When the sun is shining, the golden wind is refreshing. Ningbo Chaiqiao, the golden citrus trees in the Three Mountains area, the branches are fruitful, full of light, fragrant and ethereal, and mouth-watering.
Golden orange is a famous specialty of Ningbo. The golden mandarin tree is a small evergreen tree of the rue family, evergreen in all seasons, with a dense canopy, a beautiful posture, flowers in summer and autumn, the flowers are white and fragrant, and can be used as ornamental plants. The ancients had a poem praising: "Little orange autumn to wax-like makeup, tired of a tree of brilliant starlight." The cream is full of sweet potatoes, and the entrance of cold cream splashes tooth incense, which is like Wang Sun's golden marbles, and the color is goose feather yellow. Pick it up and give it to the sniff, and the greedy yuan will taste it. "After the golden orange is ripe, the shape is round and yellow, the size is as large as a lychee, the whole fruit is imported with the skin and flesh, the peel is spicy and clear, the flesh is slightly sour and sweet, the whole fruit is full of honey juice, sweet, sour, bitter, spicy, hemp are complete, so it is also called "five flavor fruit". There are many types of golden oranges, including golden bullets, ribs, golden dates, golden beans, etc., with golden bullets as the crown of citrus, the fruit is large and thin, the meat is tender and sweet, sweet and sour, and the most suitable for fresh food. Ribbed, also known as round golden orange, the fruit is small, the taste is sour, the skin is thin and yellow, and the fresh food is not as good as the golden bullet. Golden jujube, fruit shape jujube, hence the name, the fruit is large, high acidity, the belt is spicy, the aftertaste is stronger, but processed into candied fruit, the taste is particularly good.
The golden orange is beautifully shaped, mellow and delicious, and rich in nutrients. Contains a lot of vitamin C and citric acid, protein, sugars, calcium, phosphorus, iron and so on. Eating a few after a meal, it is refreshing and refreshing, and the aftertaste is full of flavor, and has always been regarded as a good product for guests and gifts.
The soil in the Chaiqiao and Sanshan areas of Ningbo is fertile and the climate is suitable, and local farmers have been planting jingan since the end of the Ming Dynasty. According to the "Jiajing Zhejiang Chronicle", "Ningbo golden beans, withered like beans, sweet and fragrant, better than large oranges." According to the "Chronicle of Dinghai County" (Zhenhai was originally named Dinghai), "The golden mandarin out of Ma Ao Sha Is good, and it cannot be more" (Ma Ao Sha is now ChaiQiao Daxie). It has been cultivated for at least four hundred years.
Ningbo Jingan varieties are excellent, and seedlings have also spread abroad. As early as 1799 AD, the four merchant ships of Ningbo golden orange seedlings were introduced to Jingxian County, Japan, and after cultivation, they were named "Ningbo Jingan" and were used for medicinal purposes. In 1849 AD, the Englishman Fu Qian came to China, passing through Ningbo, and brought the golden orange saplings back to England to breed, and to this day, some Western European countries regard the golden mandarin as an ornamental plant.
Ningbo golden orange, the fruit is large and fresh, the meat is thick and small, the crisp and sweet is sour, and the aftertaste is endless. The annual output is 10,000 cartons, and the output ranks first in the country. In the old days, it was mainly sold to Shanghai, Suzhou, Shaoxing and other places. After the founding of New China, fresh fruits sold well throughout the country and In Hong Kong and Macao. Golden gan can be eaten fresh, and can also be processed into kumquat cake, golden orange slices, pretzel mandarin, golden mandarin, golden mandarin, golden mandarin plum, multi-flavored golden mandarin and other preserved fruits, and can also be processed into golden orange drinks. The canned golden oranges produced in Ningbo have won the 1985 French Golden Guiye Award, and the "Fushoushan Brand" golden orange cake produced by Ningbo has won the title of 1988 Ministry Excellent Product, and has been sold to France, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and other countries and regions.
The medicinal value of golden orange is also very high, with the effect of rationalizing qi, replenishing, dispersing cold, eliminating food, dissolving phlegm, and decanting wine.
Source: Resource Development Branch