Where is the best apple?
Apple is native to central and southeastern Europe, Central Asia and West Asia, and Xinjiang, China, and has been cultivated in China for more than two thousand years.
China is a big producer of apples, accounting for 65% of the total output. So where is the main apple producing area in China? Where is the best apple?
1, Shaanxi Luochuan Apple
At present, the apple planting area in Luochuan covers more than 95% of farmers in the county, and 95% of farmers' income in the county comes from the apple industry. The apples in Luochuan, Shaanxi Province are of moderate size, high hardness, thick and juicy skin and average sweetness.
2. Gansu Tianshui Huaniu Apple
Gansu Tianshui Huaniu apple has thin skin, high sugar content, high water content, low yield, red stripes, milky white juice and milk flavor, so it is called "Dairy Huaniu". Natural growth, no hormones, green and healthy.
3. Yichuan Apple
Yichuan apple element is famous for its good color, fragrance and taste. Excellent quality, beautiful fruit shape, large and uniform size, clean fruit surface, bright color, crisp and dense meat, sweet and sour taste and rich flavor. The sugar content of Yichuan apple is more than 15% and the hardness is more than 7.0kg/cm.
Resistant to storage, it can be stored in a soil cave until April-May of the following year, and the storage period can reach more than one year.
Aksu rock sugar apple (figure)
4. Aksu apples in Xinjiang
Xinjiang Aksu apple became a new "network celebrity" overnight, with large fruit, high hardness, thick skin, juicy juice and high sweetness.
5. Red Fuji apples in Fengxian County
Fengxian, the world-famous "hometown of red Fuji apples". Fengxian Red Fuji apple is famous at home and abroad for its refreshing, juicy, sweet and crisp taste, bright color, high soluble solid content and excellent storage resistance.
Exported to Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and other countries, deeply loved by domestic consumers.
The above is the introduction of the origin of apple. In fact, the main factor affecting the size of apples is sunshine time, and the main factors affecting the sweetness of apples are frost-free period and temperature difference between day and night. Therefore, some places have greater geographical advantages, and the apples planted are more delicious.
Distribution of apple producing areas in China
Apple trees in China are mainly concentrated in the north, and there are many varieties of apples, but the apples planted in Shandong and Shaanxi provinces should be the most popular, and there are four major apple producing areas in China.
1, apple producing area in northwest loess plateau
This apple producing area mainly includes some major apple producing areas in Shaanxi, Shaanxi, Henan and Gansu, and the most famous apple is the apple in Luochuan, Shaanxi. Apples in Luochuan, Shaanxi are very popular in the market because of their good appearance, high sugar content and storage resistance.
2. Apple producing areas in Bohai Bay
This apple producing area mainly includes apple growing areas in Shandong, Liaoning, Hebei, Beijing and Tianjin. The most famous apple variety in this area is from Yantai, Shandong.
Zhaotong Apple (Figure)
3. Apple producing areas in the old Yellow River.
This producing area mainly includes northern apple growing areas such as Henan, southwestern Shandong, Jiangsu and Anhui. The most famous apple in this apple producing area is the apple in Lingbao, Henan.
4. Apple-growing areas in the southwest cold region of China.
This apple planting area mainly includes western Sichuan, northeastern Yunnan, northwestern Guizhou and parts of southern Tibet.
The famous apple variety in this apple producing area is Zhaotong, Yunnan. By virtue of its geographical advantages, this region matured earlier, went abroad and sold overseas.