Du Shan Strawberries

Du Shan Strawberries

　　Du Shan Strawberries are a specialty of Dushan Town, Echeng District, Ezhou City, Hubei Province.

　　Dushan Town in Echeng District, Ezhou City, Hubei Province, is the origin of Du Shan Strawberries. The excellent quality of Du Shan Strawberries benefits from the flat and expansive planting environment along both sides of the Changgang River in Echeng District, Ezhou City. The production area is within the range of Dushan Town along the 90-li stretch of the Changgang River. Du Shan Strawberries are highly nutritious, rich in vitamin C, and aid digestion. At the same time, strawberries can help strengthen gums, freshen breath, and soothe the throat. In spring, when people often experience excessive internal heat, eating strawberries can help suppress it. They also provide certain nourishing and regulatory benefits for the gastrointestinal tract and anemia. Strawberries contain aspartic acid, which can naturally and gently remove heavy metal ions from the body. Du Shan Strawberries are brightly colored, with soft, juicy fruit, a strong aroma, and a well-balanced sweet and sour taste. They are rich in nutrients, and the carotene they contain helps improve vision and nourish the liver. Strawberries, also known as red berries, foreign berries, or ground berries, are a type of red flowering fruit. Du Shan Strawberries are heart-shaped, beautifully red and tender, with juicy flesh and a distinctive rich fruity fragrance. Du Shan Strawberries are perennial herbs, growing 10–40 cm tall. The stems are shorter than or nearly equal to the leaves, densely covered with spreading yellow soft hairs. The leaves are trifoliate, with petioles 2–10 cm long, densely covered with spreading yellow soft hairs. The flowers are bisexual, with a diameter of 1.5–2 cm; the sepals are ovate, slightly longer than the accessory sepals, which are elliptic-lanceolate, entire, rarely deeply 2-lobed, and enlarge in fruit; the petals are white, nearly round or obovate-elliptic, with inconspicuous claws at the base. The aggregate fruit is large, with a diameter of up to 3 cm, bright red, and the persistent sepals are erect and closely appressed to the fruit. The flowering period is April to May, and the fruiting period is June to July.