When will the citrus ripen?

Citrus is rich in vitamin C and its taste is sour and sweet. It has been cultivated in China for four thousand years. So, when will the citrus ripen?

When will the citrus ripen?

Oranges usually begin to ripen after October. Because of different varieties, the maturity time will be different. Early maturing varieties are in early October, common varieties are from November to January of the following year, and late maturing varieties are generally from November to March of the following year.

Second, the selection skills of citrus.

1. Look at the varieties: the common varieties of oranges are sugar orange, Nanfeng orange, ice sugar orange, Huangyan orange and orange orange, among which sugar orange is the sweetest.

2, in terms of size: it is better to choose one, because a large one is thick, the meat is not full, and a small one is not well developed and tastes bad.

3. Color discrimination: orange-red or orange-yellow should be chosen, and the skin should be smooth. Overripe yellowish yellow, green green and oranges with holes in the skin all fail.

4. Specific elasticity: press gently with two fingers, and the one with good elasticity is better. Thin skin, through the orange peel can smell bursts of fragrance, gently pinch the skin with your hands will produce some oil is also a good orange.

5. Look at the bottom fossa: from the side, the bottom with a long handle is better sunken, while the bottom is flat or convex.

6, pinch the bottom: the bottom feels soft and sweet, the hard skin is thicker, and the taste is mostly sour.

Although the citrus is delicious, but it is not suitable to eat too much, eat too much will suffer from carotenemia, the skin is dark yellow, like jaundice in general. If the palms turn yellow due to eating too much, as long as you stop eating for a period of time, you can gradually return to normal skin color.