Leisurely Farmhouse in Another World

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The Gorgon sisters nodded immediately, understanding.

Although they don't use the word grafting here.

But they know this.

There are many gardening masters who have used this method called grafting to cultivate flowers.

Mr. Ogawa was suddenly disappointed.

I originally wanted to show off, but it turned out.

"Then let's not do this. Let's talk about hybridization."

Mr. Ogawa gave Mr. Yuan a round of blowjobs to the Gorgon sisters.

Scyna and Medusa were stunned: "One person can feed a country, or even feed many people in the world?"

"Well, let's not talk about the great old man for now."

"I was originally going to give you some popular science about crossbreeding, but I accidentally said it was grafting."

"Hybrid rice is the entry point."

"Now that you've eaten oranges and grapefruits, let me find you something to do."

Mr. Ogawa directly took out a pen and paper.

Now Xiao Changan has grapefruit, orange, lemon and tangerine.

"First of all, what you need to know is that oranges are a specialty fruit of our ancient eastern country."

"And the orange family is the greatest fruit family!"

"The pedigree of oranges is quite magnificent."

Originating in northern India, southwestern China and Malaysia, these precious golden fruits accompanied travelers along the Silk Road, migrating to the Middle East and eventually to Europe and the Americas.

Over time, citrus has taken root around the world, transforming local cuisines in the process.

Citron is incorporated into Jewish religious rituals.

Lime became a staple flavor in medieval European cuisine.

Orange trees laid the foundation for California’s second gold rush.

The oranges we are familiar with are actually the result of a cross between the mandarin orange and the grapefruit.

The more common sugar tangerines on the market are the result of the cross between tangerines and oranges.

Grapefruit is actually the child of grapefruit and orange.

I once thought that limes were a type of lemon, but now I suddenly understand that limes are the father of lemons.

Relationships are so confusing...

Ancient China is one of the important origins of citrus.

Citrus resources are abundant and there are many excellent varieties.

According to pre-Qin literature and historical data, orange is the earliest cultivated fruit tree in the citrus family.

Citrus is also one of the earliest and most documented fruit trees.

According to "Yu Gong" records, citrus fruits are produced in Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei and other places in my country.

It has been listed as tribute and tax.

"The Classic of Mountains and Seas·Zhongshan Jing" records: "Jingshan... its grasses are many bamboos and many oranges."

If "Yu Gong" and "Shan Hai Jing" are indeed written in the era of Xia Yu, as the legend says.

Then, the history of citrus cultivation in my country can be traced back to more than 4000 years ago.

Not only is the family pedigree huge, but the history is also quite long.

Citrus grafting technology has been recorded in classics as early as the Warring States Period.

Because citrus seedlings can only maintain the varietal advantages of their parents by grafting.

Therefore, citrus propagation generally uses grafting.

Growers usually use Citrus aurantium, which has better cold resistance, disease resistance and high yield among the citrus family, as rootstocks.

Because most citrus seeds will lose their germination ability when exposed to dryness.

Ancient Chinese gardeners also created the cultivation technology of peeling citrus peels or peeling the peels into sections and planting them in moist soil until spring warms to germinate.

The citrus science and technology created by ancient Chinese people has always been in a leading position in the history of citrus production in the world.

For example, the classification of citrus is an important knowledge and technology in the cultivation and utilization of citrus trees.

As early as the Warring States Period, the ancients knew that tangerines, oranges, and tangerines belong to the same type of fruit trees.

The ancient book "Yiyuan" from the Northern and Southern Dynasties classified "tangerines, tangerines, oranges, and pomelos" into categories.

The book "Compendium on Materia Medica" of the Tang Dynasty records five types of citrus including "zhu orange, milk orange, yellow orange, stone orange, and sand orange" and five kinds of tangerines: "zhu orange, milk orange, tan orange, mountain orange, and yellow tangerine." ", and described that "there are pomeloes in Lingnan as big as winter melons."

