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Bac Ha Peaches
French peach trees (DT 2 and Micret varieties) have been agricultural and tourist attractions in Bac Ha for over 10 years. This fruit variety has fuzzy skin, light yellow flesh, with a beautiful appearance and delightful taste. The entire district currently has about 70 hectares of peach orchards concentrated in the communes of Tà Chải, Na Hối, Bản Phố, and Bac Ha town, enough to supply the market every ripe fruit season. During the April 30 - May 1 holiday season, which coincides with the peach harvest, it promises to be an attractive destination for tourists to experience when visiting Bac Ha.
Bac Ha Peaches are displayed along the roadside every summer.
Tam Hoa Plums
The Tam Hoa plum variety was experimented with at the Bac Ha Fruit and Vegetable Farm in 1972 using grafting techniques. Tam Hoa plums are grown in many places, but none are as delicious as those in Bac Ha. Plums grown in Bac Ha are large, glossy-skinned, turning deep purple-red when ripe, with thick flesh, small seeds, crisp texture, sweet, and mildly sour taste. Tam Hoa plums in Bac Ha are harvested around May, starting to ripen in June.
Tam Hoa Plums - A Fruit of Fame and Symbol of Bac Ha Land
This fruit type is rich in fiber, antioxidants, and vitamins A, C, K, aiding in reducing constipation, good for heart health, bones, reducing blood sugar levels, detoxifying. Besides eating raw, Tam Hoa plums can be processed into preserves, juice...
Tai Nung Pears
After the peach and Tam Hoa plum harvest season, Tai Nung pears in Bac Ha are ripening. These sweet fruits have white flesh, small cores, fragrant aroma, juicy, and refreshing sweet taste with many health benefits.
Tourists delight amidst the orchards laden with ripe pears
Heading to Bac Ha these summer days, many tourists often seek out pear orchards not only to enjoy unique agricultural products but also to admire, take photos, and preserve moments of relaxation amidst branches laden with colorful and impressive pears.
Curly Kale
Curly kale is originally suitable for winter crops, but when grown in Bac Ha, this type of vegetable is considered off-season, yielding high economic efficiency. Moreover, it can be harvested for several months after a single planting, so whenever you visit Bac Ha, you can try this nutritious vegetable.
Curly kale has high nutritional value and is considered a 'superfood' for health and beauty. It has a sweet taste, tender leaves, rich flavor, and can be used in various dishes, favored by consumers. In addition to traditional dishes like salads, smoothies, bone broth, stir-fries, boiling, frying with eggs... Curly kale products are also consumed in Northern markets with products such as kale noodles, instant kale powder, kale buns, kale biscuits, and experiential kale farm tourism products.
Verdant green blankets the white highlands - Kale
Medicinal Plants
With the advantage of terrain, the people of Bac Ha are blessed with various medicinal herbs. Communities living near forests rely on them for their livelihoods, and for many years, medicinal plants have been integral to their lives. Coupled with favorable climate and natural conditions, in recent years, locals have collaborated with companies to experiment with many precious medicinal plants such as Angelica sinensis, Polygonatum odoratum, Tinospora cordifolia, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Panax notoginseng, Atractylodes macrocephala, Codonopsis pilosula, Morinda officinalis. Currently, these products are widely available at the Bac Ha Cultural Market - a market held every Sunday.
Countless precious medicinal herbs are sold at Bac Ha market
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Posted by: Duy Pham
Keywords: Specialty fruits and vegetables of Bac Ha in summer
