The loquat produced in Yunxiao County, the "hometown of Loquat in China", is known as the first fruit of primrose in southern Fujian.
Loquat has a long history of cultivation, and its products have always been fresh fruits and medicinal dried leaves. Loquat is known for its early ripening, fragrant flavor, bright appearance and rich fluffy fruit surface, and the loquat has the characteristics of good flavor and quality, soft and juicy fruit, tender slag, easy peeling, moderate sweetness and acidity, strong flavor and aroma.
In 2007, the former General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine approved the implementation of geographical indication product protection for "Loquat in the Clouds".
The scope of protection of Loquat Geographical Indication products is the administrative area under the jurisdiction of Yunxiao County, Fujian Province.
Yunxiao County is the origin of Loquat, and the unique natural environment and cultural background of Yunxiao County have created Loquat with strong local characteristics.
Loquat is a tropical evergreen small tree, loquat flavor and quality are good, the fruit is soft and juicy, tender slag, easy to peel, sweet and sour moderate, strong flavor, aroma is sufficient; the fruit is large, the single fruit weighs about 50g, the maximum can reach 150g, the edible rate is high, generally about 70%; rich in nutrition, there are throat, cough, stomach and heat removal, etc., is a health care fruit suitable for all ages.
In addition to the main varieties of early bell No. 6, Changhong No. 3 and Jiefang Bell, there are also large bell species, red meat long species, red meat round species, Wenzhou species, Putian species, Xiasaka soil round species, duck egg species, dahongpao species, soft strip white yarn species, etc., which can be said to be a wide variety, rich in output, well-known in the north and south of the great river and even overseas, becoming the first of the Yunxiao fruit varieties.
The cultivation of loquat has a long history, and there are historical records in the Tang Dynasty. More than 1,300 years ago, Chen Zheng, Chen Yuanguang and his father and son were instructed to go south, and the Culture of the Central Plains was also introduced. At that time, the poet Ding Ru once wrote a popular poem: "Jinyuan comes to Danli, and Qingbo produces vegetarian scales." Basho gold section, longan jade shengjin. Honey takes the dew between the flowers, and the citrus tree treasures. "What is written is the beauty of the mountains and waters, the flowers and fruits of the clouds. As a treasure in the fruit, seasonal tribute, with its good flavor and quality, the reputation of the united world at that time was originally called the loquat of the clouds.
Medical scientist Li Shizhen recorded in the "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Loquat is a good medicine for lowering gas and relieving heat in the stomach." "During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the local people often boiled water and drank the loquat flowers, loquat leaves, and loquat roots that were abundant in the local area to nourish the yin and reduce the fire, clear the lungs and dissolve phlegm, treat colds and coughs, lungs and stomach heat, dry mouth and dry tongue. People often say, "This is a folk medicine, which saves money and can cure diseases." ”
During the Republic of China period, Yunxiao was the economic and cultural center of the five counties in the south of Zhangzhou, shipping was particularly developed, and yunxiao loquat also went south to Shantou, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, north to Fuzhou, Ningbo, Shanghai, Yunxiao became the main production area of loquat in Fujian Province, known for early ripening and high quality.
Since the reform and opening up, the Yunxiao County Party Committee and the county government have vigorously developed loquat cultivation according to the advantages of the county. In 1994, the promotion of loquat early maturing high-quality new varieties "Early Bell No. 6", so that the Loquat industry to a new level, through the cooperation between leading enterprises and scientific research departments, research and development of "loquat wine", "loquat paste", "loquat juice", "loquat flower tea" and other deep-processed products, and successfully put on the market, extend the industrial chain, further improve the loquat industry efficiency, become the market popular "golden fruit".
In 2001, Yunxiao County was rated as "the hometown of loquat in China" by the State Forestry Administration;
In 2007, Yunxiao Loquat was approved by the General Administration of Quality Supervision and Inspection of the People's Republic of China to implement the protection of geographical indication products;
In 2009, Yunxiao Loquat was rated as "Top Ten Famous Flowers and Fruits" in Zhangzhou City;
On July 27, 2020, Loquat was selected for the second batch of protection lists of geographical indications in Europe.
On December 25, 2020, it was included in the third batch of national famous and excellent new agricultural products in 2020.