Even in the hot summer, the heat is unbearable, but as long as you eat that sweet peach, wow, it's really refreshing, and the heatstroke can be swept away.

So where can I eat peaches? Where is the origin of peaches? What kinds of peaches are there? Now, Bian Xiao has specially sorted out the origin, varieties and related characteristics of peaches in China. You who love peaches, you who plant peaches, and you who sell peaches can all see it ~

Where can I eat peaches?

1, Yangshan peach is famous at home and abroad for its beautiful appearance, bright color, delicious taste, tender meat, tough and easy peeling skin, thick juice, rich flavor and instant melting in the mouth.

2. Wuxi Yangshan peaches are delicious because Yangshan was an active volcano10.40 billion years ago, and then the crust moved away and became an extinct volcano. The deposition of volcanic ash makes the soil in Yangshan have unique trace elements. Due to the unique natural climate and volcanic geological conditions, Yangshan peach is world-famous for its larger fruit shape, more beautiful color and sweeter juice than other peaches!

Origin and Variety Characteristics of Peach

Peaches are native to Shaanxi and Gansu provinces in China.

At present, it is widely distributed. The main producing areas are Hebei, Shandong, Beijing, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Gansu, Zhejiang and other provinces and cities, among which Yangshan, Taihu Lake, a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, is a famous peach producing area.

1. Peach in Wuxi, Jiangsu (Yangshan Peach)

Wuxi peach is a specialty of Jiangsu province, among which Yangshan peach is famous for its tender and juicy meat, rich flavor and mellow taste, and its taste is very tender and smooth.

Compared with peaches in other places, Yangshan peaches are very tender. As soon as the skin is torn open, the juice will flow out, and generally there will be no biting, so it is also called "Yurutao".

It is understood that Wuxi peach was born out of Fenghua peach in Zhejiang earlier. Because of the superior natural conditions in Taihu Lake area of Wuxi, peaches flourish on the shore of Taihu Lake.

Generally speaking, it can be divided into white peaches and white peaches.

There is also a kind called "pen tube red", which has red circles of different sizes on the skin after maturity. The top is as red as blood, and the juice is sweet, but the yield is less and more valuable.

2. Peaches in Shenzhou, Hebei Province

Shenzhou peach is well-known at home and abroad, and has been cultivated for more than 2,000 years since the Han and Tang Dynasties. Poet Cui Hu's poem "Peach Blossoms Set each other off in Red" has become a masterpiece through the ages.

The fruit is huge, dignified, gorgeous in color, thin in skin and thick in flesh, unique in taste, and sweet as honey in juice. It is called "fruit" and is a tribute from the courts of past dynasties.

In order to explore the development path of Shenzhou peach towards the market and occupy the high-end market of peach, Shenzhou City has innovated its ideas and cooperated with Hebei Fruit Research Institute for many years to upgrade Shenzhou peach in a green and pollution-free way, and cultivated a new variety of Shenzhou peach "2 1 century", also known as "Shenmi 1", which is huge in size and weighs 400-600 per fruit.

"2 1 century" peaches not only give full play to the advantages of the original Shenzhou peaches, but also overcome the shortcomings of long-term storage and transportation. Since its listing, it has been unanimously favored by merchants all over the country.

3. Shanghai Peach (Nanhui Peach)

Nanhui peaches have always been famous in Shanghai and even the whole country for their thin skin and thick flesh and sweet juice.

The fruit is round, beautiful, huge, fresh and juicy, with milky white peel, easy peeling, rich flavor, less fiber, sugar degree above 15%, and reddish stone.

In hot summer, take a bite of Nanhui peach, which is refreshing and nourishing.

Among the peaches in Nanhui, 250-300g of "Peach Peach" won the silver prize of "National Forestry Famous, Special, Excellent and New Products Expo", 1994, Nanhui Products 1998, and "Big Peach" 1999.

Nanhui Peach was awarded the title of "Shanghai Product" and became the first agricultural product in Shanghai to be protected by national geographical products in April 2005.

Nanhui was rated as a national famous, special and excellent peach commodity base by the Ministry of Forestry.

According to experts, according to the available information, the peaches in Ningbo and Wuxi, which are well-known now, are all from Shanghai.

You Lutao in Fenghua, Zhejiang Province was introduced from Huangnibi, Shanghai by 1883, and Baihua Peach in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province was introduced from Fenghua in the 1920s and 1930s.

