Pineapple honey is best in summer and fall.
Pineapple honey ripens from June to November every year and tastes best from July to September. When selecting pineapple honey, it is best to choose varieties with a stronger fragrance, intact skin without black spots or breaks, golden color, and full flesh.
Pineapple nectar usually blossomed in February to March, September to October ripe on the market, the fruit ripe skin is yellowish-brown, the surface of the tumorous convex body and coarse hairs, a single fruit generally weighs 5 to 20 kilograms, the heaviest more than 59 kilograms. China's Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and other places are widely cultivated, Nepal, India Sikkim, Bhutan, Malaysia is also cultivated.
There are more than 30 varieties of pineapple nectar, mainly divided into two categories: hard meat and soft meat, blossom in spring every year, the fruit is ripe in summer and fall, ripening aroma. Fruit skin has a yellowish, yellow-green two kinds, the fruit is very large, ovoid or spherical and oblong, longitudinal diameter of 26-53 centimeters, the flesh has a golden yellow, yellowish two kinds, the quality of tender and sweet, with a strong aroma, top quality.
How to choose pineapple honey
The first step is to observe the color. During the ripe season, pineapple nectar is usually golden yellow in color. If the pineapple honey is not fully ripe, it may have a little greenish color. The greenish color is the original color of pineapple honey. When it comes to the ripening season, the size remains basically the same and the color will slowly become golden. However, this does not mean that you can't buy pineapple nectar that is not golden yellow in color, lime green pineapple nectar can also be purchased, but it needs to be ripe in size. Buy back, put three or two days, will slowly become ripe, yellow.
The second step, observe the outer skin. Quality pineapple nectar, the outer skin is intact, with more pointed small nails or thorns, this is the pineapple nectar skin special place. The outer skin with a little black spots, this is normal, but also the normal phenomenon of ripe pineapple nectar. However, if there are a lot of black dots, or if all the dots are black, you should be careful. Pay attention to see if the black place is rotten, if it is rotten, deal with it cautiously.