A mention of lemon, it is estimated that everyone's first impression is a "acid" word. Because of the special taste of citric acid, can only be used for modulation dishes, drinks, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, and there is a plant in the town of Chongqing District of Tongnan Jinshan village pond lemon, fruit can be directly eaten as fruit.
According to local growers introduced: this lemon has a beautiful name - "sweet lemon, oblong fruit, the flesh is crisp, juicy, mild sweet and refreshing, peel essential oil aroma, unique flavor, good quality.
This species was imported from Italy by the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences. It was screened, bred and adapted to the local climate and soil in Tongnan. After transplanting, the survival rate was above 90%. Base two years ago planted 100 acres of fruit this year, began trial production, growth and Fruiting of trees is good, is expected to produce more than 10 thousand kg of lemon, in the full fruit period after harvesting fruit 1700 kg per mu.
This is the first demonstration base currently lemon fruit success base in Sichuan Chongqing region.