Moreover, in history, Shanghai peaches have spread widely overseas. American epoch-making peach variety Aibaotai and Honggang, 1850, was introduced from Shanghai. Japanese peach varieties Okayama Bai, Okubo and Baifeng were also selected after 1875 introduced to Shanghai peach.

4. Chengdu Longquan Peach

Over the years, Longquan peach is famous for its unique quality and sells well all over the country because of its strong commodity.

The unique natural resources provide good growth conditions for peach trees.

Longquan landform is dominated by shallow hills, and the climate in the territory belongs to the humid and hot climate of Central Asia in Sichuan Basin, especially influenced by Longquan Mountains, forming a unique microclimate and water area: mild and humid, without severe cold in winter, without intense heat in summer, warm in spring and cool in autumn, with distinct seasons and short frost period.

In terms of soil, the purple soil unique to Longquan Mountain has strong water and fertilizer conservation ability and good air permeability, and the soil is rich in nutrients such as phosphorus and potassium.

The unique natural conditions make Longquan different from peach producing areas in central Sichuan, eastern Sichuan and plain, and even different from peach producing areas in other provinces.

Famous peaches such as Longquan No.27, No.28, Wang Ba Peach (also known as Maruko Peach), Longquan No.24, and Late White Peach are the best among peaches, with reddish white, abundant moisture, sweet juice and attractive aroma.

Every year from the beginning of May to the end of September, thousands of peach farmers all over the country continuously sell a large number of high-quality peaches with delicious color and pure taste, and enjoy the reputation of "Peach in the World" in Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Beijing. It is also a peach that can reach the standard of "Olympic peach" in China. In 2008, it was sold to the host city of the Olympic Games at a price of more than 500,000 kilograms, and Longquan peaches were also exported to Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and Malaysia.

5. peaches in Fenghua, Zhejiang

Fenghua Peach, commonly known as "Zhi", is a specialty of Fenghua. Peach has formed 25 supporting systems of early, middle and late maturing peach varieties, such as Zaolulu, Xueyulou, Zaosheng, Lakeview Honey Dew, Taqiao, Yulu and Yingqing. The supply period of peaches is as long as 120 days.

Fenghua peach is known as the "treasure of Yaochi", and it is famous at home and abroad for its beautiful fruit shape, soft flesh, sweet juice, rich aroma, thin skin and easy peeling, instant in mouth and endless aftertaste.

From 65438 to 0996, the quality appraisal conclusion of Fenghua peach by domestic peach experts was that "peach is among peaches and can be called peach".

6. Fuan Shepherd Peach

"Muyang Peach" is a traditional specialty in eastern Fujian with a long history and a high reputation.

Focusing on the western part of Fu 'an, it is mainly distributed in Muyang, Muyun, Kangcuo and Xitan. It has the advantages of big fruit and small core, beautiful appearance, bright color, soft and juicy meat, sweet and fragrant taste and unique flavor. Its fresh fruit shows strong competitiveness in the market and is deeply loved by consumers. Known as "Xiantao" and "Baodong Fruit" in Muyang.

"Muyangtao" industry has become a green industry with high comprehensive economic benefits and market competitiveness in the western part of Fu 'an.

7. Shandong Mengyin Peach

Mengyin County was named "Peach Capital" because of its unique natural conditions and long planting history. The produced peaches are bright in color, delicate in flesh, as sweet as honey, delicious in taste and rich in nutrition, with a sugar content as high as 13- 18%. Fruit juice contains glucose, fructose, protein, vitamins, carotene, calcium and phosphorus.

Mengyin peach has a long history of cultivation, which has a history of more than 2000 years.

Since 1980s, Mengyin County has successively bred Mengyin Wanmi, Wanjiu, Qiu Hong and other varieties with independent intellectual property rights, and introduced Mengfuji, Shuanghong, Chun Xue, Xia Xue, Qiuxue, Luxing 1, Golden Queen, PetroChina, Hui Jin, New Century, Red Coral, Pan Rui No.2, Pan Rui No.4, Laishanmi, Pan Rui No.4 and so on.

The specialty of Mengyin County, Shandong Province is a national geographical indication product of agricultural products.

