Lycium barbarum can be divided into spring fruit, Xia Guoguo fruit and autumn fruit according to the picking time: spring fruit ripens in June-July and is picked every 7-9 days; Xia Guo ripens from early July to August, and it is picked every 5-6 days; The fruit ripens at 9- 10, and is picked every 8- 10 days. Compared with non-one-crop Lycium barbarum, one-crop Lycium barbarum has the characteristics of thin skin, thick meat, few seeds and large grains. In addition, it has better taste and chewiness and slightly higher sweetness than the non-first-crop Lycium barbarum. You can feel its sweetness when you chew it. The difference between the first crop of Lycium barbarum and the non-first crop of Lycium barbarum: color difference: the first crop of Lycium barbarum is dark red, and the uncultured Lycium barbarum and aged Lycium barbarum are light red. Feel different: the first crop of Lycium barbarum contains a lot of Lycium barbarum polysaccharides, which makes it feel wet and sticky in your hand. Non-first-crop Lycium barbarum and aged Lycium barbarum will not feel this way. Taste difference: the first stubble of Lycium barbarum is sweet and chewy, and the sweetness is slightly higher than that of the stubble-free Lycium barbarum. Stubble-free Lycium barbarum and aged Lycium barbarum are only a little sweet and not chewy. Other differences: the seeds of the first crop of Lycium barbarum are slightly larger, with thin skin and thick flesh, and few internal seeds. Non-stubble Lycium barbarum is slightly smaller, with thick skin and less meat, and many seeds inside.