A composition describing Putian specialties

Putian City is located on the coast of the East China Sea and the west bank of the Taiwan Strait. Because of its unique geographical and climatic resources, it is extremely suitable for planting subtropical precious fruit trees such as longan. Among them, longan, loquat, litchi and honey pomelo are four traditional famous fruits in Putian, which have always been famous at home and abroad, especially longan, and are known as "Xinghua Longan is the best in the world".

Putian longan has bred many varieties and excellent quality because of its unique cultivation area. There are more than 80 varieties in the city, the largest in the country. Putian is located in the northern edge of China's longan planting area, with abundant sunshine, moderate rainfall and large temperature difference between day and night, which is conducive to the accumulation of soluble solids (mainly sugar). Therefore, the flavor of Xinghua longan is sweeter than that of other producing areas, and many excellent varieties have been cultivated.

Putian longan is characterized by large fruit, high yield and high soluble solid content (that is, high sugar content). "Shuinan 1" and "Youyi 106" have reached the national first-class longan standard, leading in China. "Songfengben" and "beginning of winter Ben" are popular because of their late maturity. The main varieties are Wulongling, Youguanben, Shuinan 1, Songfengben, beginning of winter Ben, etc. They mature from mid-August to mid-October, with an average fruit weight of 13- 19g and a yield of 65-72%.

Four famous fruits: loquat

There are more than 0/00 loquat varieties in Putian, including Jiefangzhong, Changhong No.3, Puxuan 1, Zaozhong No.6 and Pak Lei. And the single fruit weight is the largest in China (the largest single fruit weight of Jiefang Bell 172g, ranking first in the world).

The technology is the most advanced, and Changtai Town, the main producing area, is known as "the first town of loquat in China". The existing area of the city is 1. 1.000 hectares, with a production area of 0.5 million hectares and an annual output of more than 30,000 tons. Sold to large and medium-sized cities across the country. "Jiefangzhong" loquat is selected from Putian City, Fujian Province.

The "big bell" in the embroidered clothes of Yinglong Street in Chengxiang District really changed its taste, and it was named after it was discovered in the liberation year of Putian 1949. Its maximum single fruit weight can reach172g. It won the gold medal in the international agricultural exposition held in West Germany from 65438 to 0954, and was known as the "king of loquat". "Jiefangzhong" loquat tree has strong growth, strong branches, strong resistance, good fruiting habits, high yield, inverted or long inverted oval fruit (pear-shaped), orange-red peel, easy peeling, moderate thickness and storage and transportation resistance; The average fruit weight is 70-80 grams. According to Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the pulp thickness is 0.93cm, the edible rate is above 7 1.46%, the soluble solid1-kloc-0/2%, the acid content is 0.5 1%, and the vitamin is 65.72 mg/65438.