Red Fuji Apple Main Producing Areas Ranking Overview
Red Fuji is one of the varieties of apple, and is the collective name for the colored strains of Fuji selected and bred from bud (branch) mutations of the common Fuji. It has the characteristics of being large, red, and round, with an average size about that of a baseball. There are also many producing areas for Red Fuji in our country, and at present Fuji series apples have developed to nearly one million hectares in our country. Below, the editor will introduce the producing area ranking of Red Fuji apples.
1. Bohai Bay producing area
This region includes the Jiaodong Peninsula, the Taiyi Mountain area, parts of southern and western Liaoning, most of Hebei, and the two municipalities of Beijing and Tianjin. It is the producing area with the earliest apple cultivation, the largest output and area, and the highest production level in our country. In 2000, the apple area in this region was 10.619 million mu, and the output was 7.7603 million tons, accounting for 28.99% and 38.35% of the national total respectively; the apple export volume was 137,700 tons, accounting for 60.12% of the national total, and the commodity rate of high-quality fruit was high. The cultivation area and output of the 28 priority support counties in this region were 6.2301 million mu and 5.7263 million tons, accounting for 58.77% and 73.8% of the region respectively; in 2005, the apple cultivation area accounted for 39% of the national total apple area, and the output accounted for 43% of the national total output.
In southern Liaoning, Dalian and Yingkou are the concentrated producing areas, while in western Liaoning, Huludao, Linghai and other places are the main areas. This region has sufficient heat, good light, and moderate precipitation. The Taiyi Mountain area has relatively high temperatures during the growing season, which is conducive to the early maturity and marketing of medium and early-maturing varieties; the coastal areas are cool in summer and have long autumns with sufficient light, and are the largest commercial production area for medium and late-maturing varieties in our country; this producing area has superior export conditions and convenient transportation; it has attracted relatively more foreign investment, enterprises have developed relatively quickly, and the industrialization advantage is obvious; this region has strong scientific research and extension technical strength, and fruit farmers have a relatively high technical level.
The central Shandong mountainous area and the northwestern Shandong plain mainly cultivate colored Fuji and New Red Star varieties. The Hebei, Beijing, and Tianjin areas are mainly concentrated in the north, with Tangshan and Zhangjiakou and other places being the best. Beijing is mainly based in Miyun, Changping, and Yanqing. Tianjin is a new apple area, mainly concentrated in the suburbs.
This area mainly develops colored Fuji, spur-type Delicious, Jonagold, Golden Spur and others.
2. Northwest Loess Plateau producing area
This region includes the Weibei area of Shaanxi, southern and central Shanxi, the Sanmenxia area of Henan, and the Longdong area of Gansu. In 2000, the total apple area was 12.714 million mu, accounting for 34.16% of the national total; the output was 7.7279 million tons, accounting for 38.19% of the national total; the export volume was 32,300 tons, accounting for 14.1% of the national export volume. The cultivation area and output of the 27 priority support counties in this region were 7.263 million mu and 5.7376 million tons, accounting for 57.13% and 74.25% of the region respectively.
This producing area has a relatively low latitude, most of it belongs to the Loess Plateau, with sufficient light, a large temperature difference between day and night (11.8-16.6°C), and deep soil layers, making it a high-quality apple producing area. Tongchuan, Baishui, and Luochuan in Shaanxi, and Tianshui in Gansu and other places have already become important bases for apples exported from our country.
The main apple cultivation varieties in this area are colored Fuji, New Red Star, Jonagold and others.
3. Old Yellow River Course and northern foot of the Qinling Mountains producing area
This area includes eastern Henan, southwestern Shandong, northern Jiangsu, and northern Anhui, with area and output accounting for 11% and 14% of the national total respectively. This year, the fruit area at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains grew slowly, while the fruit area along the Old Yellow River Course showed a significant growth trend.
In the Old Yellow River Course producing area, the terrain is low and flat, the annual average temperature is 13-15°C, the average temperature in January is -1.6-1°C, the average temperature in July is 27-28°C, the annual rainfall is about 700 ml, the sunshine hours are 2300-2500 hours, the soil is alluvial sandy soil, with little soil organic matter and somewhat alkaline, pH 7-8, and it is suitable to use crabapple as apple grafting rootstock. The fruit trees have a relatively long growing season, young trees bear fruit relatively early, and the fruit also ripens relatively early.
The dominant variety in this area is mainly Red Fuji.
4. Southwest cool highland producing area
This area includes the western Sichuan area of the two Tibetan autonomous prefectures of Aba and Garze in Sichuan, the Zhaotong and Yixuan areas in northeastern Yunnan, the Weining and Bijie areas in northwestern Guizhou, and the area south of Qamdo in Tibet and the middle and lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River. Area and output account for 3% and 2% of the national total respectively.
The above is an introduction to Red Fuji apple producing areas. Red Fuji is currently found in Liaoning, Shandong, Hebei, Beijing, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Tianjin, Henan, Jiangsu, Anhui, Gansu, Xinjiang and other provinces and municipalities, and its producing areas are very numerous. The most famous are the Red Fuji from Zhaoyuan in Shandong, Luochuan in Shaanxi, Jingning in Gansu, Yantai in Shandong and other places.
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