The chestnut has a lot of unsaturated fatty acids, minerals, vitamins and so on, eat some in moderation on the blood vessels is good. In addition, it is also 4 times more potassium ions than apples. In addition, although the chestnut is good, daily do not greedy much, daily consumption of 5-8 or so is more appropriate .
Chestnut harvest season is a few months
Chestnut is the shell of the family chestnut plant, native to China, growing in the altitude of 370-2800 meters in the region. The chestnut flowering period is usually from April to June, the fruiting period is from August to October, and the fruit ripens in September and October. It is available in bulk in the market after the 4th of July every year.
Qianxi chestnut
Chestnuts are the best produced in Qianxi County, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, in addition to Qianxi chestnuts exquisite appearance, is reddish-brown, there is a light waxy layer, the period of the color is bright and shiny. At the same time, Qianxi is also known as the hometown of Chinese chestnut, and chestnut it April-June flowering. mature season in the early fall of each year, and in August-October fruit ripe on the market, but the chestnut batch market to about October .
Luotian chestnut (photo)
Luotian chestnut
Chestnut is a specialty of Luotian County in Huanggang, Hubei Province, and is a national geographic indication product of China. As one of the nationally recognized specialties, Lutian chestnuts are characterized by large meat and low price, with a very high cost performance.
Luotian chestnuts are not only the first in China in terms of quality, but also in terms of planting area and production. Luotian chestnuts generally from the end of August to mid-November are board on the market, the market time cycle is relatively long.
Luotian chestnut (Figure)
How many kinds of chestnut
Based on the different planting areas chestnut can be divided into northern chestnut, southern chestnut and Japanese chestnut. Currently on the market common chestnut varieties are: Hebei Qinglong Kuancheng chestnut, Dandong chestnut, Tancheng chestnut, Xinyang chestnut, Xingtai chestnut, Shaodian chestnut, Yanshan chestnut, Qianxi chestnut, Zhen'an chestnut, Lutian chestnut and so on.
Chestnut ripe listing price
Chestnut production is now relatively large, its listing price is not very expensive, about 13 yuan per kilogram. But this is after processing already ripe chestnuts, and unprocessed ground acquisition of chestnuts, about 6.5 yuan a kilogram or so. Usually our sugar fried chestnuts are processed, like this year's time prices are basically in the 15 ~ 25 yuan / kg or so.