Baishui apples are famous both at home and abroad. Known as the “Hometown of Apples in China”?

Baishui County is located in the transition zone between the Guanzhong Plain and the Northern Shaanxi Plateau. It is the famous "Hometown of Apples in China" and one of the national demonstration counties for the construction of superior agricultural product industry belts. The county has a total area of ??986 square kilometers, jurisdiction over 7 towns, 7 townships, 194 administrative villages, and a total population of 300,000.

White water apples have countless brilliance. Since being named the "Hometown of Chinese Apples" in 1995, Baishui Apples have won more than 40 awards of various kinds in the past fifteen years. Baishui apples are sold all over the country and exported to Europe and the United States. What is the reason why Baishui apples can maintain such a best-selling trend for a long time and win the favor of consumers? Let us take a look at Baishui's top ten advantages in apple production.

1. Superior resources

Apples like to be dry, warm and cool, and have strict requirements on natural conditions. In particular, the production of high-quality apples has strict requirements on climate, soil, terrain, altitude, etc. High requirements. Baishui has unique natural conditions for producing high-quality apples. It is the only county that meets the seven most suitable indicators for apple production. (See the attached table for specific indicators)

2. Scale advantage

The apple planting area in Baishui County is 520,000 acres, with an annual output of 520,000 tons and an output value of 1.35 billion yuan. The county's 300,000 acres of orchards have passed green food base certification, 30,000 acres have been certified as organic food bases, 10,000 acres have been certified by Global Good Agricultural Practices, and 10,000 acres have been certified by China's Good Agricultural Practices. Baishui County is known as the “Hometown of Apples in China” and one of the top 20 apple counties in China. Baishui brand apples have won more than 40 national and provincial awards. "White Water Apple - a treat for hundreds of millions of people" resounds throughout the country.

3. Variety Advantages

The main varieties are Red Fuji, Qin Guan, Youx Gala, and New Red Star, as well as famous brands such as Qin Yang, American No. 8, and Fujiki No. 1. Early and mid-ripening varieties have reached a certain scale, and fresh apple varieties have been continuously optimized, with a total area of ??520,000 acres. Among them, the planting area of ??high-quality red Fuji continues to expand, currently accounting for more than 60% of the total apple area; the planting scale of low-quality varieties such as Qinguan decreases year by year, accounting for 13% of the total area; other varieties account for 16%; processed apple varieties gradually increase, currently 50,000 acres of new and excellent varieties have been planted, accounting for 11% of the total apple area.

IV. Brand advantage

In 1996, the "Baishui" brand apple trademark was officially registered and announced for use by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. It was the first apple trademark registered with a place name in my country. In the same year, Baishui Apple won the right to use the national "Green Food" logo and was awarded the title of "Chinese Famous Fruit" by relevant national departments. Baishui apples have been included in the national food industry catalog. In August 2007, "Baishui brand" apples were rated as China's well-known trademarks. In July 2008, Baishui apples were included in the Chinese famous brand catalog. In November 2009, Baishui County was listed as the "China Fruit and Vegetable Brand". The Expert Committee and the Organizing Committee of the 7th China Fruit and Vegetable Industry Development Forum rated it as one of the “Top Ten Pollution-free Fruit and Vegetable Counties in China” and “China’s Apple Pollution-Free Technology Demonstration County”.

5. Quality Advantages

Promote and apply the four key apple technologies of "large transformation, strong branch pulling, density reduction, and organic fertilizer" to 350,000 acres, and implement fruit bagging for 2 billion Only, 150,000 acres more organic fertilizer was applied. In recent years, more than 1,000 acres of high-quality seedling breeding bases have been built, 15,000 acres of orchards have been planted with grass, 9,500 acres of integrated ecological orchards of "fruit, livestock, marsh, cellar and grass" have been developed, and a green fruit production certified by the National Green Certificate Management Center has been built. The base is 300,000 acres, including 30,000 acres certified as an organic food base, 10,000 acres certified as a global good agricultural practice, and 10,000 acres certified as a Chinese good agricultural practice. The above measures have continuously improved the quality of Baishui apples, with the product rate reaching 90%.

