What kind of fruit is widely grown in your area?
By Oldsix691418
@Oldsix691418 (3872)
China
November 19, 2012 7:27am CST
In the city of Liuzhou,China,a kind of orange has been widely grown in the nearly 20 years,and here in my county we call it Liucheng honey orange.
This kind of orange originally grows in Nanfeng county of Jiangxi province,and they call it Nanfeng honey orange and its leaf is a little round.More than 20 years ago a new kind of honey orange was produced in my county and it has been planted here and there in the fields and on the hills for its high yield!Its leaf-tip is sharp and it tastes better than that from Jiangxi province.Tell me which fruit is mostly grown there in your area,please.Thanks well in advance.
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@Oldsix691418 (3872)
• China
22 Nov 12
I searched the "kinnu" photos and could see they are really like our honey oranges,but I'm sure they are not the same.Maybe I've eaten it,yet I don't know which is your "Kinnu" since its name is not the same here,hehe.
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@Oldsix691418 (3872)
• China
23 Nov 12
I live in liuzhou of Guangxi province,if you were here,I can show you around some markets,then you can tell me which oranges are "Kinnu" among all those oranges on sale!
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@neil_tokitz (345)
• Philippines
19 Nov 12
Wow, so it's like orange here and there for free. :D I wish orange tree like that can grow abundantly in my place too. In my place there are lots of mango tree but not that commercially grow mango tree. There are lots of that here and if you're brave enough to climb that tree, then you can get as many mango as you can. :3
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@Oldsix691418 (3872)
• China
21 Nov 12
Here we grow honey orange trees absolutely commercially,and that has made it true that there are too many oranges to export,and then they becomes cheap!So if you are brave enough to arrive here,you can carry away as many oranges as possible!
@Oldsix691418 (3872)
• China
23 Nov 12
Well,you should know that oranges bear on the trees,and you cannot a real fruit can be digged out from the soil!Oh,if you can fly over here,I can allow you to eat up all the honey oranges in my grove!
@neil_tokitz (345)
• Philippines
22 Nov 12
What's honey orange tree by the way?? Is that those orange being sold at market?? Sure! If ever I visit that place, I'm gonna find you and you'll climb the tree, you'll need to treat me some oranges! haha :D
@francesca5 (1344)
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19 Nov 12
hello oldsix,
here in the UK the climate is not warm or sunny enough to grow anything as like oranges.
but we grow apples, blackberries, raspberries, strawberries and pears, and that's pretty much the limit of what can grow easily in our climate.
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@Oldsix691418 (3872)
• China
21 Nov 12
Oh,no wonder the girl from Holand who once I met on a trip loved eating those green oranges!
I've seen stawberries,but I haven't eaten any.Here there are lots of wild raspberries along the roads and on the hills,and they mature around the beginning of April.I often looked for them outside when I was a child.
@Oldsix691418 (3872)
• China
21 Nov 12
Well,In different areas we can grow different fruits for different climates,but we cannot list them all.
@francesca5 (1344)
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21 Nov 12
yes. oranges are very easy to buy in the shops, but can't be grown without a greenhouse.
I remembered after I left my last comment we can also grow plums, cherries and gooseberries, but its still quite a short list.
@squallming (1775)
• Malaysia
22 Nov 12
In my country which is in Malaysia, there are several types of fruits which are widely grown around the nation. Some of them are a type of bananas which is known as Perangan bananas. then we have the durian, dragon fruit, pineapples and so on which does not require a cold environment to grow as Malaysia is quite a hot place throughout the year. The kinds of fruits like strawberry, apple and orange are less grown.
@Oldsix691418 (3872)
• China
23 Dec 12
In some places of Guangxi,China,we can still grow some tropical fruits such as banana,pineapple and pawpaw or even strawberry,but apple cannot grow here.
@sourabharoy1992 (730)
• India
19 Nov 12
Hello there,
First time I heard about Liucheng honey orange. I hope it's not totally different from orange. And maybe taste are also similar.
I live in India and here famous fruit is Mango, Black Berry, Banana, Guava etc. And our national fruit is mango and we can found all fruits in our country. But specialy in our area we can found mango, coconut, banana and guava mostly.
Thank you.
@Oldsix691418 (3872)
• China
19 Dec 12
Hi,there!Of course Lioucheng honey orange is not very special,it still belong to oranges and tastes the similar but it's sweeter than the others.
I think most of the fruits that you listed here can grow in some provinces of my country such as Taiwan,Guangdong or Hainan.Have a nice day!
