When do Dalian peaches ripen and hit the market?

There are many varieties of Dalian peaches, such as nectarines, yellow peaches and so on, and the ripening times of the various varieties are not exactly the same, so when do Dalian peaches ripen?

1. Basic introduction to Dalian peaches

Dalian is the largest production base of yellow peaches in the country. There are many varieties of Dalian peaches. Such as:

1. Sahua flat peach, which is sweet as soon as the flowers fade;

2. Nectarine, smooth and without fuzz, closely resembling a plum;

3. The golden-yellow golden peach, sweet and sour with a fragrant aroma;

4. Honey peach, rich in juice and delicious in taste;

5. “Huanglu”, “Huanggan” and others. These varieties are resistant to storage and have delicate flesh, making them excellent varieties for processing into canned goods.

2. When do Dalian peaches ripen?

There are many varieties of Dalian peaches, and they generally ripen in summer, with ripening times ranging from June to August. If they are early-maturing varieties, they can generally ripen and go on the market in June.

3. The main value of peaches

1. The gum secreted on the peach tree trunk, commonly known as peach gum, can be used as an adhesive and so on. It is a polysaccharide substance, and hydrolysis can produce arabinose, galactose, xylose, rhamnose, glucuronic acid and so on. It is edible and also used medicinally, with effects of breaking blood stasis, harmonizing the blood and tonifying qi.

2. Peach flesh contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, crude fiber, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, vitamin B1, as well as organic acids (mainly malic acid and citric acid), sugars (mainly glucose, fructose, sucrose and xylose) and volatile oil.

3. Peaches are suitable for people with low blood sugar and for eating when thirsty with a dry mouth; suitable for people with low blood potassium and iron-deficiency anemia; suitable for patients with lung disease, liver disease and edema; and suitable for people with poor appetite and weak digestion.

In traditional Chinese culture, the peach is a symbol system with multiple meanings. In people's cultural concepts, the peach contains the primitive beliefs of totem worship and reproductive worship, and has the folk symbolic meanings of fertility, auspiciousness and longevity.