Jimu news reporter Huang Zhong
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"A good year is the time when orange, yellow, orange and green." On October 31, in some citrus picking gardens in Wuhan's Jiangxia District, many Wuhan citizens took advantage of the sunny weekend to experience the joy of picking in citrus orchards.
Right now, the citrus grove has its most beautiful time of the year. The Jimu News reporter saw on the spot that in the citrus orchard of the Ninggang Citrus General Field in Jiangxia District, oranges, jelly oranges and other yellows hung brilliantly on the branches, which was mouth-watering.
Tourists pick on site
The hillside with fruit trees greets the sunset in the west, and when the weather is fine, the orange red farm in Ninggang is full of tourists picking oranges and jelly oranges.
Wu Xuan, the person in charge of the picking garden, introduced that the jelly orange is slightly flattened, the peel is dark orange when ripe, the fruit surface is smooth, and the average fruit weight is 200g. Contains about 15% sugar, refreshing and delicious, excellent flavor.
Jelly orange hanging from the branches
Why is it called Jelly Orange? Wu Xuan introduced, cut the orange peel in half, just like eating jelly, you can dig with a spoon to eat, you can also use a straw to experience the full juice of oranges, just like sucking jelly, so it is named jelly orange. Jelly oranges are available in mid-to-late October and taste best in November.
This autumn, the jelly orange base in Chuyang Guole Town, Wulongquan Street, Jiangxia District, ushered in a bumper harvest, and the reporter saw that the heavy fruits were hanging from the branches, and tourists were carrying baskets to pick and buy.
Tourists display cherry oranges picked
"Our jelly orange is a supply fruit for the Military Games and is of very good quality." Hu Chaoxuan, the person in charge of on-site picking, introduced that the base is more than 500 acres, close to Liangzi Lake, and the natural environment next to the water and the sun has allowed the fruit trees to be fully nourished. In the autumn of October, the golden fruits bend the branches, and many picking tourists come to visit.
In the early autumn sun, several tourists are enthusiastically picking oranges and enjoying the picking. "This orange is very convenient to eat, can be directly peeled by hand, its flesh is also very delicate and full, very juicy, eat is also very refreshing, very sweet." Miss Liu, a tourist from Wuhan, said.
Golden jelly orange
It is reported that the base jelly orange picking free ticket, the price of taking away is 15 yuan per kilogram, the amount is large and excellent. There are also agricultural and sideline products such as native chickens and aardvarks in the base. The picking time lasts until the end of November and visitors are welcome to pick them.
The Jimu News reporter learned that Jiangxia, as the largest citrus planting area in Wuhan, has more than ten years of planting history and is known as the "hometown of citrus", and the 1100 mu citrus orchard in Ninggang is an excellent choice for weekend picking and punching. In recent years, some citrus growers in Jiangxia have also expanded varieties of jelly orange, daya mandarin, ugly orange and other varieties that are popular with the public, which are second to maturity, and until the end of the year, they can go into the orchard to pick as much as they want.
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