Yilong Marshal Pomelo [Sichuan Yilong Specialty]

What is Yilong Marshal Pomelo? Authentic Sichuan Yilong specialty: Yilong Marshal Pomelo

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Introduction to Yilong Marshal Pomelo

Yilong Marshal Pomelo has a fragrant, sweet and sour taste, cool and moist texture, rich nutrition, and high medicinal value. It is one of the precious fruits that people enjoy eating

Regional Scope

The geographical indication protection scope of Yilong Marshal Pomelo Agricultural Products includes 9 townships and 149 administrative villages in Yilong County, Nanchong City, including Huichun Town, Zhongba Township, Tumen Town, Jincheng Town, Rixing Town, Dafeng Township, Dingziqiao Town, Zhouhe Town, Ma'an Town, adjacent to Nanbu County, Langzhong City, and Bazhong City. The geographical coordinates are 106 ° 21 ′ -106 ° 50 ′ E longitude and 31 ° 23 ′ -31 ° 33 ′ N latitude, with a protected area of 4000 hectares and an annual output of 30000 tons

Product Quality Characteristics

(1) External Sensory Features: The Yilong Marshal Pomelo fruit is large in size, inverted oval in shape, with a broad and flat top, and a conical and asymmetrical stem. The skin is golden yellow in color, with dense and raised oil cells, of medium thickness. The skin is thin, the sponge layer is white, the number of sacs is 12-15, the central column is semi full, the juice cells are long, honey yellow, and tight. The meat is crispy and tender, with a medium amount of juice and a sweet and sour taste. It has a strong flavor and many seeds, making it of good quality

(2) Internal quality indicators: Yilong Marshal pomelo has a high edible rate (≥ 60%) and soluble solids ≥ 10%

(3) Safety requirements: comply with the provisions of "Safety Requirements for Agricultural Products, Quality and Pollution free Fruits" (GB-18406)

Yilong County has a long history of planting pomelos, which has lasted for more than a hundred years. There are still dozens of pomelo trees with a trunk thickness of over 40cm in Tieshan Commune of Ma'an District and Heyang Brigade of Dayi Commune of Guanzi District in Yilong County. According to local villagers, Mr. Zhu sent a special person to send back a batch of pomelo seedlings in 1909 when he was at the military academy in Yunnan, and told his family to plant them in his hometown of Ma An. A few years later, the pomelo trees blossomed and fruited, and the fruits were sweet and delicious