Mengshan Red-fleshed Honey Pomelo

Mengshan Red-fleshed Honey Pomelo

　　Mengshan County has been cultivating honey pomelos for over 20 years. Currently, the county’s total planting area of red-fleshed honey pomelos is nearly 6,000 mu, with an annual output of more than 1,500 tons. Among them, Guangxi Huifeng Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. has established a contiguous 10,000-mu red-fleshed honey pomelo production base in Tunbashan, Xinxu Town, our county. To date, over 5,000 mu have been developed and planted, and in 2012, it obtained organic agricultural product origin certification and product certification. The red-fleshed honey pomelo, when grown in Mengshan, ripens from early to mid-September to early October. The fruit has a golden-yellow rind that is thin and seedless, with pink albedo, red juice sacs, and abundant juice. The flesh is crisp, easy to separate, and has a deliciously sweet and tangy flavor, making it top-quality. The pulp is light purplish-red, with a juice content of 59%. The juice contains 8.5–9% total sugar, 0.5–0.8% total acid, and has an edible rate of 75–80%, along with 11.5–12.5% soluble solids. The pigments responsible for the color of the juice sacs are lycopene and β-carotene, which are 55 times and 46.8 times higher, respectively, than those found in Guanxi honey pomelos. The fruit is highly adaptable, yields abundantly, and has excellent marketability, hence earning the title “Crown of Pomelos.”

　　Source: Guangxi Agricultural Specialties Digest