At the mention of Jingzhou, people's impression is that Jingzhou is rich in waxberry and is known as the "Hometown of Chinese Waxberry." Its fruit is moderately sweet and sour, with large fruit and a small pit, excellent quality and rich nutrition. There are still many things about Jingzhou waxberry that you don't know.

Historical waxberry

The cultivation history of Jingzhou waxberry has reached more than 2000 years, and the history of artificial grafting cultivation has been more than 200 years.

Tribute waxberry

The poem in "Jingzhou Local Chronicles" says: "Mudong waxberry is especially famous, Shenyuan pears and chestnuts also compete, with a hundred coins you can buy them at a stall, I only regret not being able to move the roots to plant in the capital." In the Qing Dynasty, Mudong waxberry was a tribute for pilgrimage.

Ecological waxberry

Jingzhou has green mountains and clear waters, fresh air, few pollution sources and a good ecological environment. For hundreds of years, Jingzhou waxberry has always followed a planting method without applying pesticides or chemical fertilizers. Since ancient times, people have eaten Jingzhou waxberry without washing it or spitting out the pit.

Scientific and technological waxberry

The technology of "Selection, Breeding and Promotion of Jingzhou Mudong Waxberry Varieties" won the second prize of the Hunan Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award and the first prize of the Huaihua Municipal Science and Technology Progress Award. In 2006, Jingzhou waxberry achieved space breeding, and the fruit matured in 2012. "Space waxberry" has unchanged color, better taste, stronger disease resistance and better adaptability, and the maturity period was extended from the original 15 days to 25 days.

Medicinal waxberry

Waxberry also helped Academician Yuan Longping, who was researching hybrid rice in Jingzhou, cure his stomach ailment. Academician Yuan Longping once wittily said: "Jingzhou waxberry helped me carry out hybrid scientific research."

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Cultural waxberry

Songs such as "Waxberry Girl" and "Jingzhou Beautiful, Jingzhou Enchanting" and other widely popular songs have been created, and works such as the musical micro-film "Love of Waxberry" have been filmed, which are quite favored by the public. Every year in June, the Jingzhou Waxberry Festival is held, a perfect combination of agriculture and the cultural industry, tasting Jingzhou waxberry and enjoying Miao and Dong customs, promoting expanded waxberry sales, increasing the income of waxberry farmers, boosting targeted poverty alleviation and enhancing the Jingzhou brand.