The harvest of fruit-like candy corn has reached its peak in Hekinan, Aichi Prefecture, the place farmers start choosing earlier than daybreak to protect the crop’s excessive sugar content material and freshness.
At the farm of Minoru Hasebe in Hekinan, harvesting started at round 3 a.m. on June 16. Working in darkness, Hasebe wore a headlamp as he moved by the fields gathering corn.
The metropolis is thought for cultivating Mirai, a spread prized for its excessive sugar content material and mushy pores and skin. Because corn consumes sugars saved in a single day in the course of the daytime and progressively loses sweetness after being harvested, farmers choose the crop earlier than dawn and ship it on the identical day.
“It’s sweet, the skin is soft, and it has a great texture,” Hasebe mentioned. “It’s sweeter than a melon.”
The harvest is predicted to proceed till early July, with the corn being offered at JA Aichi Chuo direct-sales shops and supermarkets.
Source: CBC