Fruits, like people, have a regional distinction. No, due to the long-standing different positions of China and the United States, there are rumors that there are two "world-famous" fruits that the Americans brought to our country, and after hearing about which two fruits, many people do not recognize them.
In the end, which two fruits are questioned by the Chinese people? Do these two fruits really originate in the United States?
Which two fruits are they?
We all know that the Tang Dynasty was the most powerful of all the dynasties since ancient times, and the countries of the world at that time would send envoys to Chang'an to cultivate the good of the two countries. At that time, there were countless strange things circulating in Chang'an, and even today's myopic glasses had similar functions at that time. How prosperous the Sheng Tang Dynasty was, with a wide range of countries, the opening of commercial ports, and the exchange of information with other countries, under the leadership of such an open dynasty, even with the strict control diplomacy of the later dynasties, the people's insight was not too short-sighted.
Time turned to the closed country of the Qing Dynasty, the times were developing, the West had already begun the industrial revolution, and the Ruling Class of the Qing Dynasty was still complacent about its past achievements, so that our swords could no longer resist the gunpowder of the Western powers, and from then on began a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society.
While forcing the Qing government to sign one treaty after another that humiliated the country, the Western powers also tried to alienate our thinking through missionary work, and wanted to occupy the high ground ideologically. At this time, a group of missionaries "full of poetry books" came to China and spread to various places, bringing advanced Western knowledge to the local area, but also bringing many "rare" objects.
In 1861, an American missionary named NeeVis came to China and brought to our country two fruits that had not been available before— apples and cherries (big cherries). Speaking of this, some people want to refute, apples and cherries are so ordinary, even if the price of cherries is expensive now, but it should also be our own fruit, how can it be brought by the Americans?
It is true that apples and cherries exist in our own country, and the definition of "apple" existed as early as the Yuan Dynasty, but why do we say that apples and cherries were brought by the American missionary Nevis?
It turns out that, just like Apple's mobile phone, the same mobile phone will be sold in different regions, selling the US version in the United States and selling the National Bank version of the Apple mobile phone in China. Apples and cherries are also like this, before the American missionary Ni Weisi, we also have apples and cherries, but whether it is the size, sweetness or appearance, there is no American missionary Ni Weisi brought "Western apples" and "Western cherries" good, and we are now commercial large-scale cultivation is basically "Western apples", cherries are not much difference, our local cherries are small, red, the price is still appropriate; And "Western cherries" are large, black, sweet cherries that cost hundreds of pounds.
Speaking of which, before the American missionary Nevis, we also had our own apples and cherries, but the delicious and large "Western apples" and "Western cherries" really did not exist before this, so it is actually no problem for the Americans to bring the mainland two fruits that did not exist before this.
What is the current status of these two fruits on the mainland? There are already better native varieties
The continent has a long history of 5,000 years, from ancient times to the present day, which may be the reason why many people do not believe that apples and cherries originated in the United States. Now, as a major producer of apples and cherries, in addition to the "Western apples" and "Western cherries" brought by the American missionary Nevis, there are many types of apples and cherries grown and sold.
First of all, apples, in daily life, we buy apples and do not bother with its origin and variety, most of them will only look at its color, size and taste. Among the top ten high-quality apple varieties commonly found in the mainland so far, we are familiar with red Fuji and red star, and other high-quality apple varieties such as Luochuan, Guoguang, Red General, Hanfu, Huaniu, Gala, Australian Green Apple, And Yellow Marshal Apple (Golden Crown Apple), which may be unheard of but have all been eaten.
But whether it's the red Fuji and red star we're familiar with, or the other eight apples, they all come from almost all of the north. Like red Fuji is currently in Liaoning, Shandong, Hebei, Beijing, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Tianjin, Henan, Jiangsu, Anhui, Gansu and other places have a large area of planting, its size is very large, round, red, it looks very delicious.
Red Fuji generally ripens in mid-October, the flesh is tight, and it is crisper and sweeter than other varieties of apples, so it is sold all over the world and is widely loved by consumers around the world.
And cherry, our local domestic cherry does eat more sour than cherry, but its variety is also as many as apples, and now the domestic cherries in the mainland have been greatly improved in appearance and taste after cross-breeding of different varieties of cherries.
We have many varieties of domestic cherries, and like apples, the production areas are almost all in the north. Such as Mei morning cherry, yellow honey cherry, red princess cherry, pearl cherry, Qi morning big cherry, black pearl cherry, etc., the sweetness and taste are about 2 times higher than the 10% sweetness of cherries.
And these cherries have a transparent and gorgeous appearance, a sweet and juicy taste, a thick flesh, a strong and crisp taste, and a much cheaper price than cherries.
epilogue
The No. 1 document of the Central Committee in 2020 pointed out that it is necessary to focus on cultivating agricultural industrialization, strengthening all aspects of new agricultural business entities, vigorously supporting fruit farmers from the root through practical methods, so that small farmers can integrate into this industrial chain as soon as possible, and also introduced many regulations to support the production and marketing of fruit farmers according to local conditions, even the software we often use, such as Alipay and Taobao, have added forms such as online tree planting, step number for money and other forms of helping fruit farmers.
Our country has been working hard to bring a good life to everyone, and with the blessing of relevant policies, I believe that the entire production chain of mainland fruits from fruit farmers to the market will usher in a better tomorrow.