When summer comes, various seasonal fruits in Guangzhou's Conghua district are ready to pick and eat. Here are some fruit picking spots in the area. Let's follow SilkRoadPost and choose your favorite one!

1.Early plum

Early plums are small to medium in size, and resemble emeralds in the sun. The thin-skinned fruit is sour, sweet and crisp, with dense and juicy flesh.

Picking time: mid-May

Location: Guifeng village, Lvtian town, Conghua district (從化區(qū)呂田鎮(zhèn)桂峰村)

2. Blueberry

Strings of plump blueberries hanging under green leaves will no doubt make fruit lovers mouth-watering.

Carrying a small basket and walking into the orchard, visitors can enjoy the tart and sweet fruit right away.

Picking time: May

Locations:

(1) Langu Blueberry Orchard, Yinlin village, Taiping town, Conghua district (從化區(qū)太平鎮(zhèn)銀林村藍(lán)谷藍(lán)莓園)

(2) Xianju Orchard, Wenquan town, Conghua district (從化區(qū)溫泉鎮(zhèn)仙居果莊)

3. Grumichama

Grumichama, or Brazilian cherries, with its green, red, and purple hues, can be spotted in the Shangluo village on Jiangpu street.

These fruits are rich in vitamins and trace elements, and have significant anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects.

When they're ripe, their skin turns deep purple, and they become juicy and soft.

Picking time: May-June

Location: Shangluo village, Jiangpu street, Conghua district (從化區(qū)江埔街上羅村)

4. Jaboticaba

Jaboticaba, is a Brazilian fruit tree that produces grape-like fruits with high nutritional and antioxidant value. It is juicy and sweet. And it is amazing that you can taste four kinds of fruits from it, including mangosteen, guava, sugar apple, and pineapple.

Picking time: early May

Locations:

(1) Xiangmi Xiaozhen, Lvtian town, Conghua district (從化區(qū)呂田鎮(zhèn)香蜜小鎮(zhèn))

(2) Jixiang Orchard, Xihe village, Chengjiao street, Conghua district (從化區(qū)城郊街西和村吉祥果場(chǎng))

(3) Huangxi village, Taiping town, Conghua district (從化區(qū)太平鎮(zhèn)黃溪村)

5. Sanhua plum

Sanhua plum, a fruit native to Guangdong province, is planted widely in Conghua's Lvtian town.

Thanks to enough sunlight, abundant rainfall, and big day-night temperature difference in the region, Sanhua plums planted here are especially crisp and tasty.

Picking time: mid-May to mid-June

Locations: Lianfeng, Guifeng, Sancun, Lianma and Xinlian villages, Lvtian town, Conghua district (從化呂田鎮(zhèn)聯(lián)豐村、桂峰村、三村村、蓮麻村、新聯(lián)村)

Source & photos: Guangzhou Daily

Author: Joyce