Liquan Apple's Apple Hometown's Liquan

Liquan has been famous as the "Hometown of Apples" since the 1990s. Liquan apples are exported to all over the country and have won unanimous recognition and praise from everyone with their reasonable prices and excellent varieties. The apple planting area in the county is 700,000 acres, with an annual output of 800 million kilograms of fruit, including 650 million kilograms of apples. Fruit income is nearly 1 billion yuan. The per capita net income of farmers from fruits alone is more than 1,600 yuan, making it the number one fruit county in the country. , Liquan Red Fuji, Qinguan, Suli, etc. have been rated as ministerial excellent, provincial excellent and national agricultural expo gold medals and famous brand fruits for many times. We have introduced new apple varieties, which are available on the market in summer, such as "Gala" and "Meiba", which are well received by consumers and favored by various dealers. The rapid development of the apple industry has effectively promoted the development of related industries. Up to now, the county has built 24 climate-controlled cold storages for fruit products, more than 60,000 simple fruit storage warehouses, and a storage scale of more than 400 million kilograms. The added value of storage alone is more than 200 million yuan; two concentrated juice production lines with an annual output of 10,000 tons have been built. More than 40,000 tons of fresh fruits are processed, earning one million US dollars in foreign exchange; the number of fruit packaging companies has grown to 246

, with an annual output value of nearly 400 million yuan; 50,000 transportation vehicles of various types; 4 fruit wholesale markets have been built, with fruit packaging There are more than 500 stores and more than 50,000 fruit dealers, making it the largest fruit distribution center in the northwest region. Liquan County has 750,000 acres of fruit, including 500,000 acres of apples, 150,000 acres of pears, and 100,000 acres of hybrid fruits such as peaches, apricots, plums, pomegranates, and grapes, with an average annual fruit output of 800,000 tons.

Liquan County has a warm temperate semi-arid continental monsoon climate, with an average annual temperature of 12.96°C, 214 frost-free days, and an average annual precipitation of 537-546 square millimeters. The altitude is between 402-1467 meters, with mountains in the north and plateaus in the south. It has four distinct seasons, with rain and heat in the same season, moderate cold and warm, and a very superior natural environment. The terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. It falls in a stepped shape and is divided into three landforms: mountain, plateau and river. The northern part is a hilly and ravine area, including Wufeng Mountain (1,467 meters above sea level), Jiuwei Mountain, Chaoyang Mountain and Fangshan Mountain. It stretches from west to east for more than 40 miles, accounting for 34% of the total area of ??the county. There are 300,000 acres of natural grassland in the northern mountainous area, and 80,000 acres of barren hills, slopes, and ditches to be developed. The soil is deep, the light is sufficient, and the temperature difference between day and night is large. It is the best growing area for apples. The central part is the loess hilly area, with an altitude between 580-850 meters, accounting for 16% of the county's total area. The southern part belongs to the Loess Taiyuan area, with an altitude between 450-560 meters, and is Sichuan plains, accounting for 50% of the county's total area. Suitable for growing apples are high latitude areas with large temperature differences and sweet fruit flavor. There is also the Jinghe River. Nourished by the water of the ritual spring.