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It's about to be the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the child wants to eat grapefruit, so he came back with a pomelo when he went to the supermarket after dinner in the evening.
A grapefruit cost more than 20 yuan, and I thought that if it was delicious, it would be okay, after all, the market of grapefruit before the Mid-Autumn Festival will definitely be a little more expensive.
The child happily took the grapefruit back, and when he returned home to cut it with a knife, the child couldn't wait to taste it, but after tasting a mouthful, he spit it out, muttering in his mouth: "It's too bitter, it's so bitter, it's not delicious!"
Shouldn't yuzu be sweet? How can it be bitter? I hurriedly picked up a piece and ate it, sure enough, it was bitter and astringent, no wonder these grapefruits were put on the shelf and no one cared about them, and my friend who opened a fruit shop also revealed that this year's pomelo was not as good as in previous years.
I bought a grapefruit to eat, and I finally understood: why is it cold when pomelo is on the market this year? In fact, there are 5 reasons behind this, which are very simple.
1. Excessive early picking
This year's Mid-Autumn Festival is almost half a month earlier than last year, and the time for pomelo to go on the market is also more than half a month earlier than last year.
Some fruit growers and fruit merchants, in order to seize the market, picked pomelos too much in advance.
These grapefruit picked in advance are not fully ripe, and the taste and quality are not as good as the naturally ripe pomelo.
And the grapefruit I bought was picked at least a month in advance, and when I opened it and ate it, it was actually bitter and astringent, which was difficult to swallow.
Second, the price is expensive
The price of pomelo this year is a little more expensive than in previous years, which is also one of the reasons why the listing of pomelo is cold.
With the improvement of people's living standards, everyone has higher and higher requirements for the quality and taste of fruits.
However, this year's grapefruit is more expensive than in previous years, and a pomelo costs more than 20 yuan, which is still a bit too expensive for many people.
In contrast, some more affordable fruits, such as grapes, apples, bananas, oranges, etc., are more popular with consumers.
Third, supply exceeds demand
In recent years, the cultivation area of pomelo has been expanding, resulting in an oversupply of pomelos in the market.
Everyone is generally not interested in grapefruit, a festive fruit, and many people will symbolically eat a little on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and usually eat less.
And those who love to eat grapefruit have long understood the market rules of pomelo and are reluctant to buy it before the Mid-Autumn Festival, because as long as the Mid-Autumn Festival is over, the value of pomelo will be broken.
Instead of paying a high price in advance, it is better to buy after the Mid-Autumn Festival, not only can you buy more pomelo, but the pomelo after the Mid-Autumn Festival is more ripe and sweeter to eat.
Fourth, the quality is mixed
The quality of pomelo is mixed, which is one of the reasons why pomelo is cold on the market.
Due to the different ways in which pomelos are grown and managed, the quality of pomelos also varies.
Some grapefruit have a sweet and sour taste and are of good quality; And some grapefruit have a bitter taste and are of poor quality.
This makes consumers feel very confused when buying grapefruit, and they don't know how to choose, and some consumers even feel that buying grapefruit is like opening a blind box, full of uncertainty.
Fifth, planting management is not in place
Some growers overuse chemical fertilizers and pesticides in pursuit of yield, resulting in a decline in the quality of pomelo.
Some growers over-ripen the pomelo in order to get it to market earlier, resulting in the taste and quality of the pomelo being inferior to that of naturally ripe pomelo.
These problems not only affect the quality of grapefruit, but also make consumers doubt the safety of grapefruit.
Grapefruit is one of the most traditional fruits in China, eating pomelo during the Mid-Autumn Festival has the meaning of reunion and happiness, I miss the pomelo at the door of my house when I was a child, never use medicine, and pick it after it is naturally ripe, and the sweet and delicious taste is still full of praise in retrospect.
Today's grapefruit is bigger and ripens earlier, but it can't find the sweet yuzu flavor of the past.
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