Tianshui, the apple producing area in Gansu, is good.
The most famous apple producing area in Gansu is Tianshui. Tianshui Huaniu apple is the first Chinese apple variety to obtain an official trademark in the international market. As early as more than 40 years ago, "Tianshui Huaniu Apple" was as famous as the American "Snake Fruit".
In 2008, Tianshui City was listed by the Ministry of Agriculture as the second batch of China’s advantageous apple producing areas. The city's total apple area reaches 1.157 million acres, and the "Huaniu" area alone reaches 758,000 acres, with a total output value of 510 million yuan, making it the largest Marshal apple production base in the country.
Why are Gansu apples so good?
Chinese apples are “number one in the world” and Gansu apples are “number one in China”! "The previous sentence is easy to understand. Our country is the largest apple producer, with cultivation area and output ranking first in the world. It is not only sold domestically, but also exported abroad.
Gansu's geographical location, Gansu's geographical location Located at a latitude suitable for apple growth in the world, coupled with the advantageous geographical conditions of the Loess Plateau, the large temperature difference between day and night is suitable for the accumulation of sugar in apples, making Gansu's apples excellent in quality and well-known throughout the country.
More details. Gansu is divided into four major apple producing areas, Qingyang apples (Zhenyuan, Ningxian, Qingcheng, Zhengning, Huanxian, Xifeng), Pingliang apples (Kongtong, Jingning, Zhuanglang, Jingchuan, Chongxin , Lingtai), Tianshui apples (Qinzhou, Maiji, Qin'an, Qingshui), Longnan apples (Lixian, Xihe) Today we will take a detailed look at Qingyang apples, which are rated as China's national geographical indication products.