@mariaperalta (19073)
• Mexico
19 Nov 12
Here in mexico city, mexico we are known for our mangos. We grow a few other things here. BUt mangos are the most grown here.
@Oldsix691418 (3872)
• China
20 Nov 12
Is it?Can mangos grow in Mexico?Oh,I'm so ignorant,Mexico is in the tropical area,too!
Yes,most of the mangos on sale here in China are from the South-east Asia Union,and they are very sweet!
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@mariaperalta (19073)
• Mexico
22 Nov 12
We can grow many things here in mexico. We have good weather here, and never to hot. We get lots of rain, and never to hard.
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
19 Nov 12
I live in England and it is a country with a temperate climate. We can grow fruit in the summer months including apples, strawberries, raspberries, plums and pears. The most common fruit is apple. We get oranges, grapefruit, lemons and limes from countries in southern Europe like Greece, Italy and Spain. The tropical fruits we have to import from overseas. Bananas are the most common of these.
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@Oldsix691418 (3872)
• China
15 Dec 12
China has the similar climate,so what you listed above mostly can grow in many areas of my country.But apple grows in the north of China,here in Guangxi province all the apples that we can buy in the market are from the north.And our honey oranges are carried there in the past one or two months.
@Oldsix691418 (3872)
• China
16 Dec 12
I often eat apples,but I never touched berries and ground cherries,I think.
@Oldsix691418 (3872)
• China
16 Dec 12
I ate olives when I was young,and now I've already forgetten its taste.Oh,I just finished my honey oranges a week ago,but the price was too low!
@wongchoiyee (7413)
• Malaysia
19 Nov 12
Here we have durian, mangosteen, papaya, and tropical fruits. I like durian, its smell and taste good.
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@Oldsix691418 (3872)
• China
15 Dec 12
Oh,I ate some durians when the Vietnamese lady came here more than one year age,they are delicious,but there are too many seeds inside!Here in my area we can grow papayas,too,but we have to put a bunch of straw on the top to stop frost.
@tecchigurl (672)
• Philippines
19 Nov 12
Hello there Old Six! I don't really know much about kinds of oranges. I just eat and eat. Haha! Anyway, in our country which is the Philippines, there are several fruits widely grown. There's guava, papaya, mango, and many more! I love our mangos here. It's my favorite. Happy mylotting!
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@Oldsix691418 (3872)
• China
16 Dec 12
I know that in China many tropical fruits come from the Philippines,and I often buy bananas and mangos imported from your country,they are so big and sweet.
@alberello (4752)
• Italy
19 Nov 12
Well, we in Italy, as far as I know, we do not have a particular type of fruit that sets us apart from other states.
Fruit, we are able to cultivate practically everyone, especially those of European origin, to exotic fruits.
I would, however, make a statement instead of a vegetable particular: Pesto
The pesto is in fact typical of the area in which I reside. I'm from Genoa and throughout Italy that produces pesto, refers to the recipe of the classic "pesto alla genovese".
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@Oldsix691418 (3872)
• China
22 Nov 12
Oh,I've learned it that pesto is the typical vegetable in Genoa,Italy but I've never heard of it before and I'll never see it by myself,I think.
@heaytheblogger (2876)
• Philippines
19 Nov 12
We have a vast production of Pineapples here in my vicinity, in Mindanao where it is the second largest and easternmost island in the Philippines.
Pineapples scientifically known as Ananas comosus, is a tropical plant with edible multiple fruit consisting of coalesced berries, named for resemblance to the pine cone, it's taste is sweet and has been proven as an organic anti-oxidant and refreshment.
Nowadays, the pineapple is widely known as one of the most popular tropical fruits in the Philippines and has been known for its large fruit production here in the Philippines (Mindanao), the second largest island in the Philippines. About one quarter of the total Philippine population lives on this island of which one third works in agriculture.
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@Oldsix691418 (3872)
• China
19 Dec 12
Pineapple's smell can be easily smelt when there are pineapples on sale in the market,I like it but I don't buy them often since they say pineapple's serum is bad to our teeth.
I know most of the bananas here in the market are from the Philippines,and maybe the pineapples are also from your country.I hope all your tropical fruits can do good to both your country and mine.
@Oldsix691418 (3872)
• China
17 Dec 12
Sometimes I can buy pineapples imported from tropical areas,and we can grow pawpaws here in some places of my area,but I don't eat them often.
@Oldsix691418 (3872)
• China
21 Nov 12
Guangxi province is next to Vietnam,so we can see vietnamese businessmen come here every year for our honey oranges.Maybe the mandarin oranges that you listed is from Guangdong or Jiangxi province,and I'm sure they are not those that I introduce here.
