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Introduction: Commonly known as "mountain red", China's unique fruit trees, ripe is also sour, the market is difficult to see fresh fruit
The golden autumn of September is the season for farmers, because the harvest is about to begin.
So which fruit are you most looking forward to in September?
At this time, like pears and apples have been ripe, but compared with these more popular fruits, there are many niche fruits in China, and at this time, a bumper harvest has also ushered in.
"Mountain red" is such a fruit, which is a fruit tree unique to Our country.
Although it is small, it is very famous. And this fruit in our country has a very long history of cultivation, so far there are more than 3,000 years of history.
Do you like to eat?
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Mountain red is just a folk common name, some places also call it sour hawthorn, tang di, red fruit, etc., and its scientific name is the famous hawthorn.
I believe that many people have seen the film and television work "Hawthorn Tree Love", yes, it is its fruit.
Mountain red is a special fruit tree that originated in China, and its planting history has been more than 3,000 years ago.
As a plant of the genus Hawthorn in the rosaceae family, the fruit of hawthorn looks like a small apple, and when it matures, one by one it becomes very attractive, so according to its characteristics, the folk call it red fruit and mountain red.
Although the adaptability of hawthorn trees is very strong, in the north and south of Our country can be planted, but it is mainly concentrated in the northern regions of planting, many people will plant hawthorn trees in the yard, because the fruit is red and lustrous, very festive.
Legend of hawthorn and rock sugar gourd
Speaking of hawthorn, I have to mention the rock sugar gourd, which is a favorite snack for many people in childhood.
In the past, the rural winter market was rushed, especially during the New Year, the rock sugar gourd was a snack that children had to eat and had to eat.
In ancient times, hawthorn was still eaten as a medicinal herb. Among them, during the Southern Song Dynasty Shaoxi period, Song Guangzong's favorite concubine had a strange disease, and she did not think about tea and dinner all day, and after a long time, she became yellow-skinned and weak.
I found a lot of imperial doctors, and took a lot of medicines to no avail. So there was no way but to find a folk master, because the Yellow Emperor also believed that "the master is in the folk".
A few days after the imperial list was posted, there was a jianghu langzhong who unveiled the face of the saint. After giving the noble concubine a question, he wrote a prescription with a pen: after boiling brown sugar into water, and then putting it into hawthorn to boil, as long as you eat 3-5 capsules before meals every day, you can get sick for half a month continuously.
According to this method, the imperial doctor also insisted on eating, and she did not expect to recover completely within half a month. The emperor is also a dragon yan great joy, and his fate is concocted according to the law.
Later, this sweet and sour formula was introduced to the folk, and it became the predecessor of the rock sugar gourd. The reason why the street is strung with bamboo skewers may also be because porcelain was not cheap at that time, and it was more convenient to eat.
Since then, it has become a snack that countless children love to eat.
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As a plant with strong adaptability, hawthorn does not have high environmental requirements for growth, and many places in China are suitable for cultivation.
And hawthorn is a fruit, and its consumption methods are also very diverse. Among them, it is very common to eat fresh, although after this fruit is ripe, it is red and plump like a small apple, but it tastes very sour.
Although there are many varieties of hawthorn, the vast majority of hawthorn is sour.
It is also for this reason that in order to enhance its edible taste, it will be boiled together with brown sugar to make a rock sugar gourd, so that it tastes sour and sweet, more delicious and refreshing.
And hawthorn can also be processed into hawthorn cake, hawthorn slices, canned hawthorn, rock sugar gourd, fruit dan peel and other foods, these are more popular delicacies.
In fact, although hawthorn is a little sour to eat, it is very nutritious.
It contains a variety of nutrients, especially minerals such as iron and calcium, and the content of carotene, vitamin C, etc. exceeds that of popular fruits such as apples, pears and peaches.
It is worth mentioning that hawthorn was originally used medicinally in ancient times, and it has a good effect on digestion. In the "Compendium of Materia Medica" it is recorded that hawthorn is sour, cold, non-toxic, and the main treatment of meat is not eliminated.
If you observe carefully, you will find that many of the stomach digestion drugs that are usually used have hawthorn ingredients.
However, this fruit is a niche fruit after all, although it is grown in the north and south, but it is generally rare to see fresh fruit in the market.
The reason is that because hawthorn contains more organic acids, fruit acids and citric acids, it tastes sour and is more difficult to eat directly.
Therefore, hawthorn is generally processed into other foods and then sold, the more common is rock sugar gourd, hawthorn cake, hawthorn slices and so on.
Like in recent years, many people's health awareness has improved, usually love to use some other tonics to make water, make tea to drink, and the hawthorn slices are dried and soaked in water to drink, which is loved by many people.
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It's hawthorn ripening season again, but many growers are not happy. Only because the fresh fruit of hawthorn has been in the market in the place of origin for several consecutive years, and even the situation of low prices has not been acquired.
This is because hawthorn is a niche fruit, but there are many farmers who grow it, and its yield is not low, and a tree can bear hundreds of catties.
However, its fresh fruit is rarely bought in the market, and it is generally sold to food processing companies or pharmaceutical companies. Therefore, the output is high, while the market demand is limited, the supply is oversupplied, and it is naturally difficult to sell.
It is precisely because the hawthorn market in previous years is not optimistic, and this year's hawthorn is a harvest year, plus apples, pears, winter dates and other fruits are not ideal, so some domestic people will be worried, worried about a few cents a pound.
However, if you know how to deep process, slice it and dry it, such hawthorn tablets are still very popular in the market, and the price will also be multiplied several times, and you will not worry about not being able to sell it in a short period of time and rotting.
Friends, do you like hawthorn? Do you still have people grow hawthorns? Welcome to leave a message!