When do bayberry fruits ripen and hit the market in Jiangxi?

Jiangxi is one of the famous bayberry-producing areas, and many people look forward to Jiangxi bayberries ripening so they can buy some to get a taste of the fresh fruit. The bayberry selling season is very short, and if you miss it, you have to wait another whole year. So when do Jiangxi bayberries ripen?

1. When do Jiangxi bayberries ripen?

Jiangxi bayberries generally start to hit the market in early May, and when the bayberries ripen on a large scale, there are a great many of them at that time. As the saying goes: on the thirteenth of the fifth month, bayberries are set out on stalls; this fifth month refers to the fifth month of the lunar calendar.

2. The distribution range of bayberry

The provinces in China where bayberry is distributed include Yunnan, Guizhou, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Anhui, Taiwan, China, and others. The bayberry originated in Yuyao, Zhejiang, China. In 1973, when the Neolithic Hemudu site was excavated within Yuyao, bayberry pollen was found, indicating that bayberries grew in this area more than 7,000 years ago. This genus has more than 50 species. Those known in China include bayberry, white bayberry, hairy bayberry, green bayberry and dwarf bayberry, and commercial cultivation is mainly of bayberry.

3. Precautions for eating bayberry

Bayberry is one of the fruits everyone likes in summer, but because the flesh of the bayberry is directly exposed to the outside, and the little fleshy spikes are an excellent place for small insects and bacteria to lodge, before eating bayberries you must repeatedly rinse them with cooled boiled water, then soak them in lightly salted water for 15 minutes before eating. It is best not to wash them with chemical detergents such as dish soap.

1. It is recommended not to eat bayberries every day or in excessive amounts. The sourness of bayberry has a strong delayed effect; when your stomach has not yet felt much sourness, it has actually already been overwhelmed by the acid.

2. We have drunk quite a lot of sour plum drink made from smoked plums, and it can be made the same way with bayberries. A bayberry drink made by boiling half a jin of bayberries with three or four bowls of water and adding sugar has its components diluted, so it is relatively less damp-heating.

3. The sourness of bayberry also shows in that after eating it your teeth feel soft and weak, and it damages the teeth. At this time you should immediately rinse your mouth and brush your teeth, and avoid biting hard things.

4. It is recommended that when eating bayberries you can appropriately sprinkle some salt on the surface, mix it in, and then eat them; this both reduces internal heat and gives a good taste.

Although bayberries are very tasty, they should be eaten in moderation. Moreover, the shelf life of bayberries is very short, so do not buy too many at one time, to avoid the bayberries going bad.