The yield of sugar oranges per mu is 2,000-3,000 kilograms, and at the age of 4, the yield per mu can reach 5,000 kilograms.

The peel of the sugar orange is orange-yellow and shiny, and the skin is thin and easy to peel. The peel is covered with small sand spots and feels rough to the touch. The fruit is oblate, with a tumor-like protrusion on the top, a sunken navel end of the pedicle, and a ruddy flesh. There is no white film, the meat is crispy and juicy, it tastes sweet and has fewer seeds.

Sugar orange, also known as October orange. Originated from Qingxin, Guangning, and Sihui areas, the main producing areas are Lipu, Qingxin, Sihui, Guangning, Yunfu, Deqing, Nansheng Town, Yingde, Fogang, and Yunan. It is the main local citrus variety. one. It is named because it tastes as sweet as sugar. The sugar oranges produced in Huangtian Town, Sihui City and Guantian Village, Heyun Town, Qingxin County, Qingyuan City are particularly authentic. They are delicious and extremely sweet, with no residue and a delicate taste. They are truly the best! The local name is rock sugar orange.

Production situation

Lixi Town, Yingde City, was named "China's Famous Sugar Orange Town" by the China Economic Forestry Association. This is the city's second success in winning "China's Hometown of Black Tea" and "China's Black Tea Hometown". It is another honor after the "Hometown of Ma Bamboo Shoots in China", "Hometown of Sugar Oranges in China" and "Hometown of Silkworms in China".

Lixi Town is located in the south of Yingde City. It is the transition area from the south subtropical zone to the central subtropical zone. It belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate zone with a total area of ??296 square kilometers. In spring, southerly and southerly winds blow. In winter, northerly and northerly winds blow. The climate is warm and humid, with abundant rainfall and a long frost-free period. It is precisely because of its geographical location at the northern edge of the southern subtropical tropics that it not only avoids the cold damage in the north and the typhoon damage on the southern coast, but also because the rainfall brought by the typhoon alleviates the drought in the summer and autumn rainy seasons. The town has 160,000 acres of slopes below 25 degrees. , forming unique climatic conditions for the development of sugar oranges.

At present, the sugar orange planting area in Lixi Town reaches 80,000 acres. This year, the town’s sugar orange fruit-bearing area is about 50,000 acres. The average yield per mu is expected to be 700 kilograms, the total output is expected to be 35,000 tons, and the total output value is expected to be 35,000 tons. More than 140 million yuan. Now, the Sugar Orange Demonstration Base in Lixi Town has passed the testing of soil, air, water and sugar orange ingredients by the Guangdong Provincial Department of Agriculture and relevant departments, reaching the standards of pollution-free agricultural products, and has obtained the certification of "Pollution-free Agricultural Products" and its origin. The certification certificate and sugar orange packaging for sale are all affixed with the special logo for pollution-free agricultural products. Among them, Lixi Town Sugar Orange has registered the "Rainbow Bridge" sugar orange trademark.