Walnut in Mentougou

Walnut in Mentougou is a local product of Beijing. Among the 271 villages in this area, 268 villages have walnut trees. Mentougou not only has many walnut trees, but also has a long history of cultivating walnut trees, which has been recorded for about 1200 years. The walnut produced here is thin in skin, full in kernel and large in size, and its fat content is as high as 45%. Since the export began in 1964, the export volume has increased year by year. In the most years, the export volume reached 3.24 million Jin, accounting for about 5% of the country's total export volume. At present, Mentougou District has become one of the important export bases of walnuts in China. After hundreds of years of hard cultivation by the people in Mentougou District, many walnut varieties with their own characteristics have been formed. For example, "smooth-skinned walnut" with smooth skin and easy kernel emergence, and "open-kernel walnut" with holes in its shell and naturally exposed kernels; The "paper-skinned walnut" whose skin is as thin as paper and whose shell is crushed by hand has a string of fruits, just like the "spike-shaped walnut" like grapes.
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