Is the flat peach of the Rosaceae family the same as the pan tao? Market price per jin, years to flowering, and differences from the honey peach
The flat peach, also known as the immortal fruit and the longevity peach, is the main food of the Peach Banquet in Journey to the West. Because of its high iron content and rich vitamins, it is deeply loved by people, and its price on the market is currently rather high, so is the flat peach the same as the pan tao? What is the market price per jin? How many years does it take to flower? What is the difference from the honey peach?
The flat peach and the pan tao are the same, except that the pan tao is distributed in Jiangxi and is an introduced variety of the flat peach.
Xinjiang is the place of origin of the flat peach. The flat peach is cultivated in Xinjiang, Shandong, Hebei, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Gansu and other provinces and regions, but when compared by quality, color, taste and various nutritional components, the flat peach of Xinjiang Shihanzi is the best. The flat peach of Regiment 143 in Shihanzi, Xinjiang, ranks as the finest of all peaches in taste, appearance and nutritional value. It has four times the nutrition of an ordinary peach.
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The flat peach is a peach food in ancient Chinese myths and legends. It is said that the third day of the third month was the birthday of the Queen Mother of the West, and on that day the Queen Mother of the West held a great banquet, with flat peaches as the main food, feasting all the immortals, who came to congratulate her on her birthday. Hence it was called the Peach Banquet.
The time for the flat peach to bloom and bear fruit is certainly calculated according to time on earth, and that is not wrong. If calculated according to heavenly time, the shortest ripening period of 1200 years in heaven would be 1200×365=438000 years on earth! And the longest ripening period of 9000 years converted to human time would be 9000×365=3285000 years! Just look, at least more than four hundred thousand years, and at most more than three million years before there is fruit!
In addition, in folk legends the Queen Mother of the West holds the grand flat peach banquet on the third day of the third month every year, and this year must be heavenly time. In this way, in heaven a batch of small peaches ripens every three and a half years, a batch of medium peaches every 17 years, and a batch of large peaches every 25 years, only barely keeping up with the consumption of the once-a-year grand flat peach banquet.
Differences from the honey peach:
1. Category
Peaches are divided into two categories: one is the soft peach, and the other is the hard peach. The soft peach is the honey peach, whose taste is soft and crisp, with much water and a sweet flavor. The hard peach is the flat peach and the crisp peach, whose taste is crisp and tender, with little water, and it is not easily damaged.
2. Appearance
The flat peach has a flat and round shape, with a small hollow formed by a depression at the top; its skin is dark yellow, with a patch of red blush at the top. The ripe honey peach is slightly spherical, with a layer of short fine fuzz covering its surface, white tinged with green, and red showing through the white.
3. Differences in effects
The flat peach has the fine names of "immortal fruit" and "longevity peach". The flat peach is one of the more precious fruits, sweet in taste with much juice, rich in fragrance, and melting in the mouth. It is not only enthusiastically sought after by Chinese people, but also exceptionally favored by foreign friends. It has the effect of tonifying qi and blood and nourishing yin and promoting fluid production, and can be used by those who after a serious illness have qi and blood deficiency, sallow and emaciated faces, and palpitations and shortness of breath.
The honey peach is rich in iron and can increase the amount of hemoglobin in the human body. Its protein content is twice as high as that of apples and grapes, and seven times more than that of pears, and its iron content is three times more than that of apples and five times more than that of pears. The honey peach can resist anemia and promote blood production.