Olive

Olive is a specialty of Fujian fruit, and as early as the Tang Dynasty was as a tribute. Fujian was early to eat olives just feel it is bitter and astringent. While the aftertaste is felt after the fragrance and sweet .Olive origin Fujian MinJiang River mainly in the two sides to Minhou, Minqing counties are the most productive.

Olive nicknamed ‘Qingguo’. This is because the general blue when born fruit, change color when it is maturate. Olives from birth to maturity, it always maintains the green color. Olive, also known as "loyalty effect", "Remonstrance fruit", which is bitter sweet because it first has a special charm with the character of the ancient. Olive is also known as "Fuguo." It is named for overseas Chinese. This not only explains the history of olive production is amount in Fuzhou, also expressed the compatriots on the local of nostalgic feelings.

Olive cultivation to be 7 years before fruiting, mature normally around October each year. A new olive is few results and each of them producing only a few kilograms, 25 years later increased significantly more than those of up to 500 kg. Olive fruit once to yield a few knot, cut the following year generally, rest period of two years. Therefore, the sizes of olive yield in the points.

Olive has call‘candied’and‘salted’, it is many other processing methods. Fuzhou, a lot of olive varieties, there are sandalwood, HuiYuan, Longcamp, more than 10 species in recent years. There are many hotels and restaurants to take olive, pickled red after bad table, unique flavor. It is very popular.