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The growing environment of Koon Kee honeydew

Guanxi honey pomelo is a subtropical evergreen small tree fruit trees, crown round head shape, strong tree, branches open and drooping, dense foliage, large leaves, long ovoid, leaf rubbed without irritating flavor. Gwenxi honeydew fruit is large, 1500-2000 grams, long ovate or pear-shaped; fruit surface light yellow, thin skin; pulp texture is soft, juicy slag, moderately sweet and sour, few or no seeds. Young trees under the condition of sufficient fertilizer and water, can be 4-5 times a year, the spring tip of the fruit mother branch.

Guanxi honeydew flower buds in September-December, in mid- to late March for the beginning of绐花, full bloom around mid-April, late October fruit maturity. The growth and development of Koon Kee honey pomelo needs good ecological conditions: the average annual temperature of about 21.2oC, soil PH between 4.8-5.5, the pomelo avoid shade.

The old saying "orange born in Huainan is orange, born in Huabei is Hovenia", the same Koonji honeydew transplanted outside of Pinghe is not pure Koonji honeydew. Although the honeydew transplanted outside Pinghe is similar in appearance, there is a big difference in nutrient composition and taste, which can be said to be the fake and shoddy products of Gwenxi honeydew. Gwenxi honeydew has strong regional characteristics. Gwenxi honeydew is recognized as the best quality area of Gwenxi honeydew with a radius of 15 kilometers radiating outward from the junction of Xiaoxi and Banzai towns in Pinghe County as the center, and at the same time, radiating outward from the center, and the further away from the center, the quality is decreasing. Even at the same longitude, there are differences in honeydew at different altitudes. The same longitude under the high altitude honeydew ripe later, the same time under the planting of high altitude Gouxi honeydew water is obviously not planted in the low altitude Gouxi honeydew sufficient.