The price of Bingtangxin Red Fuji apples varies greatly by region, and quality is the deciding factor
Authentic Bingtangxin Red Fuji -- has just won first place in the national selection. My hometown is in Shandong, and I have been quite familiar with apples since childhood. Back when Red Fuji had not yet been introduced to China, the most delicious one I ate was Elizabeth, said to be an English variety; it was prone to worms but its suitable sweet-tart balance was a treat for picky palates.
Authentic Bingtangxin Red Fuji -- has just won first place in the national selection. My hometown is in Shandong, and I have been quite familiar with apples since childhood. Back when Red Fuji had not yet been introduced to China, the most delicious one I ate was Elizabeth, said to be an English variety; it was prone to worms but its suitable sweet-tart balance was a treat for picky palates. Red Fuji also suffers from rotten fruit, why Red Fuji develops rotten fruit, and this has a great deal to do with the growing environment and pests and diseases.
But the low yield of Red Fuji is its biggest problem. Shandong has always been a high-quality apple-producing area. Many people who know how to prune travel all over the country. When I was a child, a relative was like this. Later, when I often traveled on business, the train would stop for an extra half hour at the Lankao section in Henan to let fruit farmers sell apples. Those apples were mostly varieties culled from Shandong; apart from their appearance, which thanks to fertilizer was large and red-skinned, the flavor and texture inside were like chewing wax. -----From then on I basically did not touch fruit----probably after I got married in 1996, I ate my first Red Fuji apple. The tart and crisp texture left a deep impression on me. Later I learned how to choose them----striped red ones are sweeter, new fruit trees give fruit that is more tart and crisp but slightly inferior, and with more water. Sometimes I take just one bite of a box of apples, and in my mind I can picture it-----hilly terrain, new trees or old trees, sufficient sunlight or picked too early. I often traveled on business and came into contact with Liaoning apples. The vast open spaces of hilly terrain are extremely suitable for apples, a fruit that needs sunlight. Dense planting in orchards causes the problem of small trees in the early stage with insufficient fruit ripening, and in the later stage large trees with insufficient light. In short, orchard apples are inferior to hilly apples. Later there was Baishui in Shaanxi, and then Jingning in Gansu and Xinjiang apples.
Price is the best lever: 2015 apple-producing area purchase prices
But the low yield of Red Fuji is its biggest problem. Shandong has always been a high-quality apple-producing area. Many people who know how to prune travel all over the country. When I was a child, a relative was like this. Later, when I often traveled on business, the train would stop for an extra half hour at the Lankao section in Henan to let fruit farmers sell apples. Those apples were mostly varieties culled from Shandong; apart from their appearance, which thanks to fertilizer was large and red-skinned, the flavor and texture inside were like chewing wax. -----From then on I basically did not touch fruit----probably after I got married in 1996, I ate my first Red Fuji apple. The tart and crisp texture left a deep impression on me. Later I learned how to choose them----striped red ones are sweeter, new fruit trees give fruit that is more tart and crisp but slightly inferior, and with more water. Sometimes I take just one bite of a box of apples, and in my mind I can picture it-----hilly terrain, new trees or old trees, sufficient sunlight or picked too early. I often traveled on business and came into contact with Liaoning apples. The vast open spaces of hilly terrain are extremely suitable for apples, a fruit that needs sunlight. Dense planting in orchards causes the problem of small trees in the early stage with insufficient fruit ripening, and in the later stage large trees with insufficient light. In short, orchard apples are inferior to hilly apples. Later there was Baishui in Shaanxi, and then Jingning in Gansu and Xinjiang apples.
Price is the best lever: 2015 apple-producing area purchase prices
Shandong production area about 2.8 yuan (mostly orchards)
Yantai apples about 3.2 (hilly terrain)
Shaanxi production area about 3.5 (orchards in plateau terrain)
Luochuan apples 3.8-4.2 yuan
Jingning apples 4.8--6.6 yuan
Aksu about 3.5 (transportation costs are too high). This apple thing must be planted on a large scale, otherwise it will not be pollinated and will not bear fruit.
Decisive factors for apple fruit quality: altitude, sunlight, temperature difference
How many hundred meters is Shandong's altitude? Shaanxi: 800--1200; Jingning on the Loess Plateau: about 1800; Aksu: about 1500.
Temperature difference ranking: Shandong--Shaanxi--Xinjiang---Loess Plateau
No need to mention sunlight. The result is differences in apple sugar content and color. Based on these conditions, the result is that apples show high water content--very sweet--sweet--sweet with tartness--and the hardness relationship becomes. Apples from areas with high altitude and large temperature differences have the best hardness and are easy to store but are not suitable for the elderly and children.
When sugar ++ appears, the so-called Bingtangxin appears (PS: Bingtangxin is an attribute of apples, not a variety; the variety is Red Fuji).
Late ripening + late picking. Basically many Red Fuji apples will form semi-transparent yellow flesh. For this type, strong caution is advised: it must not be given to people with diabetes or to the elderly and children. For young people, the best fruit is only Red Fuji Bingtangxin. A quality life comes from the refinement of one's pursuits. ------You should trust my expertise on apples. Even more, you should take my advice and taste it, the gift of nature and conscientious fruit farmers!
