Lingbao apples are big, fresh in color, high in sugar content and strong in flavor. There are as many varieties as 120, mainly including Starkrimson, Red Fuji, Green Banana and Xiaoguoguang.
Delicious Lingbao apples and apple products can be bought on both sides of Lingbao streets and in large and small shops.
Lingbao Apple is a local specialty that has been audited and certified by the expert group of "Registration of Marks of Origin" of AQSIQ.
Apple has been cultivated in China for more than two thousand years. Alias names include: Nye, Lin Ling, Li Ling, and Pinguo. There were apples planted in Luoyang in Jin Dynasty, but the varieties were not good at that time. /kloc-European fine varieties were introduced to China in the 0 ~ (th) century, and the fruits were large, delicious and storable, which were rapidly popularized. Now, apple has become one of the main fruit varieties in China.
Lingbao is the largest apple base in our province, with an output of 1 100 million kg. The cultivation history of Lingbao apple is recorded in the county annals of Qing Dynasty. In the 21st year of the Republic of China (A.D. 1932), Ganxiang County Records read:' There are not many apples'. 1923, Lingbao industrialist Li bought a new variety of western apple saplings from Yantai and Qingdao, and went bankrupt. After many twists and turns, he finally succeeded. In 1930s, there were nearly 3,000 mu of apple orchards in the county, with an annual output of more than 200,000 Jin. There are Japanese towels, non-Guoguang, Hua Fu leather and so on. There are only 300 acres of orchards in the city, with an annual output of 100 tons. It was not until People's Republic of China (PRC) was founded that there was a breakthrough. 1956, Lingbao county built a 300-mu state-owned horticultural farm in Sihe Mountain at an altitude of 1300 meters, which is known as "the first alpine orchard in Asia". 1992 the total output of apples in the county150,000 tons, which are sold to more than 20 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions. Not only in Hong Kong and Taiwan, but also in CIS, Mongolia, Hong Kong and Taiwan and Southeast Asian countries. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, apple production became the "leader" of lingbao city's economic development, reaching 65.438+10,000 mu. 1998 Lingbao Apple was awarded the title of "China Famous Fruit" by China Fruit Association; In August, 2002, 300,000 mu of apples in this city passed the national acceptance, and obtained the symbol of pollution-free agricultural products. New Red Star, Golden Crown, Red Banana, Red Fuji, Guoguang and other varieties have been among the best in the national appraisal meetings over the years.
Nowadays, in Dongcun Township and Sihe Township in Sihe Mountain Area, an "entrepreneur monument" and a "builder monument" are set up respectively to commemorate people who started planting Lingbao apples in the 1950s and 1970s. In addition, there is a monument in the hearts of Lingbao people, which is for Li, the founder and pioneer of Lingbao fruit industry.
Lingbao apples are big in size, bright in color, high in sugar content, delicious in taste and resistant to storage and transportation. Its internal and external quality is at the leading level in the whole country, and it has become a famous product with obvious regional characteristics in long-term cultivation. Its management technology, storage and sales measures are in place, in line with relevant state regulations. At the beginning of 2002, the state-owned lingbao city Horticultural Farm introduced the latest scientific research achievement SOD new technology of China Agricultural University and the patent of multi-dimensional nutrition calcium-rich and zinc-rich apple of Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, which achieved great success. As soon as the fruit went on the market, the single fruit price reached 4.5 yuan, and then it broke through the 10 yuan mark, creating the highest price in Lingbao apple history. It is said that SOD is an active enzyme, which has the effects of preventing and treating diseases, beautifying and protecting health, delaying aging and so on, and is the icing on the cake for Lingbao fruit industry. Not only occupied the major supermarkets in Sanmenxia area, but also was favored by the capital market. Lingbao apples are particularly popular in Hunan, Hubei, Guangdong and Guangxi.
Therefore, in 2004, Lingbao Apple successfully passed the audit of the expert audit group of "Registration of Marks of Origin" of AQSIQ, and passed the certification at one time. This is the first case of apple industry in China, which indicates that Lingbao Apple has obtained the passport of international trade, enjoyed the preferential policies and property rights protection of world trade, and laid the foundation for Lingbao fruit industry to take a new step and open up new markets. At the same time, 10 fruit merchants who made great contributions were awarded the title of "honorary citizen" in lingbao city. It also opened 350 sales windows across the country, making Lingbao Apple famous. The municipal foreign trade company has established a cooperative sales agreement with Vietnam, and has sold more than 1000 tons of apples. Yangdian Town, lingbao city, where I work, is located between Longhai Railway and National Highway 3 10. It is a fruit distribution center in lingbao city, enjoying the reputation of "Lingbao apples are sold in Yangdian, and Yangdian apples are sold all over the country", forming Yangdian Industrial Mountain Area of Yangdian Railway Station and Xiaohe Industrial Park beside National Highway 3 10, and forming an emerging industry with machinery, fruit processing and breeding as its industrial structure.