Characteristics of the Lanzhou Fragrant Peach Variety and an Introduction to Its Producing Area
Gansu's Lanzhou is one of the famous peach towns of China. As far back as the early Western Han dynasty, Lanzhou peaches were already renowned. Lanzhou has a great many peach varieties of excellent quality, grown mainly in Anning District in the northwest corner of Lanzhou city. Peaches like light, tolerate drought and prefer sandy loam soil. Anning has mountains to the north and the Yellow River to the south, with abundant sunlight, and its soil is a silty sand with good permeability, suitable for peach trees to grow. Among the local fine varieties are the June Peach, Small-Seeded Cinnabar Pointed Peach, Geda Water Peach, Great Drought Peach, Flat-Topped Clingstone Peach, Small Red Peach, Half-Water Non-Drought Peach, Large-Seeded Cinnabar Pointed Peach, Large Freestone Peach and Late Water Peach. Among them, the Half-Water Non-Drought Peach and the Late Water Peach are especially famous.