Red-hearted pomelo, also known as red-hearted honey pomelo and red-fleshed pomelo, was first discovered in Lim Kim San Guanxi Honey Pomelo Garden, Cuoqiu Village, Xiaoxi Town, Pinghe County, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province, and was widely planted through cultivation. Pinghe County, Fujian Province has a mild climate, abundant rainfall, fertile soil and humid air, which is very suitable for planting red-hearted honey pomelo. The honey pomelo produced here is rich in fruit and sweet in taste, making it the place with the highest grapefruit production in China.
2 How to choose the grapefruit with red hearts?
1, the palm of your hand weighs 2-3 Jin: It shows how delicious the pulp moisture is.
Generally, the larger red-heart grapefruit belongs to the grapefruit with higher maturity. Usually, this kind of grapefruit has a thick skin and less juice because of its long fruit-bearing period. It is recommended to choose a medium-sized grapefruit with a size of about a palm and a weight of 2-3 kg, which is basically the best in maturity and the richest in water content.
2, the skin is yellow, reddish and shiny: indicating that the fruit is ripe, red and delicious.
Then look at the color and brightness of the peel. Usually, the pomelo fruit with good maturity has a golden yellow peel without cyan. If it is Sanhong pomelo, the outer peel will be pink, and the pore-like lines on the skin will shine under the light. This kind of pomelo fruit has good maturity and is fresh.
3, the neck is short and round, and the fruit is fragrant: it shows that the fresh meat of pomelo fruit is thick and delicious.
Finally, we should pay attention to the shape of grapefruit, for example, the grapefruit is long and sharp, which means that there is no meat at the top and the peel is thick. We should choose a short neck and an oval shape, look at the grapefruit like a tumbler, and smell the grapefruit with a strong aroma, so that the grapefruit is fresh, fleshy and sweet and delicious.
3 Can you eat grapefruit with red hearts?
Can eat.
In addition to white skin, there are varieties of red skin in the market, both of which are normal results, not injection of pigment or dyeing behavior. The main reason is that lycopene and carotene contained in red-heart pomelo are red, but the pomelo skin itself is inedible, and the pomelo meat can be safely eaten, which is not only harmless to human health, but also more beneficial.
Is the grapefruit with red skin or white skin delicious?
It is generally believed that grapefruit with red hearts is delicious with white skin.
Red-hearted pomelo with red skin is Sanhong pomelo. Although it looks good, the cultivation time of the variety is short, and it is not stable. It is easy to be affected by various adverse factors in the planting process, so the grapefruit with white skin of red heart is called Red Heart Honey Pomelo. Because of the long cultivation time, the grapefruit produced at present is sweeter than the common pomelo, and it is one of the more delicious pomelo varieties.