Asbestos Huangguogan is a geographical indication certification trademark. Asbestos yellow tangerine is an agricultural product with geographical indication.
Asbestos yellow mandarin orange is a famous specialty of Shimian County, Ya'an City, Sichuan Province. This product is obovate in shape, with multiple flat stems and grooves. The fruit surface is orange, shiny, and oil-soaked. The peel is thin, easy to peel off, the center column is large, basically seedless, the flesh is crispy and tender, juicy, sweet and sour, with a slight aroma.
Shimian County is located in the southwest of Sichuan Province, at the southernmost tip of Ya'an City. It borders Hanyuan County and Ganluo County to the east, Yuexi County and Mianning County to the south, Jiulong County and Kangding County to the west, and Jiulong County and Kangding County to the north. Luding County is adjacent to it. It is 365 kilometers away from the provincial capital Chengdu and 210 kilometers away from the urban area of ??Ya'an. Asbestos Huangguo Mandarin is a local characteristic fruit of Asbestos. It is a natural hybrid variety of tangerine and orange. It has the characteristics of both tangerines and oranges. This variety has excellent economic characteristics such as late maturity, basically no seeds, early fruiting, high yield, and strong stress resistance. traits.
Asbestos yellow mandarin fruit is obovate in shape, with a single fruit weight of 140-180g. It has multiple flat bases and grooves. The fruit surface is orange-yellow and shiny. The oil cells are large and raised, oil-soaked. The peel is thin, easy to peel off, the center column is large, basically seedless, the flesh is crispy and tender, juicy, sweet and sour, slightly aromatic, the edible rate is ≥65, the soluble solids are ≥10.5, and the total acid is ≤1.3g. /100ml, solid-acid ratio ≥9. The fruit matures late, from early February to mid-to-late March of the following year. It can be hung on trees and stored until harvested in April-May. The income per mu can reach more than 15,000-20,000 yuan.
Asbestos Huangguogan is a natural orange-orange hybrid. Because of its orange-yellow fruit appearance and similar morphological and physiological characteristics to oranges, the Sichuan Fruit Tree Survey Team named it "Huangguogan" in 1956. According to the Classic of Mountains and Seas: "The trees there are many pines and cypresses, many bamboos, and many oranges." Wild citrus trees are still distributed in the mountainous areas of Southwest China, South China and the Yangtze River Basin, especially in the upper reaches of the Jinsha River and Dadu River valleys. Sweet orange), tangerine, tangerine and other large primitive ecological community landscapes.
According to folklore, asbestos yellow tangerines originated in Huguang and Sichuan and have a history of more than 200 years. Investigations show that in the early years, Huangguogan was planted in Ganchi, Gojiao Township, Shimian County, and Dama Village, Xinmin Township. The oldest Huangguogan tree was about 160 years old (it naturally dried up and died in 2002). It is still alive in the county. The 150-year-old Huangguo Mandarin tree has good growth and fruiting. Shimian yellow mandarin oranges have been promoted since 1987. After nearly 20 years of development, a dominant fruit industry with strong regional characteristics has been initially established, becoming a pillar industry for farmers in Shimian County to increase their income and become rich and to build a new socialist countryside.
Regional Scope
The geographical indication protection scope of Asbestos Yellow Fruit Mandarin agricultural products is Fengle Township, Zaiyang Township, Yingzheng Township, Meiluo Township, and Yonghe Township in Shimian County, Ya'an City, Sichuan Province There are 44 villages in 13 townships, Xinmian Township, Huilong Township, Saluo Township, Anshun Township, Xianfeng Township, Xinmin Township, Wajiao Township, and Tianwan Township, with an altitude of less than 1,200 meters, and a geographical coordinate of 101°56′- east longitude. 102°34′, 28°51′-29°31′ north latitude. The county borders Hanyuan County and Ganluo County in the east, Yuexi County and Mianning County in the south, Jiulong County and Kangding County in the west, and Luding County in the north. adjacent. The main production area of ??asbestos yellow mandarin oranges starts from Tianjiaheba in Fengle Township in the east, Jinping in Xianfeng Township in the west, Fulong Village in Saluo Township in the south, and Xingfu Village in Tianwan Township in the north. It has a protected area of ??2,000 hectares and an annual output of 60,000 tons. .