Yangmei, native to Huangyan, Zhejiang, is famous for its extraordinary cause and effect. Its main characteristics are: the fruit is not round, the weight of a single fruit is 20-25g, the fruit color is purplish red, the meat column is thick, the soluble solid content is 13.5%, the sugar content is 10.5%, the juice yield is 74%, and the acid content is only10.35%, which is far superior to other bayberry. Fruits begin to ripen in early July. Dongkui Myrica rubra has high and stable yield, wind resistance and is not easy to drop fruit when it matures. It is a good kind of fresh food and has developed rapidly in recent years. Dongkui Myrica rubra is native to Huangyan, and its mother tree is a seedling tree, which has been around for more than 100 years. In the 1970s, a professor at Zhejiang Agricultural University named it Dongkui Yangmei, which means "the best in the East". Its fruit is rare in the world. It is the largest Myrica rubra in China and even in the world, and is known as the "King of Myrica rubra"!
Dongkui Myrica rubra in Huangyan is the main industry in Huangyan, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province. It is also the largest variety of Myrica rubra in China and even in the world. It was originally bred from Yangmei Garden in Dongao Village, Jiangkou Town, Huangyan in the late 1950s. It was named Dongkui Yangmei by Wu Gengmin, a famous horticulturist in China and a former professor of horticulture at Zhejiang Agricultural University, which means "the best in the East".
Dongkui Myrica rubra in Huangyan was named Dongkui Myrica rubra by Mr. Wu Gengmin, the former horticulture department of Zhejiang Agricultural University, which means the best in the East and is one of the important Myrica rubra variety resources in China. The existing planting area is about 1300 hectares, and the output in 2005 can reach more than 8,000 tons. The fruit of this variety is very large, and the maturity period is from the end of June to the beginning of July, with an average single fruit weight of 25 grams and a maximum fruit weight of 50 grams. The fruit is spherical, with an average longitudinal and transverse diameter of 3.93 cm× 3.76 cm, edible rate of 94.8% and soluble solid content of 1 1.7%. Not easy to drop fruit when ripe, resistant to storage and transportation; Myrica rubra is a good product for fresh fruit, canned food and processed soju. The fruit is purple-red, thick, juicy and rich in flavor, which is deeply loved by consumers and is a good gift.
Yangmei in Dongkui, Huangyan has a history of 100 years, and has developed rapidly in recent decades. Dongkui Myrica rubra has become one of the main varieties in Huangyan. 1998 Dongkui Myrica rubra won the gold medal of high-quality agricultural products in Zhejiang Province. 1999 Beijing international agricultural Expo was recognized as a brand-name product. Our district attaches great importance to high-quality brands and is applying for a registered trademark for Dongkui Yangmei. A series of standards for Dongkui Myrica rubra were formulated and promulgated. And in 200 1, 1, Huangyan was also named as "the hometown of Myrica rubra in China" by the State Forestry Administration.