@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
20 Nov 12
Hiya six.,
They seem like what the English call Satsunas. We call here them Mandarinas or Mandarines.
Are they similar to what I have known as bitter oranges before you could buy them but only in tins very sweet tangy taste?
The Mandarines from here are sweet and not so acidy now as what they usually are.
Here in Spain its mostly oranges the spanish ones and grapes are in quite a lot.
Again they do export practically most of the fruit to other Countries and they leave us with transgenic things like tomatoes that have no taste sometimes one really has to be smart to distinguish one tomato or different fruit from another.
I never buy polished apples for example I buy the ugly looking ones with brownish vein marks on those small ones they have more taste and are much more likely to be local as well.
xxx
@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
23 Dec 12
Hiya six,
I knew that I had spelled that wrong they are satsumas but they are the same ones some pronounce it wrong and say satsunnas so that is where I got the wrong spelling from.
At the moment the satsumas have the clementinas to do competition with them as well but I eat either and if they are a bit over ripe I just get all the juice out of them and leave all the outside skin and pith as you can get to choke on them.
If the satsumas are really good you can chew and swallow them with no problem at all.
Tangerines is that fruit that I was thinking about that only came in tins before bitter sweet tangy taste yum.
Yes the uglier looking fruit the better like the potatoes that are growing roots on them and are not washed either.
Tomatoes here are really awful the skin is so tough that I am having to peel the tomatoes right now to benefit anything from them.
They ripen them way too quick but what can you do?
xxx By the way nice to see we are still all around lol.xxx
@Oldsix691418 (3872)
• China
23 Dec 12
Thanks a lot for your deep explation,but I never make fruit juice by myself,and we usually buy one or two bottles for a festival.Yes,the "end of the world" has passed but we're all alive.
@Oldsix691418 (3872)
• China
22 Dec 12
I am not sure.But our oranges are smaller than the usual satsunas or mandarines,and they are sweeter,too.So here we call it Miju in Chinese,and it means "honey orange".
Hehe,you are really good at eating fruits.Yes,nowadays almost many of the fruits on sale in the market are polished and it's hard to judge if they are good or not.I would buy those ugly looking oranges with brownish vein marks before I had my own ones and they were always more delicious.
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@asliah (11137)
• Philippines
19 Jan 13
hi,
here in my country,in part of north most of the fruits that usually grown are the mango and corn,you can see mango trees and fruits in any part of the provinces here in my country though corn usually have time to plant,usually in the month of December till summer.
@Cherish14 (2693)
• Philippines
19 Nov 12
Mangoes, sugarcane and pineapples are what's mainly grown in my area. I would love to taste that honey orange, I'm.sure it's good :)
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@Oldsix691418 (3872)
• China
21 Nov 12
Sugarcanes have already been replaced by honey oranges in the village where my wife is from,and almost all the households can buy vans!Yes,our honey oranges taste much sweeter than many other common oranges.I hope you can buy them in your country just as we can have the bananas from the Philipines.
@changjiangzhibin89 (16794)
• China
21 Nov 12
I have been to Nanfeng county Of Jiangxi province on business before.It is noted for orange ,which is small with thin skin.I wonder what price your honey orange is this year.I remember it was unmarketable last year.The pear,peach and chestnut abound Where I live .
@changjiangzhibin89 (16794)
• China
25 Nov 12
Never mind! Maybe the situation will take a favourable turn .I wonder whether or not it is the bumper year of orange tree this year.
@Oldsix691418 (3872)
• China
21 Nov 12
Every year there are fruit businessmen from Jiangxi arriving here to order and buy our honey oranges,and they say the flavor of the orange here is better than that in Nanfeng.But this year the price is low,too because of being unmarketable!Now the price is 1.0 yuan a kilogram or so!!!!!!!I'm sure by this year I cannot get back what I have invested the past 5 years!
@Badkid (235)
• Philippines
1 Dec 12
we dont have apples here in Philippines.Philippines is not a place where the snow rains.we have so much fruit here.we dont have orange but we got "Dalandan" that was looks like orange but its sour and the peel is green.and also we got the most sour mangoes.everybody likes eating mangoes here.
@Oldsix691418 (3872)
• China
23 Dec 12
Apple can not grow in my area,either,but we can grow lemon,it's so sour that I never touch!Hey,are there sour mangoes in your country?!But here in the market the mangoes imported from your country are quite sweet!