Jixi not only has Hu Shi, Hu Xueyan and Longchuan, but also has this unique delicacy of Tianmu Mountains that people will never forget.

People who have not been to Jixi County, Anhui Province probably do not know it. What is this?

This is the male flower of Jixi specialty-Carya cathayensis, which is a specialty of Tianmu Mountains.

Most of the counties and cities around Tianmu Mountain, from Lin'an in Zhejiang Province to Jixi, Shexian County and Ningguo in Anhui Province, take pecans as the main source of income in rural areas.

The nutritional value of Carya cathayensis has been reported in various networks and newspapers.

This is the female flower of Carya cathayensis, which blooms more than ten days later than the male flower. When the female flower is in full bloom, the pollen of the male flower is in full bloom, and the nature of nature is so exquisite.

Carya cathayensis was originally a wild tree, so pecans were mostly wild to fend for themselves a long time ago, but they were later found to have health-preserving value, so they were introduced down the mountain for large-scale artificial cultivation.

Hickory trees are afraid of waterlogging in the sun, so they cannot be planted in places where the soil is flooded, because they originally grow on hillsides, so slopes are better for artificial planting. The soil requires sandy loam, which is resistant to fertilizer and drought.

Carya cathayensis sap itself has a certain degree of insect resistance, so there are not many insect pests in hickory. With the increase of artificial afforestation in recent years, there are more diseases of Carya cathayensis, mainly root rot and scar tumor. at present, the effect of dealing with these two diseases is not very good.

Pecans are picked every year on Sept. 8 (White Dew). At this time, pecans have the best maturity, and they will sprout on the trees later and affect their consumption. Therefore, when netizens buy pecans, they must pay attention to the fact that those who sell pecans before September 15 under the banner of the latest pecans of a certain year are absolutely fake. They are all stocks that have not been sold out the year before.

After going down the mountain, pecans have to go through several processes of de-cattail, sun-drying and stir-frying, depending on the weather, at least for more than a week. So those who tell you every August about the freshest pecans of the year are mindless liars.

Pecans are a model of ecological food in Jixi. Every friend who travels to Jixi likes to bring some pecans home to give gifts to relatives and friends. There is such a delicacy waiting for you in Jixi. Why don't you come quickly?