The world's first citrus monograph - "Ju Lu" uses almost three-fifths of its space to record 27 kinds of citrus including real tangerines, raw tangerines, sea red tangerines, sweet tangerines, oranges, sand tangerines and lychee tangerines.

People love citrus, so they not only select individuals with unique taste in the citrus family for grafting and propagation.

He also took them across the oceans and went abroad for transformation.

Various mutant individuals of the citrus family are preserved.

Some varieties have been promoted and returned to their native places, becoming the favorites on the tongue of Chinese people.

Around the sixth century BC, citrus was gradually introduced westward from Bactria, Tianzhu and Southeast Asia via land and sea routes to the Kingdom of Media and the Persian Empire.

and from there spread to the Mediterranean through Alexandrian Hellenism in the fourth century BC.

Citron was the first citrus fruit to reach the Mediterranean.

In the traditional Jewish festival of Sukkot in Israel, citron is called the holy fruit.

Citrons appear in a sixth-century mosaic menorah in the Mayun Synagogue in Israel's Negev Desert.

Citron is the only known bergamot.

Lemons were introduced to Europe in the first and second centuries AD. At that time, citrons and lemons were fruits that only nobles could afford.

It was not until around the 11th century that lemons, grapefruits, oranges, etc. began to be introduced into the Mediterranean region in large quantities by Arabs.

Citrus plants are well adapted to the European Mediterranean climate.

Citrus was widely planted in Europe. By around the 12th century, citrus had become a common fruit tree in Europe.

In 1820, an orange tree in a monastery in Brazil mutated.

The first fruit produced was different from other orange trees.

That is, the top of the fruit is cracked, the fruit is sweet and delicious, and it is seedless. Later, because the cracked top looks like an navel, it is named navel orange.

Knock on the blackboard, knock on the blackboard, that’s how navel oranges come about!

At the same time, the oranges of this tree are all seedless, so they cannot be grown from seeds and can only be grafted.

In 1867870, two navel orange trees were successfully grafted in California, USA, and the world popularity of navel oranges began.

Even today, the only way to grow navel oranges is by grafting.

Because oranges are rich in vitamin C and do not spoil easily, Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch sailors planted citrus trees along trade routes during the Age of Discovery to prevent scurvy.

Knock on the blackboard, knock on the blackboard again.

Now you know why Nami, the King of Violence, planted citrus trees on the pirate ship, right?

On the one hand, I miss my hometown, and on the other hand, I want to prevent scurvy!

my country's famous Gannan navel orange, its original species is also a navel orange variety from the United States. It was gradually developed from 1971 Washington navel oranges introduced from Shaoyang, Hunan in 156 by the Anxi Horticulture Farm in Xinfeng County, Ganzhou.

Mr. Ogawa kept explaining.

The Gorgon sisters were stunned.

"Are you saying that through grafting and hybridization of these fruits and vegetables, other fruits can appear?"

"That's right!"

“Look at the citrus family tree.”

"There are different flavors coming out of various combinations, completely new varieties."

"And the citrus family is the easiest species to graft and hybridize."

Mr. Ogawa also taught them the techniques of grafting and hybridization.

"What I want you to do is very simple. After all, Xiao Chang'an provides fruits in various seasons, fruits are produced out of season, and they mature quickly."

"I can allocate a piece of land for you to plant, graft, and hybridize these fruits."

"How is it, are you interested?"

"Yes, please be sure to leave this task to us!".

315 Empress is in charge, 6000 years to peel off the skin of three generations of faith (please order)

The girls in Xiao Chang'an have one thing in common, that is, they are diligent and studious. Almost every girl has the potential to be a scholar.

Extreme thirst for fresh knowledge.

And full of interest.

The story of the Citrus family clearly conquered the Gorgon sisters.

Open their eyes.

They had never imagined, or even knew, that grafting could produce such a miraculous reaction.

Just a plant...

Just a fruit tree?