"it is the moon, and the heaven only tastes it, and shames it upon the temple." - the monument
In the ancient chinese era, there was a fruit, the shape of which was like a bead, and the pickle, which was named "peach" and "peachy" because the yellowbird liked to "eat" the fruit. That's what we're talking about now, cherry。
In the monument of the moon, it is written that the zhou zhijib has taken fresh “peaches” from his hands and used them to sacrifice his ancestors. It is clear from this that more than 3,000 years ago, our ancients had a history of planting cherries, and that more than 3,000 years ago cherries became the precious fruit of that time. Later on, all the emperors of the dynasty used cherry as a cone. It can be said that cherries have the status of “cars” in the ancient history of chinese fruit。
Unfortunately, today, more than 3,000 years later, china’s ancient cherries are not just “cars” but even ordinary mass fruits. You may see fruits like peaches, prunes, almonds, pomegranates, monkeys, etc., that have been bred for thousands of years, but in everyday life it is hard for you to see "cherries"。
Or you can see cherries, most of which are not ancient chinese cherries, not innovations in varieties or natural evolution, but the cherries you see on the market and the cherries you picked in zhou were not the same kind of cherries
It's cherry. What's the difference
Europe's grand cherry garden
Zhou xing's cherry tree, which was born in china, was once cherries, and it was also cherries, cherry beads, etc., and the fruit was more common in red almond yellow and white. One of the two characteristics of cherries is small and two is sour。
Before the american missionaries came to china in 1871, china was supposed to have only one cherry, and the name "cherries" referred to it。
After 1871, american missionaries introduced a very large “cherries” from europe, planted in the mount of smoke. This cherries, many times larger than the head of chinese cherries, are called "big cherry"。
Today's market is dominated by smoked cherries, mountain cherries, which were brought by american missionaries from europe。
And the cherries that the ancient zhou gods used to sacrifice their ancestors were known in academic terms as “chinese cherries”, which did not mean chinese cherries called chinese cherries, but rather the name of a cherry species. Similarly, in 1871, the cherries introduced by american missionaries from europe, known academically as “european sweet cherries”, were distinguished from chinese cherries, european sour cherries and cherries。
As far as the "car" is concerned, it's just an english translation of the cherries, the exact translation of which means european sweet cherry. The cherries that are being commercialized in most parts of the country are european sweet cherries. If you like, you can also call it "the car."。
Since its introduction into the country in 1871, large-scale cherry cultivation has been widespread in the eastern mountains. Later, old orchards, such as those of naon and tai chi, were introduced and are now visible. As of today, in most of our cherries, european sweet cherries are grown, and 20 years ago some chinese cherries were seen in the countryside or on the hindmost mountains, but today they are hard to see. Especially in today's cities, it's hard to find chinese cherry。
It's cherries, europe's sweet cherries have become charades that make people “freedom, freedom”, while china's cherries have become cherries of wild fruit, on the way to commercialization
Fruit: the narrow road meets the big one
European sweet cherry
The first disadvantage of chinese cherry compared to european sweet cherry is “too small”. There are many chinese cherries, like the sweet cherries of europe, which are big purples, naon, miyuki, rabins, red lights, etc., but before much artificial selection, china cherries are too small for european sweet cherries。
Without exaggerating, europe's sweet cherries are many times more than chinese cherries, so many people call them cherries. This is where the ancients say, "the little mouth of cherry" from. If it's a european sweet cherry, it's not cherries. It's cherries. It's cherries。
From the time the ancients used cherry to describe the small mouth, it was possible to imagine the smallness of chinese cherry。
Sakura
Because it's too small and has cherries, it's not as good as a big cherries. On this point, in the form of fruit, chinese cherries are lost to european sweet cherries。
Favorite: "sweet" from ancient times
China has suffered too much in recent history, so for a long time, “sweet” has been a “good”, a “good”, and a “high quality”。
Unfortunately, chinese cherries smell like sour spots and, to be precise, sour acid sweets. The acid is more than sweet, and the acid carries some sweet。
Even many of the chinese cherries that have been selected today are less sweet than european cherries. Chinese cherry breeds have acid in their genes, the flavor is mainly sour sweet, and china has been used to sweeting for a long time。
This has led to a growing lack of interest in chinese cherries in the last two or three decades。
Fruit colour: colored black
Chinese cherries don't lose on fruit。
Chile has a big cherry selection standard that is custom-made for chinese. In fruit alone, they think that chinese consumers' favorite car mix is the one called "black and purple" and "black and bright"。
I don't know which one of these fairies is on the rise. Black is not the only theme color, whether it's big cherry or chinese cherry。
Dark to red, purple red, black red, pearl black, etc。
The warm color is almond yellow, light yellow, light yellow, red faint, etc。
The cold is white and pearl white。
In fruit colours, chinese cherries and european sweet cherries are not the only and fixed colours, with different colours, the same species, different degrees of maturity and different colours。
I don't know
In addition to acids and smallness, the underlying cause of china's cherries is the softness of chinese cherries, which are difficult to store and transport. Of course, europe's sweet cherry transport costs are not so low or so easy。
Actually, it's not easy for cherries to transport to pick gardens. Lack of ease of transport is not the greatest reason why varieties are not accepted by the market。
Most consumers do not like the smell of chinese cherry is the biggest dilemma on the road to commercializing chinese cherry。
The selection of chinese cherries that are more suited to the taste of contemporary consumers through breeding can be said to be the only way forward for chinese cherries。
Of course, china’s cherries are now emerging in the market, thanks to years of good varieties and the current rise in consumer demand for personalization. The commercialization of chinese cherries is not just a talk, but there are zhejiang and chongqing areas where chinese cherries are grown exclusively, and markets tend to expand upwards。
As consumption diversifys and the means of preserving fruits grow, there may be a return of china's small cherry species in the future。