6. Technical advantages

The first county-level apple test station in China, the Northwest A&F University Apple Test Station, is located in Baishui, which provides a powerful basis for the optimization and upgrading of the Baishui apple industry. Technology support. Through the implementation of science and technology demonstrations and science and technology household projects, the scale of training has been gradually expanded, and the "pagoda-style" training method has been extended to households. In accordance with the requirement of "one understanding person per household", farmers' science and technology training has been carried out on average at the county, township and village levels every year. More than 300 training sessions were held, and nearly 100,000 fruit farmers were trained. There are 294 apple professional and technical cadres and more than 4,000 farmer technicians in the county. The work level of fruit farmers has been greatly improved.

7. Service Advantages

In 2005, the Apple Experiment Station of Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University was settled in Baishui, which is more conducive to the rapid transformation of scientific and technological achievements in the fruit industry; so far, Baishui County has Northwest Agriculture and Forestry There are more than 20 administrative scientific research and technology promotion units such as the University of Science and Technology Apple Experiment Station, Apple Management Bureau, Horticulture Station, Fruit Tree Research Institute, Plant Protection Station, Soil and Fertilizer Station, and Township Fruit Tree Station. 86 professional apple cooperatives have been established that are "privately run, privately owned, and benefit the public", with more than 30,000 members, 246 scientific and technological service organizations that develop supporting technologies, and 30,000 people engaged in information services, packaging and promotion, fruit transportation, etc. Multiple people. In 2005, 14 township fruit tree service stations were established in the county. With 194 fruit industry service personnel, the county’s top-down apple industry service system is sound and operates efficiently.

8. Enterprise advantages

Support and develop 20 leading fruit-related companies such as Changsheng, Andeli, Hongda, Sanlian, Huayuan and 16 packaging production companies, with annual production It packs 15 million sets and has a fruit refrigeration capacity of 200,000 tons. 26 apple bagging production lines have been introduced, with an annual production of 500 million fruit bags. Baishui Andli Fruit and Vegetable Juice Co., Ltd., the largest juice processing enterprise in Shaanxi Province, produces 80,000 tons of concentrated juice annually. So far, seven leading companies in Baishui County, including Hongda Fruit Company, have obtained independent import and export business qualifications, exporting about 100,000 tons of apples annually. It has become the largest distribution center integrating apple production, marketing and processing in Weibei and even the northwest region.

9. Environmental advantages

In order to create a relaxed Apple marketing environment. Baishui County has opened a "secretary and county magistrate dedicated telephone line" and set up a reception center for fruit farmers and merchants. It implements a one-room office and one-stop service, allowing Baishui apples to be sold more smoothly in a relaxed environment. At the same time, the county actively participated in various fruit industry fairs and used central, provincial and municipal TV stations and other publicity media to vigorously promote and promote Baishui apples, which increased the popularity and market reputation of Baishui apples. Currently, 10 Baishui apple information liaison offices, 18 Baishui apple sales streets and 120 direct sales points have been established in coastal cities, which have effectively promoted the sales of Baishui apples.

10. Benefit advantages

After years of development, Baishui apples have played a strong role in promoting the economic development of Baishui and the prosperity of fruit farmers. According to statistics, more than 80% of the county's total agricultural output value comes from apples, more than 60% of local fiscal revenue comes from apples, and more than 80% of farmers' per capita net income comes from apples. The development of whitewater apples has also led to the comprehensive development of secondary and tertiary industries such as storage, packaging, transportation, sales, processing, and tourism. In 2009, Apple alone drove Whitewater's GDP growth by 3 percentage points.

Baishui apples are famous both at home and abroad. Known as the "Hometown of Apples in China"?