When do Zaozhuang pomegranates usually ripen?

Zaozhuang is a major pomegranate-producing area in our country. The ten-thousand-mu pomegranate garden, which holds the Guinness record, is located in Zaozhuang, making Zaozhuang pomegranates even more famous. So when do Zaozhuang pomegranates ripen?

1. When do Zaozhuang pomegranates ripen

Zaozhuang pomegranates generally ripen during the period from September to November. Zaozhuang pomegranates are mainly produced on the continuous mountain range more than 40 li long from east to west in Yicheng District, Zaozhuang City, where 5.3 million pomegranate trees of 46 varieties grow, and there is the famous ten-thousand-mu “World's Pomegranate Garden”.

2. Introduction to cultivated varieties of Zaozhuang pomegranate

According to their uses, they can be divided into two major categories: edible varieties and ornamental varieties. Edible varieties include soft-seeded, Daqingpi, Dahongpi, rock sugar seed, etc.; ornamental varieties include double-petaled red-flowered pomegranate, double-petaled white-flowered pomegranate, black pomegranate, etc.

The main cultivated and superior varieties in Zaozhuang, Shandong include: Daqingpi sweet, Damaya sweet, Qingpi Gang pomegranate, soft-seeded pomegranate, etc.

As one of Shandong's famous specialty products, Zaozhuang pomegranates from Yicheng, Zaozhuang have long been widely renowned.