In the Evaluation Report on the Value of Regional Public Brands of Agricultural Products in 20 10, "Mengyin Peach" ranks among the top 30 regional public brands of agricultural products, the top 30 fruit brands 10 and the peach brands, with a brand value of 2.896 billion yuan. In "20 1 1 Evaluation Report on Regional Public Brand Value of Agricultural Products", the brand value of Mengyin peaches has risen to 365,438+66 million yuan, ranking first in the national peach brand value evaluation.

8. Xinchuan Nakajima Peach

This variety was introduced from Shandong Fruit Research Institute and Japan, which has strong adaptability, can meet different planting needs and is suitable for planting in most parts of the country.

Nakajima peach in Xinchuan is a very large peach, with a single fruit weight of 260-350g and a large fruit weight of 460g.

The fruit is round to oval, full of bright red, bright and smooth.

The flesh is yellowish white, reddish near the core, crisp and hard, and juicy.

The average sugar content is 2 1% and 26%, and the acid content is less, which is 1. 15%. It is sweet and sour, and has a special and strong taste.

It is extremely resistant to storage and transportation, and can be stored at room temperature for 10 ~ 15 days, with good commodity.

The self-flowering and fruit-setting rate is high, which can replace the pollen-free white flower series varieties and has broad prospects.

9.phoenix peach

Phoenix peach has been cultivated for nearly 70 years.

It is famous at home and abroad for its beautiful shape, bright color, delicious taste, tender meat, tough and easy peeling skin, rich juice, rich fragrance and instant melting in the mouth.

There are more than 30 varieties of Fenghuang peach, which are divided into early, middle and late maturity.

Extra-early-maturing peaches are listed from the end of May to the beginning of June, including spring buds, morning dew and summer return 1, each about 100g. Early-maturing varieties are listed in the middle and late June, including Yuhua Dew, Yinhua Dew and Zhao Xia, each of which is about 150g; Mid-mature varieties, such as Baifeng and Chaohui, were listed in July, each about 150-200 grams; Late-maturing varieties are listed in late August, including Lake View Honey Dew, Baihua Honey Dew and Yangshan Honey Dew, each about 200 grams, reaching 500 grams.

Among them, early-maturing "Rain Dew", middle-maturing "Baifeng" and late-maturing "Baihua" peaches not only have good color, fragrance and taste, but also contain certain protein, fat, vitamins and various minerals.

10. Xiangshan peach

Xiangshan Peach, also known as "Jujube Nine Treasures", is a medium-sized tree with a half-open posture. Its fruit is nearly round and full of pollen, with an average fruit weight of 204 grams and 290 grams. Its pulp is milky white, red near the subcutaneous nucleus, soft and juicy, sweet, fragrant and sticky, with soluble solid content of 12% and fruit development period of 96544.

1 1. Common high-altitude varieties on the market:

White peach: It was bred by crossing Gangshanbai and Tangzaosheng as parents in the agricultural experiment in Chennai in 1924, and became the main cultivated variety in high altitude area after being introduced into Taiwan Province Province.

The white peach is large in shape and weighs about150-200g. Pericarp milky white, round, slightly flat, slightly yellow-green. The top two small peaks are flush to the suture line, and the appearance is extremely beautiful. The pulp is reddish in white near the core, with more solute and less fiber, and the juice is sweet.

Okubo: Introduced from Japan, it was discovered by Okubo Goro of Japan in 1920 and named as 1927. It is a variety cultivated in Japan.

Okubo has a large fruit shape and weighs about 230-280g. The fruit is round but not straight. The skin color is milky white, and it is reddish to the sunny side, top and seams. The pulp is white, solute, dense, less fiber, juicy, moderately fragrant, sweet and sour, and rosy near the core.

Admiralty white peach: It was discovered by Seiji Nishimoto in Japan from the seedlings of white peach, and it belongs to a late-maturing variety. The fruit is huge and weighs about 250-300 grams. The fruit is round and even, the peel is milky white, it is not easy to color, and the top of the fruit is a little red.

The pulp is dense, less fiber, soft, high in sugar content, low in acidity, juicy and medium in flavor.

Where to eat peaches? Here's a brief introduction to the origin and variety characteristics of peaches. Peaches are nutritious, juicy and rich in iron. The iron content is 3 times higher than that of apples and 5 times higher than that of pears. The content of protein is 1 times higher than that of apples and grapes, and 77 times higher than that of pears. It is also rich in a variety of vitamins, including vitamin C.

In a word, peaches are good fruits for beautifying skin, clearing stomach, moistening lung and resolving phlegm.