According to a leader of the Plant Protection Department (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), because it is a neighboring country with China, we usually import whatever type of fruit our country has. Notably, there are fruits that are imported all year round, in quite large quantities such as: grapes, oranges, pears, apples,…
Particularly with Chinese apples, Vietnam not only imports There are several types of apples, especially at this time there are up to 5 types of Chinese apples being sold in the market.
Rose-red bleached apples
Type Chinese apples are no longer strange to people most popular is the bleached apple – the name that traders at the wholesale market often use. But in the local markets, sellers call this sugar apple.
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Sugar apples are imported available all year round
The characteristics of this type of apple are its beautiful shiny skin, reddish pink color, large fruits, all sweet and very fragrant. Apples are imported all year round and are always available at fruit stalls. However, now is the main season, so more bleached apples arrive.
At the wholesale market, a 12kg box of bleached apples fluctuates around 100,000 VND (about over 8,000 VND/kg) for each type of apple. VIP bleach costs 160,000 VND/12kg box (about 13,000 VND/kg). When arriving at the local market, bleached apples cost 40,000 VND/kg for beautiful, large fruits; Smaller apples cost 30,000 VND/kg.
Stone apples
Another type of Chinese apple that must be mentioned is the stone apple. More than a decade ago, ice apples existed with the name “Ha Giang ice apples” to deceive consumers. Because Chinese stone apples are ugly, big ones, small ones, wormy ones, crooked ones… when harvested, apples are often unevenly colored, half are red, the other half are still green… very similar to apples harvested in Vietnam. mountainous areas of Vietnam.
Chinese ice apples are labeled “Ha Giang ice apples”
But ice apples are loved by consumers because beyond the label This “clean fruit” is still crunchy and sweet, but the price is super cheap: at the beginning of the season, it was only 35,000 VND/kg, and now in the middle of the season, it’s only 25,000 VND/kg.
This time last year, the authorities The expert has “exposed” that the stone apple is not a Ha Giang apple but a Chinese apple.
Jujube
It has a completely different form from The outside of jujubes is quite similar to the small green-skinned sour apples the size of a big toe in Vietnam. The only difference between them is that the skin has alternating colors that look dark and dull, similar to rotten apples.
Jujubes are ad is used as a good medicine, has a crunchy, slightly sweet taste and has recently appeared in Vietnamese markets in the past two years.
Jujubes are said to be a great tonic with good health effects
Jujubes are also in season, so they are sold in abundance from local markets. to the “online market” the price ranges from 70,000-90,000 VND/kg depending on the type.
Some people know this is jujube but still buy it to try out of curiosity, others think this is jujube. You should buy wild fruits to soak in wine to make jam because you think they are good for your health.
Mini pink apples
Another type of Chinese apple is pouring The set at the markets is mini pink apples. The outstanding feature of this type of apple is that it has a slightly pink color and is only as small as a plum. If you look at it, it looks quite similar to New Zealand rocket apples.
When you eat mini pink apples, you will see that the taste is quite similar to bleached apples, which also has a crunchy, sweet and fragrant taste. One pound of apples yields about 20-22 fruits. The selling price at the market is fluctuating from 35,000-40,000 VND/kg.
Mini pink apples are now flooding the markets in large quantities
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At wholesale markets, the price of mini pink apples is only 15,000-20,000 VND/kg depending on the type. Notably, wholesale owners said that mini pink apples are in the main season, so goods have flooded the market in any quantity.
This is also the second year this type of apple has been on the market. The Vietnamese market has made many housewives curious to buy them to try.
Cherry apples
This is a brand new Chinese apple that has just been released. currently on the market. They are called cherry apples by wholesale market traders because the fruit is as small as a Tam Hoa plum. In particular, their skin is red-yellow in color, quite similar to the American yellow cherry.
Cherry apples are the size of plums and have a sweet and sour taste
According to the seller’s advertisement, this type of apple is a plum hybrid and has a slightly sour taste, not sweet like other Chinese iced apples or mini pink apples, but the appearance is different. very shiny. The wholesale price of cherry apples is 35,000 VND/kg.
Currently, at retail fruit stalls or online, cherry apples are quite a hot item because consumers are very curious to buy them to try. Their selling price therefore ranges from 55,000-70,000 VND/kg.
According to Nhu Bang
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