Mudong (木洞杨梅)

Description

It is a high-quality yangmei variety unique to Jingzhou with a history of more than 2,000 years. It has the characteristics of large and bright fruit, thick and juicy flesh, moderate sweetness and sourness, and strong disease resistance. In the 34th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu (1908), the Jingzhou Local Chronicles described Mudong yangmei as “the fruit is as big as a wine glass, deep red turning black, ripe in May, and tastes very good, mostly sweet but not sour.”