枇杷，冬开花、春结子、夏成熟，因而被人们誉为“果木中独备四时之气者”，是江南特有的水果。枇杷四季常绿，树形美观，因其叶似琵琶而得名。我国的枇杷种类有百余种。按果肉颜色分为白沙和红沙两类，白沙味甜似蜜，香味浓郁优于红沙。按果型分有圆果种和长果种两大类，国果 Loquat, winter flowering, spring knot, ripe summer, which was hailed as “the fruit of the four o’clock,” is unique to southern fruit. Loquat evergreen, beautiful tree, because of its leaf-like pipa named. There are over 100 species of loquat in our country. According to the color of the pulp is divided into white sand and red sand two types of white sweet like honey, rich flavor better than red sand. According to fruit-type round fruit and long-term seed two categories, the national fruit