Red Girl Potato

Red Girl Potato

　　The Red Girl Potato, also known as Lychee Red or Sister Potato, is mainly grown in Songbai Village, with some distribution in Jiangping Town and Malu Town. Nearly 100,000 mu are planted each year. The potato is shaped like a long spindle, with a purplish-red skin and light yellow or white flesh. When cooked, it tastes sweet and refreshing. Its stems and leaves grow vigorously, tolerate fertilizer and cold well, and are resistant to potato blight, black spot disease, and soft rot. It is suitable for winter planting in sandy soil and paddy fields, yielding generally 1,000–1,500 kg per mu, with high yields reaching up to 2,000 kg. It has a high starch content, with a drying rate of 38% and starch content of 29%, making it ideal for processing into starch. Developing the production of Red Girl Potatoes plays an important role in promoting the growth of starch processing industries in towns and villages. In addition, other well-known local specialties in Dongxing include sandworms, cuttlefish, grouper, sea snakes, rubber, rosin, rattan weaving, lychee, longan, emperor fruit, and jackfruit. (Dongxing)