Luding Red Cherry is a geographical indication certification trademark. Luding red cherries are agricultural products with geographical indications.

Cherry - Luding cherry is the first early-maturing fruit to go to the market in a year. It is called the first fruit in summer. The Luding cherry orchard is as red as agate and shaped like a pearl. , juicy and thick, sweet and sour, rich in nutrients. The main production areas are Tianba, Luqiao, Jiajun, Chuni, Detuo, Moxi, Lengqi and other towns.

Anyone who has been to Luding and the local cherries are on the market will not miss tasting the cherries. "You don't look at the mountains when you come back from the Five Mountains, and you don't look at the mountains when you come back from Huangshan." If we use an inappropriate metaphor, Luding's cherries have the same status among Sichuan cherries as Huangshan. After eating cherries here, you may never have to taste cherries from anywhere else. Even the cherry as big as a plum has a good skin and is useless.

Luding is located on the bank of the Dadu River and is rich in cherries. The best producing areas are in Tianba, Chuni and Lengqi along the river. Every year from mid-April to early May, it is the cherry ripening season here. The cherries here were the first to be put on the market. They are large, red with purple hints, and taste sweet but slightly sour. Don't eat too much at one time, otherwise your teeth will feel sore. The order is that the cherries located on the mountainside and the top of the mountain appear on the stage one after another. They can last for more than a month, but their taste cannot be compared with those that ripen earlier.

The cherry ripening season is the busiest season in Luding countryside. Cherries ripen very quickly. There is a local idiom that says, "Cherrys in March will turn red soon." The original meaning is that cherries turn red quickly. They can turn from green to red and from red to purple in just a few days. When ripe, it will turn into fragrance and enter the soil. Therefore, these days, I almost get up early and pick in the dark.

The cherry trees in Luding are particularly large, and they grow freely and uninhibitedly. They look a bit like a woman with big feet, unlike the trees in the mainland that have been "plasticized" and are half a person tall. Red cherries are often hung on high branches. Seen from a distance, they are especially arousing to people's poetic interest. However, picking them is a bit difficult. You need to use eighteen kinds of tools at home, such as iron hooks, ropes, and ropes. Ladders, or on trees, acrobatically holding the tree with one hand and reaching out to pick with the other, while the feet are often squeezed in the branches. Not to mention, you need to be gentle when picking and not use too much force, otherwise the picked cherries will not last long.

Luding Red Cherry

Regional Scope

The geographical indication protection scope of Luding Red Cherry agricultural products is the administrative area under the jurisdiction of Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province The southwest includes Tianba Township, Chuni Township, Pengba Township, Dewei Township, Lengqi Town, Xinglong Town, Luqiao Town, Jiajun Township, Lan'an Township, and Detuo Township, with an altitude of 900 meters to 2,300 meters. The geographical coordinates are 109°49′-102°27′ east longitude and 29°28′-30°6′ north latitude, with a protected area of ??50,000 acres and an annual output of 75,000 tons.

Product quality characteristics

(1) External sensory characteristics: Luding red cherries have round fruits, neat fruits, medium and wide stems, short stems, and relatively small tops. Flat, suture lines are not obvious. The fruit surface is red and shiny, the peel is thin and smooth, and the flesh is honey yellow, tender and soft. Sweet taste and good quality. (2) Intrinsic quality indicators: Luding red cherries have high soluble solid content and edible rate, soluble solids ≥12%, edible rate ≥85%, and contain vitamin C and other beneficial substances. (3) Safety requirements: Meet the standard requirements of "Pollution-free Food Deciduous Stone Fruits".