The origin of Dule fruit corn is Jilin City, Jilin Province.
Fruit corn is a super sweet corn suitable for raw food. As the most important member of the fresh corn family, the seeds of sweet corn will produce a lot of sugar, starch and crude fat during the milk ripening period.
The sweet corn seeds in the milk stage also contain many vitamins and amino acids. There are 8 kinds of amino acids in the grain that are necessary for human body. Sweet corn is known as the king of fruits and the king of vegetables because of its rich nutrition, sweet and tender taste, crispness and less residue.
Because of its rich nutrition, sweetness, freshness, crispness and tenderness, it is favored by consumers from all walks of life. Sweet corn in production can be divided into ordinary corn, super sweet corn and fortified sweet corn. Super sweet corn is widely planted because of its high sugar content and long harvest period.
Morphological characteristics
Fruit corn is a kind of super sweet corn suitable for raw eating. Compared with ordinary corn, its main characteristics are thin skin, juicy, crisp and sweet in the green stalk stage, which can be eaten directly raw. The thin skin is broken when bitten, and the fragrant juice overflows the teeth and cheeks. It is especially sweet and crisp when eaten raw and cooked, just like fruit, so it is called fruit corn.
Fruit corn is very popular abroad. In the 44th US presidential election, in order to win the favor of voters, Bush and Kerry launched a corn war. Bush bought some sweet corn and took a bite on the spot, praising: "You can eat it without cooking. It's delicious.