Yongjia red persimmon

Yongjia persimmon is a specialty of Yongjia County, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province. Yongjia Donggao red persimmon, the juice is sweet, the flavor is unique, and there is no trouble of padding teeth and spitting out the nucleus; Persimmons made from it are dry but not hard, soft but not rotten, with a lot of persimmon cream powder and tender and refreshing oil, which has long been praised in Wenzhou market. Donggao seedless persimmon has a long history of cultivation, which has been more than 200 years. There are 11 villages in Donggao township, which are rich in tomatoes. At present, there are more than 8,000 fruiting persimmons in the township, with an annual output of more than 400,000 Jin. Donggao Township, Yongjia County is known as the persimmon town. Every autumn season, persimmons are ripe, with dense persimmon forests and hanging branches of red persimmons, which are like a sunset and hanging gold, which is intoxicating. Yongjia persimmon has many varieties, including Gai persimmon, Niuxin persimmon, steamed cake persimmon, August red persimmon and Changnai persimmon, but Donggao seedless Changnai persimmon is the best. Kong Pingzhong in the Northern Song Dynasty said in the poem "Ode to Seedless Persimmon": "There are Dan Guo in the forest, and the branches are pressed to He Chou. Persimmons are beautiful, and their bones are soft. ..... Jing basket supermarket, cheap and easy to find. There is nothing in the heart, and the entrance is quite congenial. " Expose the beauty of seedless tomatoes. How can a persimmon become seedless? According to local farmers, this is the result of continuous seed selection, improvement and grafting. According to "Flower Mirror", "When a persimmon is taken over for three times, there will be no nucleus at all." Donggao seedless red tomatoes are big and thick, with seven or eight tomatoes per kilogram, and the plant yield is between 200 and 250 kilograms. In Dashandi Village of this township, there is a persimmon king with an annual output of more than 500 kilograms. Donggao seedless red persimmon, with sweet juice and unique flavor, has no tooth-pad shape and annoyance of spitting out the core; Persimmons made from it are dry but not hard, soft but not rotten, with a lot of persimmon cream powder and tender and refreshing oil, which has long been praised in Wenzhou market. Some people say, "If you eat Donggao seedless persimmon, it will be tasteless to eat other red persimmons." Donggao nuclear persimmon is a late-maturing variety, which is usually picked in beginning of winter when the frost falls. On holidays, or when a man marries a woman, local people often entertain guests with persimmon tea.
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