On April 9, a cargo ship from Chile arrived at the HIT terminal in Hong Kong. This is not only the first arrival of Purple Honey in the Chinese market, but also the first global launch of this new variety of plums. By the way, roller classifier produced by First Industry can be used to sort all kinds of plums. Plum grader can sort plums into different sizes for better selling.
The purple honey plums were developed by the University of Chile after more than 10 years, and are grown and exported by Neofresh. Most Chilean plums are varieties imported from the United States and Europe, while purple plum plums are improved and bred from an Asian plum, which is different from other plum strains in Chile. Purple honey plums not only have a charming violet rind, but also have a crispy taste and high sweetness.
Purple honey plums are large with small stones, and the average weight of a single fruit can reach 140g, significantly higher than the common plums on the market. The biggest advantage on the palate is the high sweetness, crunchy and juicy, with almost no bitterness in the skin. Compared with other plum varieties, purple plum has a high sugar content of 20, Angeleno plum has 15 and Black Kat has 14. In addition to the taste advantage, purple plum blossoms and ripens late, perfectly avoiding most other plums when it comes to market.And the purple plum is very durable, cold storage for 60 days or more still outstanding quality, which also won it a longer sales period.