Cangxi County is located in the north of Sichuan Province and the middle reaches of Jialing River. It has a long history of cultivating Sydney, and the soil and climate conditions are very conducive to the growth of fruit trees. The fruit of Cangxi Sydney is big and small, the meat is crisp and tender, and the juice is fragrant and sweet. It belongs to the large fruit type, and the weight of a single fruit is generally about 5 grams. The largest single fruit can reach more than 1.5 kilograms, and the edible part is as high as 9.4%. Cangxi Sydney is not only the top grade of fresh food, but also can be processed into canned food and cooked dishes. Cangxi Sydney Plaster, which is made of Sydney and Amomum villosum, is a specific medicine for moistening lung and relieving cough.
Cangxi Sydney originated from Mi Qiu Forest Garden Art Field in Yunshan in 195s, and spread all over four towns and three townships, especially Wenchang, Yuedong, Yunshan and Baiyan. At present, 7, traditional varieties are planted, 2, new varieties such as 5-5L, 6-2 and 1-28 are planted, and 1, early-maturing varieties such as New Century, Cuiguan and Zhongli No.1 are planted. Seven demonstration zones (films) of popular science in Sydney are built along the traffic trunk lines such as Cangba Line and Cang Shi City, and 5, mu of pollution-free Sydney bases at or above the county level are built, and the technology of bagging and moth-trapping lamps in Sydney is fully promoted.
The new lines 5-51 and 6-2 of Cangxi Sydney are two super-parent excellent lines bred by crossing Cangxi Sydney and Hebei Yali pear as parents. They passed the provincial appraisal in 1991 and were designated as "super-parent new lines", and the technology of this project won the third prize of scientific and technological progress in Sichuan Province in 1992. In 1994, the new strains of Cangxi Sydney, 5-51 and 6-2, won the sixth and first place respectively in the on-site appraisal meeting of high-quality fruits in Sichuan Province. The new strain Cangxi Sydney is gourd-shaped; The skin is yellow-brown, and the fruit is neat. Generally, the weight of a single fruit is 3 grams, and the largest fruit is 427 grams. The pulp is white, tender and slag-melting, and the heart is juicy, sweet and sour, with a strong aroma. Every 1 ml of juice contains 8.7 grams of sugar, .9 grams of acid and 14-15% of soluble solids. It is suitable for storage and transportation and fresh food processing.
The new strain of Cangxi Sydney is vigorous, upright, strong in budding and weak in branching. New shoots can be taken once a year, with short fruit branches, especially chicken-claw-shaped short fruit branches as the main fruit. This variety has strong early fruiting, high and stable yield, and the grafted seedlings bear fruit in the third year after planting, and enter the full fruit stage in 4-5 years, with a yield of 1-15 kg per mu in the full fruit stage. The price of the new strain of Cangxi Sydney is 4-5 yuan per kilogram of commercial fruit, and the income of one mu of new strain of Sydney is 6-75 yuan, so the economic effect of planting the new strain of Cangxi Sydney is very high.
The new strain of Cangxi Sydney has strong stress resistance and wide adaptability, and is suitable for planting in most provinces and cities in China.
the protection scope of geographical indication products of Cangxi Sydney is subject to the scope proposed in the Report of Cangxi County People's Government of Sichuan Province on the Protection Area of Geographical Indication Products of Cangxi Sydney (Cangfu [27] No.171), which includes Lingjiang Town, Yuanba Town, Longshan Town, Yunshan Town, Yunfeng Town, Yuedong Town, Yueshan Township, Dongqing Town, Wenchang Town, Sichuan Province.