"Haiyang White Cucumber" has been successfully registered as a geographical indication certification trademark. The words "Haiyang White Cucumber" that can be seen everywhere in the market will not be used casually. When using this trademark, producers and operators must comply with The certification mark must be used under the conditions for use and must be approved by the Haiyang Vegetable Association.
In April 2011, an assessment team composed of experts from the National Standardization Committee came to Haiyang to assess the construction of the Haiyang White Cucumber National Standardization Demonstration Zone, and successfully passed the acceptance inspection and became the successor to the National Standardization Demonstration Zone. It is the second national-level agricultural standardization demonstration zone in our city after turbot.
For many years, Haiyang white cucumbers have always followed the traditional individual planting model and have not achieved standardization and industrial development. As a result, the overall output of white cucumbers is low and the quality is uneven, which seriously restricts Haiyang white cucumbers. Cucumber market share and farmers’ income.
In order to improve the scientific and technological level of the demonstration area, the Haiyang Municipal Quality Supervision Bureau and the agricultural technology department have joined forces to strengthen the training of farmers and improve the standardization awareness and technical level of farmers in the demonstration area; on the other hand, , based on consulting information, consulting farmers and repeated experiments, the "Technical Specifications for the Production of Haiyang White Cucumbers" were formulated and issued. The promulgation of this specification ended the history of Haiyang white cucumbers having technology but no specifications, and reference but no standards.
The establishment of Yantai City's "Haiyang White Cucumber Engineering Technology Research Center"
In November 2013, with the approval of the Yantai City Science and Technology Bureau, the "Haiyang White Cucumber Engineering Technology Research Center" Established in Yantai Xianming Seed Co., Ltd., the company is located in Lidian Town, Haiyang City, the main production area of ??Haiyang white cucumbers. The center focuses on the historical origins, traditional food culture, and cultivation status of Haiyang white cucumbers. Protect and improve local varieties, strengthen the integration of industry, academia and research, and breed white cucumber varieties suitable for cultivation in different seasons. We have successively undertaken the national "Spark Plan" project and the Shandong Provincial Key Research Plan project, and have successively bred "Bright King of Kings" and "Brilliant King" Haiyang white cucumbers such as "No. 1", "Xianmingpengbai No. 2" and "Xianming No. 3" were approved as "Yantai Science and Technology Small and Medium-sized Enterprises" by the Yantai Municipal Science and Technology Bureau in 2014.
"National Cucumber": From scattered cultivation to branding
In the past, Haiyang white cucumbers were mainly grown in the open air, and the yield was relatively low. After 1990, white cucumber cultivation technology has been continuously improved, and farmers have gradually adopted arched sheds and solar greenhouses for off-season cultivation. However, deep winter cultivation is still a technical problem. After the popularization and application of grafting and root replacement technology, white cucumbers were successfully planted in late winter, and their seasonal prices have doubled. They can be sold for more than ten yuan per kilogram, and the peak price was 80 yuan per kilogram.
With the popularization of new technologies, the scale of white cucumber cultivation continues to expand, and benefits increase rapidly. As of 2009, the city's white cucumber planting area has reached more than 5,000 acres, with more than 600 solar greenhouses, and the output per mu has reached more than 5,000 kilograms. The Haiyang Lidian Town Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Market, with "Haiyang White Cucumber" as its leading product, has become The largest fruit and vegetable distribution center in Jiaodong.
"White Jade Cucumber" has a history of planting for hundreds of years
Haiyang White Cucumber has been cultivated in Haiyang for hundreds of years. It is named after its yellow color and white inside. It also enjoys a high reputation in domestic and foreign markets due to its characteristics of thin skin, tender meat, fresh taste, and storage resistance. In recent years, Yantai Xianming Seed Co., Ltd. (Yantai City "Haiyang White Cucumber Engineering Technology Research Center") has carried out variety selection and purification. After improvement, Haiyang white cucumber is about 18 centimeters long and 3 centimeters thick. Its color is crystal clear, white with green, green with white, and looks like moist jade, so it is also known as "white jade cucumber". Among them, the white jade cucumber from Shijiabo Village was honored to be sent to Zhongnanhai because of its beautiful appearance, good quality, good taste, and rich in various nutrients. It became a state banquet delicacy. After tasting it, relevant leaders of the party and the country were full of praise. , calling it "the best among melons".