When it comes to lychees, it has to remind people of the verse written by Su Shi "eat 300 lychees a day, always be a Lingnan native".
Lychees are abundant in southern China, with Guangdong , Guangxi and Fujian the most cultivated , varieties of are also very many, there are five popular ones, concubine smile , guiwei , glutinous rice cake , white sugar poppy and hanging green .
So what are the characteristics of these five lychees? Which one is more delicious? You will know after reading it!
1. Concubine Smile
Concubine Smile gets its name from the poem "A concubine laughing on a red dust, no one knows it's a lychee". It is a relatively well-known early-maturing and high-quality variety. It is usually sold from May to early June. It is rich in Guangdong, Guangxi area, Sichuan and Xiamen area are also produced.
The concubine smile is characterized by a large and plump fruit. The color of the upper shell of a fruit is red and green. Don't be fooled by its green and green appearance. It is still very sweet to eat. Its sweetness is moderate, it is the kind of sweet taste. Moreover, its core is very small, and it is very satisfying to bite into the sweet pulp.
2. Guiwei
Guiwei is also one of the early-maturing lychee varieties, is famous for its fine core, crisp flesh, sweet, sweet-scented osmanthus flavor, is usually listed after the concubine smile.
Compared to Feizixiao, the fruit of Guiwei is relatively small, and the shell will be slightly thicker and harder, and it feels slightly thorny to the touch. Guiwei tastes like sweet-scented osmanthus, which is the origin of its name. The price of in the place of origin is generally slightly more expensive than that of Feizixiao.
3. White sugar poppy
White sugar poppy is also one of the early maturing varieties. As you can tell from its name, it tastes very sweet, like sugar and honey.Its cultivation history is very frequent, and it is more than a thousand years old. It is rich in Gaozhou and Dianbai in Maoming and other places.
4. glutinous rice
The fruit of glutinous rice is relatively large, is partial heart-shaped, the color of the husk is usually bright red with a sallow yellow, the pulp is white and translucent, and it tastes very sweet. It is a very important feature That is, the kernel is very small.
Nuomi is usually available from late June to July. Because of its high requirements on the growth environment and fertilizer and water, and the phenomenon of and , the output is relatively limited and the price is relatively expensive. Hard to buy.
is also because of its preciousness, some unscrupulous merchants will use the variety of "chicken lychee" to pretend, the two look similar, but the price is different.
5. Hanging green
Zengcheng hanging green mother plant
If cinnamon and glutinous rice are the top grades of lychees, then hanging green is the treasures of lychees.
It is a special product of Zengcheng District, Guangdong, so it is also called Zengcheng hanging green. The characteristic of the fruit is that the stalk will have a small berry the size of a mung bean, the sides of the stalk are slightly raised, and then a green line runs through the middle, which is the origin of its name.
The variety of lychees is hanging green. The pulp is tender, crisp, sweet, and fragrant. The special feature is that it condenses without overflowing pulp. It is wrapped with yarn, and the paper is still dry overnight.
Legend has it that during the Jiaqing period, people could not bear the harassment of officials, so they cut down all the hanging green lychee trees in the city, leaving only one tree in Xiyuan Temple (now Licheng hanging green square) in the western suburb of county. The hanging green lychee trees are all descendants of this mother tree.
in 2001 and 2002 held a green auction, once set a single price of 555,000 yuan.Li Fengxiu, a poet in the Qing Dynasty, once wrote a poem: "Lychees in Nanzhou are everywhere, and Zengcheng is green and precious like pearls. It is not easy to buy concurrently with gold, and it has not yet appeared on the plate in May." The rarity of hanging green can be seen.
The above 5 varieties are very famous lychee varieties. As for which is more delicious, it is a matter of opinion. The author likes the variety of glutinous rice best. Which one do you like the most?
