Northerners who have lived in the cities of the Pearl River Delta are often very surprised by the green trees on the side of the road, because these green trees actually have many fruit trees, mango trees, lotus mist, and even jackfruit trees are planted on both sides of the road, which is really eye-opening. In addition, there is a fruit tree that northerners have never seen, water peach, which is also a common greening variety.
For the local residents of the Pearl River Delta, the peach was once a very common fruit, often eaten as a child, the taste is very fragrant, sweet after ripening, and the taste is also very refreshing. But this fruit has been "abandoned" by today's market and can only be reduced to a green tree.
(Wild water peach)
Pu peach, the scientific name of pu peach, is a common fruit tree in the tropics, and it is also widely planted in China, which can be regarded as a local fruit. For the post-80s and post-90s generations and the older generation, when they were young, the peach on the street with a burden was big and sweet, and the price was cheap, which was a model of good quality and low price among summer fruits.
And after eating once, you will distinguish the male and female of the peach, there is no core in the male, and there is a round core in the female fruit, which used to try to buy the male fruit, and the flesh is more and sweeter. The sweetness of the peach has been unanimously recognized by everyone, why has it not developed, but it is getting farther and farther away from the fruit?
(Peeled peach)
People who have paid attention to the ripening period of the peach should know that once it is ripe, the fruit is full of bugs and cannot be eaten at all. These bugs are fruit flies, why didn't they exist before, but now they are full of fruit flies? This is related to the invasion of species, these fruit flies are brought in with the imported raw fruit, the sweet smell of the peach attracts the fruit flies, since then the peach is deeply affected, once the ripe season is surrounded by fruit flies, not only can not eat, but also can not be sold as fruit.
Some would say, why not use pesticides? This is related to the peach itself, one is that its peel is very thin, the other is that its fruit hanging period is very long, if the long-term spray of insecticides, can the peach still eat?
(Flowering and fruiting water peach)
As for the bagging commonly used for other fruits, it is also more difficult to implement here in the water peach. The fruit period of the peach is too long, the economic value is not high, basically only in the Pearl River Delta has a market, the popularity in the field is very low, the price can not be sold, if the farmer large-scale bagging, it is very likely that even the cost of bagging can not be recovered, not to mention that the bagging work is not one or two people can complete, it takes a lot of workers, and now the labor cost is expensive, there is no need to bagging.
Moreover, the variety of peaches is slow to change, and fruit farmers have other more profitable fruit trees, such as lychees, mangoes, guiyuan, grapefruit, etc., and over time, the peaches "disappear" from the fruit market.
(Peach planted as a street tree)
However, as a green tree, the peach is still quite good, because its ornamental value is very high, especially in the flowering season, the flowers are very chic and beautiful, and it is said that the calyx is edible. In addition, its fruit is long, the taste is fragrant, hanging on the branches like loquat, but the color is pale green, which is very pleasing to look at.
Readers, did you ever eat peach when you were a child? Do you think it's possible to return to the fruit market? Feel free to leave a message and say your opinion!