Every year in autumn and winter, many people like a fruit - winter dates. Winter dates are different from other dates that we commonly see, especially the dipped winter dates from the origin of winter dates, they are large, thin skin, crispy flesh, small core, sweet and fragrant taste, and have become one of the most common fruits on the table and fruit plate.
It is one of the 175 Chinese geographical indications listed by the Council of the European Union, which is "a hospitable Shandong net red good thing", and diphua is the origin of winter dates. The planting area of dipped winter dates is said to have reached more than 500,000 mu, with a total output of more than 700 million catties.
The birthplace of The dipped winter jujube is Xiawa Town, which has a very beautiful national 4a-level tourist attraction "Diphua Winter Jujube Eco-tourism Zone". Two days ago because of an activity to visit here, suddenly found that they have eaten many years of winter dates are eaten in vain, the origin of the land to buy winter dates 40 yuan a pound can not buy, we often eat winter dates in supermarkets and markets to buy only about 10 yuan, they have been deceived for many years?
The 4a-level Dipping Winter Jujube Eco-tourism Area is located at the intersection of Yongguan Road and Bingang Road on provincial highways, and the Qinkou River, a tributary of the Tuhua River, passes through the scenic spot, covering an area of about 120 acres, which is a picking and ecological agriculture sightseeing scenic spot with the theme of "tasting the winter jujube, experiencing the farmhouse style, and enjoying natural leisure".
At the gate of the scenic spot, there is an inscription of the 4a scenic spot and the hometown of winter jujubes, and inside the gate there is a 3-meter-high Taihu Lake stone engraved with the words of origin of the dipped winter jujube.
Along the winding wooden boardwalk in the scenic area, you can see the wind and charm of the Qinkou River with winding paths and long grass warblers, and the wind and rain bridge, stone bridge and reeds are reflected in the water. There are also many exquisite animal sculptures on both sides of the river playfully playing in the grass; there are also exquisitely shaped Internet celebrity live broadcast rooms, the beauty is not Internet celebrities, but colorful buildings, and there are fishing areas, you can drop bait under the sunset, waiting for the joy of the fish to be hooked...
The picking area is hundreds of acres of jujube gardens, the dipped jujube trees are not the same as the jujube trees we see every day, the jujube trees here are only about 2 meters high, but each tree is hung with large dates, the dipped winter dates are green, green through the yellow, occasionally a little bit of red spots, but tired hanging on the branches, look at it and want to pick.
Winter dates in the park are owned by different farmers, walking among them, we greet the fruit farmers who are picking dates, casually ask the price of winter dates, some 8-10 yuan a catty, some 30 yuan per catty, and some 40 yuan per catty do not want to sell, so why is the difference so big?
It turns out that winter dates are also divided into varieties, especially this autumn because of the rain, the yield of winter dates is not high, only the greenhouses can maintain a slightly higher yield, the rarity is expensive, so the price is much higher this year.
Of course, the most important thing is that the dipped winter dates are divided into a generation and a second generation of products, the difference between the first generation of products and the second generation of winter dates is that the second generation of larger, the flesh is crisper and sweeter, the taste is better, according to the people who took us to visit the winter jujube research institute, on its taste, the same product, the better in the greenhouse, so this 40 yuan a pound is also normal, and because of the large demand, people are in short supply, basically no takeaway. We talked to the growers for half a day before buying a few pounds.
If you want to understand the development of winter dates and the differences in varieties, less than a kilometer away from the picking area, there is a museum of dipped winter dates, you can go here to learn more about the development of winter dates.
The museum is also the Winter Jujube Research Institute, and there is a 300-year-old winter jujube tree in the courtyard, with a canopy diameter of more than ten meters, and the winter jujube trees in Xiawa Town are all grafted from this tree.
Do not know the story of winter dates, do not know the winter dates in Xiawa Town, do not know the varieties of winter dates, it turns out that the winter dates that we say are not delicious, not the pure varieties of people's dips, 40 yuan a pound can not buy the winter dates is crunchy ah! No wonder the fruit farmers say that although they are all stained with winter dates, who will tell you the difference, and it is normal to be deceived for many years.