The first local Malu grapes, as well as local fruits such as blueberries and cherries, plus Dongkui bayberry and lychee from abroad... The nearest fruit shop is very lively. Aunts and uncles who can live will go to fruit stores and supermarkets in the morning and evening to snap up discounted fruits, and cheap lychees are only three or four yuan a catty, or even one or two yuan a catty.
The first Bolu grapes have been marketed and five varieties are currently ripe
There are many grape growing cooperatives in Malu Town, Jiading, and every year, the grapes of Malu Grape Theme Park are always the first to ripen and go on the market. According to the park staff, there are 5 varieties that can mature and be marketed at this stage, including Joy, Sunshine Red Seedless, and Early Jasmine.
"Joy is native to the United States, with a greenish-yellow peel and the taste of rock sugar, which is very popular with children; Sunshine red seedless is a European and American species, selected and bred by the Malu grape research, the skin is purple-red, seedless, large particles, high sugar content, strawberry aroma; And early jasmine comes with jasmine fragrance, rich fragrance, light touch, fingertips leave fragrance. "According to the staff, each grape variety has its own unique flavor.
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It is understood that the price of grapes in Malu Grape Theme Park this year is the same as last year, the sales center buys 50 yuan / jin, and the citizens need 30 yuan to pick by themselves, and the purchase is calculated according to 40 yuan / jin.
The theme park currently preserves 142 grape varieties, and more than 50 grape varieties can be exhibited at a time from July to September. From early summer in June to late autumn in November, different varieties of grapes ripen and are available for up to half a year.
Next, varieties such as Jufeng and Sunshine Rose, which are popular with the citizens, will be open for harvesting until early October.
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Local blueberries, loquats, and cherries are also here
Compared with fruits such as grapes, watermelons, melons, pears, and citrus, locally produced blueberries, loquats, and cherries are considered "niche fruits" because of their small planting area. However, in recent years, niche fruits have been favored because of their rich nutritional value.
Blueberries are small people in the fruit world, but it does not prevent it from having the reputation of "the king of berries" and "fruit queen". Its flesh is delicate and soft, succulent, rich in flavonoids such as anthocyanins, ellagic acid, vitamin C, vitamin K, manganese and dietary fiber, which has various effects such as improving eyesight and enhancing immunity.
According to the fruit tree family of the municipal forestry station, blueberries are native to eastern Canada and the eastern and southern United States, and by the end of 2022, Shanghai has a blueberry area of 1057.3 mu, with a total annual output of 252.1 tons.
At present, early maturing blueberry varieties in Shanghai have matured and been put on the market, including O'Neill, Star and other varieties.
O'Neill fruit is large, weighing about 2 grams per fruit and having a soluble solids content (sugar content) of about 13.5%. Star single fruit weighs about 1.6 grams and has a soluble solids content of about 14.0%.
In addition, Shanghai also planted blueberry varieties such as Garden Blue, Splendid and Baldwin, each with slightly different taste and sugar content.
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When shopping for blueberries, citizens should pay attention to the "four looks": look at the size, look at the color, look at the fruit powder, and look at the skin. Choose blueberries that are uniform in size and rounded in shape; Blueberries with darker peels have a higher degree of ripeness, such as reddish color, indicating that they are not fully ripe; Fresh blueberry peel with more white fruit powder, fruit powder is not obvious or no fruit powder, indicating that blueberries have been stored for too long and are not fresh enough; Fresh blueberry fruit looks plump and firm, if the skin is wrinkled, it means that it has been stored for too long, water has been lost, and it is not fresh.
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In addition, loquats are also grown in Shanghai. According to the color of the pulp, it can be divided into white flesh, commonly known as "white sand loquat", and red meat, commonly known as "red sand loquat".
White meat varieties are delicate in meat, juicy and sweet, and more suitable for fresh food. Red meat varieties have thick skin and tough meat, resistant to storage and transportation, and the meat quality is tight and coarse, suitable for canning.
There are several loquat planting bases in Qingpu, Jinshan and Pudong with good quality.
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White lychee
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Cherries are also one of the fruits that many people love to eat. However, the price of imported cherries, that is, cherries, is relatively high, and growing large cherries in Shanghai needs to overcome multiple difficulties in climate, soil and other aspects.
Through the efforts of experts, Shanghai has also grown large cherries, including Meizhao, Early Big Fruit, Labins, Brooks and Rennie, and has also entered the ripe picking period. When purchasing, citizens can choose large cherries with uniform skin color, smooth skin, deep concave fruit stem, full flesh around the fruit, and green stalk, which are thick and juicy, sweet and sour.
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Discount lychee three or four yuan a catty, bayberry can be picked by car
Lychee has been on the market for some time, and recently the price has come down to become the "cabbage price". In a fruit hypermarket on Hanqing Road in Baoshan Mountain, a batch of discounted lychees will be launched every morning and evening, all of which are lychees that have not been sold out on the same day or the day before, there are three or four yuan a catty, there are 2 yuan a catty, and the lowest has even been sold for 0.98 yuan a catty, attracting many aunts and uncles who can live a life to pick slowly.
A nearby Yonghui supermarket also sells discounted fruits and vegetables every morning, lychees 4.8 yuan a catty, and every morning there are aunts and uncles waiting at the door of the supermarket to open the door to snap up discounted fruits and vegetables.
"Three or four yuan a pound can also be bought, relatively fresh, 2 yuan a pound of quality is poor, buy back some taste is actually broken, 0.98 yuan a pound can not be bought, most of them are not very fresh." Aunt Gao told reporters.
In this fruit hypermarket on Hanqing Road, Dongkui bayberry is a product that has just arrived. "19.8 yuan a catty, a small basket is a catty, bayberry is not touched, if you don't buy it, don't touch it." The owner and the customer who asked for the price said.
In addition to going to fruit stores to buy, many Shanghainese also like to drive to pick plum orchards in Zhejiang and Jiangsu. Mr. Cao, who owns a bayberry garden in Wuxi Lingshan, told reporters that Wuxi bayberry this weekend is the best time to pick, in previous years there were many Shanghai citizens to drive to pick, it is estimated that this year there will be a lot, orchard picking can be eaten, take away is a basket of 80 yuan, there are about 4 catties.