Autumn cucumber in Langshan

Langshan autumn cucumber is a specialty of Xiaojian Town, Mengcheng County, Bozhou City, Anhui Province. The characteristics of autumn cucumber in Langshan are: large, thin skin, thin seeds and thick meat, which tastes crisp, tender, sweet and refreshing; It has the functions of clearing heat, invigorating stomach, diuresis, refreshing and helping digestion, and has always been regarded as a good product at banquets. At the southern foot of Langshan Mountain in Xiaojian Town, there is a village with three surnames-Pan Liu Yu Zhuang. Although the village is not big, it is famous for hundreds of miles. The reason is that it is rich in autumn cucumbers. Langshan autumn cucumber has the characteristics of large, slender, blue color, thin skin, thin seeds, tender meat and thick meat, most of which are about 0.5 kg, and the largest can reach more than 1 kg. It tastes crisp, sweet and refreshing, and has the functions of clearing heat, invigorating stomach, diuresis, refreshing and helping digestion. It has always been regarded as a good food at banquets. There is a local folk song: "Cucumber in Langshan Mountain, pear in Dangshan County, radish in Baoshatan County!" The cucumber produced in 18 mu of land at the southern foot of Wolf Mountain is the best, followed by other land, with an yield of about 2000 kg per mu. Every autumn, other melons basically end, and Langshan autumn cucumber is listed at this time, so it is called the "melon king" in autumn. In addition to the county's local merchants to buy, but also exported to Kaifeng, Nanjing and other places. At present, the annual output has reached more than 100 thousand kilograms.
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