1, Qixia Apple.
Qixia City, Shandong Province is known as the "Roof of Jiaodong", with an area of 20 17 square kilometers. Its main terrain is hills and mountains, and it has the characteristics of "six mountains, one water and three fields". This geographical and natural environment is very suitable for growing apples. Qixia people have a long history of planting apples, which has been 100 years. Since the reform and opening up, Qixia has accelerated the adjustment of industrial structure and vigorously developed the apple industry. The orchard area has rapidly increased to 650,000 mu, with an annual output of 654.38 billion kilograms of apples, making it a pillar industry.
2. Luochuan apples.
In previous apple competitions organized by provinces and states, Luochuan apple was among the best in quality. 1974, in the national apple variety appraisal meeting, its total score was higher than that of American snake fruit, which was well-known at home and abroad; During the period of 1978, Luochuan Red Star and Hongguan ranked first and second in the total score at the Shaanxi Provincial Standards Approval and New Variety Identification Conference, and all the participating indexes reached high quality.
3. Lingbao Apple.
Due to the rapid development of apple industry, Lingbao has been identified by the state as a demonstration area for the quality and safety of exported apples and juices, a production base for high-quality apples, a production demonstration base for pollution-free apples and an advantageous apple industrial belt. It was awarded the titles of "Top Ten Counties (Cities) of China Quality Fruit Base", "Top Ten Counties (Cities) of China Quality Apple Base" and "Top Ten Counties (Cities) of China Fruit and Vegetable Processing".