Longhai Wendan Pomelo [Fujian Longhai Specialty]

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Basic Introduction to Longhai Wendan Pomelo

Longhai Wendan Pomelo Duwei Wendan Pomelo has a long history of cultivation. According to legend, in 1833 (the 12th year of the Qing Dynasty's Daoguang reign), Wu Dengqing passed the imperial examination in Tanbian Village, Duwei Town, Xianyou County. The following year, when he visited Jinhua Prefecture in Zhejiang Province and tasted local pomelos with his friends, he found the quality to be good. He even asked for pomelo seedlings from local friends and brought them back to several courtyards in his hometown for planting. After several years of careful cultivation, the pomelo trees grew strong branches and leaves, and soon bloomed and bore fruit. By the end of October, when the pomelos matured, the color was green and yellow, and the fruit weighed about 2 pounds. When he picked and tasted them, he felt that the taste was good However, the juice has little residue, the flesh contains many grapefruit seeds, the fruit shape is irregular, and the rough skin affects the quality. Wu Dengqing felt that the quality of the grapefruit she planted and the grapefruit she ate in Jinhua had significantly deteriorated

Wu Juren learned about a young woman named Wu Jiemu in Tanbian Village at a friend's gathering. She was beautiful and graceful, and was also a famous actress in the Putian Xian Opera Troupe. A few years ago, when she was performing outside, she brought back a pomelo seedling and planted it next to her house. It had already bloomed and borne fruit, and its quality was excellent. Not only did it taste good, but the pomelo flesh was seedless and juicy without residue, but the fruit was not big, only about half a catty. After learning about it, Wu Dengqing brought her pomelo to visit Wu Jiemu's house. When they tasted each other's pomelo, they felt that only by integrating the strengths of both sides could they achieve good quality. Therefore, please The fruit craftsman cut off the pomelo ears from the pomelo tree planted by Wu Jiemu and grafted them onto Wu Dengqing's pomelo tree. After careful management, the newly grafted pomelo tree finally bore fruit. When harvested at the end of October, the fruit weighed 1.5-2 catties, resembling a large scale, with a greenish yellow color and high yield. When tasting the inner qualities, it had the advantages of both sides, with a refreshing fragrance, juicy and tender flesh, no seeds or residue, and a fragrant aroma. It is a masterpiece among pomelos. Wu Juren and Wu Mingdan were very happy to regard it as a rare and exotic fruit and named it "Wendan Pomelo", which symbolizes the excellent pomelo jointly cultivated by "Wen" Juren and "Mingdan". The name is also elegant and subtle. Afterwards, they carefully cultivated and continuously bred this excellent variety, and gave it to relatives and friends for planting. A few years later, sporadic cultivation of this grapefruit appeared in several natural villages such as Baoxing, Xincuozi, and Chenku in Duwei Town. At that time, due to the extremely low production of this grapefruit, it was often used as a precious gift for relatives, friends, superiors, VIPs, and even as a tribute to the court by local officials