Aksu rock sugar apples are mainly produced in Aksu City, Xinjiang, at the southern foot of Tomur Peak in Tianshan Mountain. Apple is flat, with an average fruit weight of 150g, smooth and delicate fruit surface, bright and natural color, thin skin and thick flesh, dense texture, rich sweet juice and high sugar content. Due to the cold winter in Aksu, there are few pests and diseases in the fruit growing period, large temperature difference between day and night, and sufficient sunshine. In addition, coupled with the pollution-free glacier snowmelt river-Kekeya River irrigation, sandy soil cultivation and high altitude growth environment, the sugar in Aksu apple core accumulated into a transparent shape, forming a unique "rock sugar heart" in the world. The picking time of Aksu apples is strictly controlled after1October 25th every year, 10. The long growing period makes Aksu apples absorb more essence of nature and form an unparalleled unique taste. They are called "fruit queens" in Xinjiang and are famous for their unique "rock candy hearts" overseas.
nutritive value
1. Vitamin C in apples is a protector of the cardiovascular system and a healthy element for heart patients.
2. Apples can also delay memory loss and prevent asthma, diabetes, myocardial infarction and tooth loss.
3. Apple has the effects of promoting fluid production to quench thirst, moistening lung to relieve annoyance, invigorating spleen and stomach, nourishing heart and benefiting qi, moistening intestine to stop diarrhea, relieving summer heat and sobering up.
4. Apples also have the functions of preventing obesity, whitening teeth (rich in cellulose can remove dirt between teeth), detoxifying and caring skin: (Apples are rich in pectin, which helps to regulate intestinal peristalsis), whitening skin: (Apples contain a lot of vitamin C, so eating apples often helps to eliminate freckles and dark spots on the skin and keep the skin tender and ruddy).
recognition methods
In order to ensure the quality of Aksu rock candy apples, the picking and marketing time of Aksu rock candy apples should be strictly controlled after the frost period of 65438+1October 25th every year, which is the key to control the quality of Aksu apples.
In addition, in order to protect your rights and interests, you can identify them in the following ways:
At first glance, the shape of the fruit is a unique oval, with an oblique angle on the sunny side, natural color, yellow-green background, yellow, green and red throughout the fruit surface, and faint fruit spots on the fruit surface. After the fruit is cut, the flesh is yellowish.
Second, the fruit has a unique and rich fragrance, which is pleasant and refreshing;
Three touches, the more polished the fruit surface is, the brighter it is. The fruit surface has a layer of natural wax light, without any roughness and scratch, which is not found in other similar fruits;
Four flavors, fresh and tender meat, rich aroma, juicy and sweet, crisp and refreshing, sweet and sour, with thin skin and no residue.
There are many Aksu rock candy apples in the market. Although they are beautiful in appearance, red and big (like Red Fuji), they taste good and sweet. It's actually a fake apple in Shaanxi. Authentic Aksu apples are red and yellow in appearance. There are a bunch of transparent sugar centers in the nucleus, but there is no guarantee that each one has a sugar center, because sometimes this feature is not particularly obvious. You can take a closer look when cutting, sometimes there is only a little bit of transparency. But there must be some heart-shaped candy in the box.