Japanese hybridizes large grapes vines with red variety grapes. After five years of continuous experimentation, we finally got the mother plant of the romantic ruby. Each of these few large red grapes has more than 20g fruits, which is about twice that of Jufeng grapes .
Ishikawa Prefecture climatic conditions are suitable for the growth of romantic rubies. Unlike ordinary large grapes, it is difficult to peel. The bright red romantic rubies with the fruit are slippery and can fall off completely with a light peel. According to the growers, the romantic ruby is sweet and juicy, with almost no sour taste. Overall, it can indeed be called the "extremely sweet" fruit aristocrat.
This kind of grape is very popular in Japan. It can be sold for about 26,000 bunches during the harvest season. Of course, not every bunch of romantic rubies can be sold for 1.5 million yen. Most consumers who buy this expensive fruit do not want to satisfy their taste. This kind of fruit with a special appearance and taste is generally given to others as gifts.
Hokkaido black-skinned watermelon
Japan black-skinned watermelon claims to be the most expensive watermelon in the world. Its annual output is less than 100. It was sold at a high price of RMB 38,000 at the 2008 auction, and black-skinned watermelon can almost only be obtained through auctions. This watermelon has a blue-black skin, smooth and round appearance. It is said to have a special sweetness, which is much sweeter than ordinary watermelons.
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The planting process of black-skinned watermelon is extremely cumbersome, which is one of the reasons why its price remains high. First of all, black-skinned watermelons have very strict requirements on planting soil, and soil from Hokkaido must be used.
Each seed must be ensured to be even in size and without incompleteness. It usually requires two workers to screen multiple times, and the number of seeds per square meter of soil also has strict requirements. After the seedlings grow, they must not only be soaked in organic water, but also grafted. The entire growth process must be in a greenhouse.
After the black-skinned watermelon is ripe, it must be sent to the factory for more careful inspection and packaging. Even the watermelon peel must be polished to a certain proportion of the thickness to ensure that the weight of each watermelon is about 20 kilograms.
must be screened again in the testing room for sugar level testing, and those that do not reach sweetness will still be eliminated. Every job requires carefulness to ensure that every watermelon reaches perfect condition. "Extremely sweet" fruit must have a place for black-skinned watermelon.
Fully ripe mango "Son of the Sun"
"Son of the Sun" is very popular among Japanese nobles. The most expensive one in was auctioned at a high price of 200,000 yen, equivalent to about 12,000 yuan.
Son of the Sun was produced in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. It was successfully planted after 8 years of experiments. This mango is called "Son of the Sun" because it is different from the ordinary yellow peeled mango. Its peel is red. This mango has a much higher nutritional value than ordinary mangoes. The fruit is full and it is very sweet when you bite it. Miyazaki Prefecture production of fully ripe mangoes "Son of the Sun" stipulates that sweetness of more than 15 degrees is required to be considered a standard and is allowed to be sold on the market.
Fully-ripe mango "Son of the Sun" is very popular in Japan and is very popular, but some people who have eaten it say that except for the red skin of this mango, other places are no different from the mangoes that cost 10 yuan per pound in China.
Sweet King Strawberry
When it comes to Japanese strawberries, the most representative one should be Sweet King strawberries.
Sweet King strawberries are produced in Fukuoka Prefecture . They are famous for their sweetness, roundness, large size and deliciousness. Sweet King strawberries have very little acidity, and they are very rich in sweetness and aroma. Local news has reported a batch of super large Sweet King strawberries. The heaviest one can reach half a pound, thus setting a Guinness World Record and has not been broken yet.
In order to ensure the quality of Sweet King strawberries, Japan stipulates that it is only produced in Fukuoka area. In addition, the transportation of strawberries is more difficult than other fruits, which leads to the expensive price of Sweet King strawberries. In Japanese etiquette culture, Sweet King strawberries are a gift that is very good for visiting relatives and friends.
vegetables are also added to "incoil"
pursuing "extremely sweet" fruits are understandable, but Japanese people even like sweetness in vegetables, and the sweetness of vegetables is competing to increase.
This summer, the Kanagawa Agricultural Technology Center developed the "Shonomi Pomoron chocolate" - a chocolate-colored tomato. This tomato not only tastes better than ordinary tomatoes, but also tastes much sweeter than ordinary tomatoes.
Why is Japan's persistence in sweet and expensive fruits?
In Japan, expensive fruit varieties with high sweetness have been released one after another. On the one hand, the preferences of Japanese people have changed. They prefer fruits with rich sweet fragrances, rather than fruits with strong sour taste. By grasping this mentality of consumers, agricultural institutions and fruit farmers regard "sweetness" as a research and development standard.
On the other hand, because Japan is an island country with a small land area and a smaller arable land area, most of Japan belong to the temperate marine monsoon climate , and many types of fruits are not suitable for growing in Japan. Scarcity is precious, and the yield of fruits cannot be increased, so the price will naturally remain high.
Most of us in China like to eat fruits, but in the face of such expensive "extremely sweet" fruits, many people are unwilling to pay. Some people think that Japan has gone astray, and the sweeter the fruit is, the better. Fruits that are too sweet lose the taste of the fruit itself. For example, grapes are originally sour and sweet, but now grapes are so sweet that they are so sweet that they get tired of eating two. It is better to eat sugar directly and lose their enthusiasm for grapes at all.
Some people are also worried about whether the oversweet fruits developed in Japan will have an impact on their health. Too high sugar content in fruits may not only cause obesity, but may also bring the risk of diabetes , which is not very suitable for the elderly to eat. Not only that, some people believe that fruits that lose their natural feeling are harmful and unhealthy to the human body.
Perhaps, Japan initially began to study "extremely sweet" fruits just to activate its own agriculture, just like the craftsman spirit , which they have always been proud of, since they cannot do it in large quantities, then strive for excellence and improve the quality of a field to the extreme.
However, fruits should be a consumable for ordinary people, not luxury goods. Expensive and extremely sweet fruits are only able to pursue them. And how long can such a trend last? Let's wait and see.
