragrance, a descendant of Shenyang Rose and Kyoho, carrying authentic Kyoho lineage yet looking completely different from other members of the family.

What's even more special is its fragrance. Most Kyoho family varieties have strawberry or rose aromas, but Drunken Golden Fragrance has a jasmine aroma. Bite into it and the soft flesh bursts with juice, filling your mouth with jasmine fragrance—its distinctiveness is so high you won't forget it after trying it once. But it's rarely seen in fruit shops. Why? Today let's talk about this variety that tastes great but no one dares to plant in large quantities.

Intensely sweet, with a sugar content of 18%-20%, but not cloyingly sweet. The jasmine fragrance runs through from start to finish, combined with the soft, juicy flesh, creating a very rich layered taste. Kyoho is the classic with balanced sweet and sour, Shine Muscat is the benchmark for pure sweetness and crispness, while Drunken Golden Fragrance takes another path—intensely sweet, soft and tender, with an intoxicating fragrance. People who have tried it generally rate it very highly, and whether sold retail or through supermarkets, there are many repeat customers.

The flesh of Zui Jinxiang is relatively soft, with thin skin and abundant juice. Once picked, it cannot be stored for long. Similarly, from the place of origin to the supermarket, Summer Black can hold up, and Fujiminori can endure, but it cannot. Wholesalers are reluctant to take it, fruit shops dare not stock it, and more than half of the market shuts it out. This characteristic determines that it cannot go through large-scale distribution channels and can only be consumed locally. A picking garden owner once said: "Others worry about not being able to sell, I worry about not having enough to sell. People who come to my garden, after tasting Zui Jinxiang, don't even look at other varieties."

Short post-harvest shelf life; at room temperature, the taste begins to decline after two or three days. If supermarkets sell slowly, the loss rate is high. Suitable for picking and eating fresh, or selling as soon as possible after picking.

Strong jasmine fragrance and great taste—tourists buy after tasting, and there are many repeat customers. No need to consider long-distance transport, which perfectly leverages its advantages. Many picking gardens promote it as a signature variety.

Growing it yourself for your own consumption lets you eat fully ripe fruit with better flavor than what's on the market. In August, picking the fruit fills the whole yard with fragrance.

Close to the consumer market, it works well for community group buying and direct supply to fruit shops.

For those far from the market and selling through wholesale channels, large-scale planting is not recommended. Poor transport tolerance is a hard flaw, with high losses and heavy price pressure—not worth it.

For beginners without fruit-setting management experience, it is recommended to first trial plant on a small scale to explore the patterns; for experienced picking garden owners, as long as the fruit retention problem is solved, it is absolutely a "trump card variety" that can help you retain repeat customers.

Bagging should be done early.

The 'Drunken Golden Fragrance' grape has thin skin, abundant juice, and a strong jasmine aroma, with relatively high risks of bird damage and pest damage. Bagging should ideally be done after berry thinning when the berries are about the size of soybeans. Early bagging can prevent birds and pests, and also protect the smoothness of the fruit surface.

Drunken Golden Fragrance is a variety that makes people both love and hate it. You love its jasmine fragrance and bursting juice texture, but hate that it's too delicate and can't handle much handling. But from another perspective, it's precisely because it doesn't tolerate transport that it has become a treasure for picking gardens and home gardens—it can only stay near the production area, relying on its flavor to retain repeat customers.