Lingwu long jujube, a unique variety of Lingwu City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, has a long history of cultivation, excellent varieties, delicious fresh fruits, crisp texture, juicy juice, white-green flesh, high edible rate and nutritional value, and has been approved as a national geographical indication product
Lingwu long jujube, a unique variety of Lingwu City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, has a long history of cultivation, excellent varieties, the fresh fruit produced is delicious, the texture is crispy, the juice is more, the flesh is white and green, and the edible rate and nutritional value are high. It has been approved as a national geographical indication product of China.
Quality characteristics
Lingwu long jujube has excellent commercial characteristics. The fruit ripens from late September to early October. The fruit is large, oblong or cylindrical, with an average single fruit weight of 14.5~24g (the highest in Ningxia) and a maximum of 40g (the largest in Ningxia). The longitudinal diameter is 4.34~4.80cm, and the horizontal diameter is 2.57~3.36cm. The size is neater; Lingwu long jujube is fresh and fruity, crisp in texture, juicy, white-green in flesh, and the edible rate is 94.6%; Functional foods and high nutritional value. Contains a variety of nutrients that are beneficial to the human body. Contains a large amount of vitamin P, has the function of keeping the capillaries unblocked, preventing the fragility of the blood vessel wall from increasing, and has curative effects on hypertension, atherosclerosis and other diseases, rich in nutrition, widely used, and beneficial to human health; Wine jujube is made from fresh jujube, which has a unique sweet and fragrant taste, and is a good product for the Spring Festival. Dried jujube is cooked together with white fungus and wolfberry, which is a very nutritious tonic. Lingwu jujube has excellent characteristics and is a valuable germplasm resource for the people of Ningxia, so it must be used well.
Origin environment
Lingwu City, Ningxia is located in the central part of Ningxia, with an altitude of 1250 meters, belonging to a typical continental monsoon climate, which is characterized by: late spring and early autumn, four distinct seasons, sufficient sunshine, abundant heat, strong evaporation, dry climate, more sunny days, less rain and thunder, 3080.2 hours of sunshine throughout the year, an average frost-free period of 157 days, a plant growth period of 170 days, an average annual ≥ of 10 °C, an average annual temperature of 8.8 °C, and an average annual precipitation of 206.2-255.2mm. The overall climate is suitable for the growth of dried fruit crops such as jujubes. The long jujube base is located in Dongta Town, Linhe Town, Haojiaqiao Town, the soil is sandy loam, the soil is deep and fertile, the Yellow River water is irrigated, the water source is abundant, and the Lingwu long jujube has unique conditions, making it a local characteristic variety.
Production
According to page 279 of the "Chinese Fruit Tree Chronicle Jujube Volume", Ningxia long jujube is also known as horsetooth jujube, produced in Ningxia Lingwu, and the cultivation history began in the 18th century. In order to promote the development of the jujube industry and broaden the channels for increasing income, Lingwu City has introduced many preferential policies to encourage the cultivation of jujube. First, it has formed an industrialized service system for Lingwu long jujube. By 2009, there was one Lingwu Changzao Municipal Association, and Lingwu Changzao Economic Cooperation Organization such as Lingwu Lingdan Group and Company was cultivated; The Lingwu Changzao communication and information platform has been established, and a five-level technical service network of cities, townships, villages, teams and households has been formed; opened a special telephone line for 4020115 Lingwu Changjube technical service; And use the China Mobile information platform to timely transmit the key points of jujube tree management and relevant information to each jujube farmer in the form of text messages. Second, a relatively complete technical chain system has been established, which has the technical support conditions for large-scale development in Ningxia. Third, breakthroughs have been made in deep processing technology. In cooperation with Tianjin University of Science and Technology, the "Lingzhou Red" series of long jujube fruit wine developed and developed was officially put on the market; Lingwu crystal jujube developed by Lingwu Yinong Jujube Garden Red Agricultural By-product Development Center, in 2008 has entered Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen and other big cities, in order to further develop Lingwu crystal jujube series products, expand the scale, Lingwu City plans to invest 22 million yuan, built Ningxia's largest modern jujube deep processing enterprises, is expected to produce and process 1,200 tons of crystal jujube, 2,000 tons of off-season sales of jujube, is expected to generate nearly 5 million yuan.
By 2009, Lingwu has built 86,000 acres of Lingwu jujube standardized industrial base of 100 kilometers along the mountains throughout the north and south of the city, including 5 1,000 acres of high-quality demonstration parks, 2 green pollution-free production bases of 10,000 acres, and 40,000 acres of fruit area in 2008, with an output of nearly 2 million kilograms and an annual output value of 20 million yuan.
