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What are the characteristics of glutinous rice paste?

Glutinous rice paste is one of the famous late-maturing litchi varieties with high quality. The tree is vigorous, with a semicircle crown, thin branches and many branches. Leaves lanceolate, wavy or slightly curled, dark green and thin. Spikes are of medium size. The fruit is large, with an average weight of 25.0 grams, flat and heart-shaped, with a prominent bulge on one side of the fruit shoulder and a round top. The pericarp is bright red or reddish, generally thin, with large lobes, long and narrow ridges, longitudinally arranged, and smooth lobes. The pulp is milky white, thick, soft and tender, juicy, very sweet and slightly fragrant. The soluble solids18.0% ~ 210%, 100 ml juice contains C20.42~36.08 mg vitamin C, 0.18 ~. Seed degradation is minimal. It blooms in the suburbs of Guangzhou from late March to early and middle April, and the flowering period is about 20 ~ 25 days. Fruit ripens from the end of June to the beginning of July. This variety has thick meat, small stone, sweet taste and good quality. It is a good variety for fresh food and processing, with high but unstable yield and serious fruit cracking in the later stage of fruit development. There are many varieties of glutinous rice paste, including red glutinous rice, red shoulder and white Noemie. Therefore, it is advisable to choose a strain with large fruit and not easy to crack.