Fujian Daily, · New Fujian Client, July 13 (Reporter Su Yichun) On July 13, the 2024 Zhangpu Lychee High-quality Varieties Tasting Meeting was held at the Lychee Museum in the High-tech Zone. At the tasting meeting, more than 20 mid-to-late maturing high-quality varieties such as Jumeiren, seedless lychee, Xianjin Feng, Jinggang red glutinous and ice lychee cultivated and improved in Zhangpu County in recent years were displayed, representing the latest breakthrough in lychee planting technology in Zhangpu County.
Among them, the high-profile "giant beauty" lychee, which has been cultivated for 14 years, has attracted the attention of many participants with its heart-shaped huge fruit, bright appearance, and crisp and tender flesh.
Zhangpu is known as the "hometown of Chinese lychees" and has a long history of lychee cultivation. In order to continuously cultivate excellent varieties and create a high-quality brand of "Zhangpu Lychee", Zhangpu County actively participates in the joint scientific research of national lychee varieties to improve high-quality varieties such as Feizixiao, Guiwei, Lingfengnuo, and Jumeiren, and the planting area of lychee in the county will be about 50,000 mu in 2024, with an estimated output of 31,000 tons, of which nearly 20,000 mu will be planted with late-maturing high-quality lychee varieties. Zhangpu County lychee is mainly sold in the fresh fruit market, sold to major and medium-sized cities across the country, exported to Japan, Korea, North America, Europe and other countries and regions, and some lychees are processed into lychee juice, dried lychee, lychee wine, freeze-dried lychee and lychee crisp.
"In recent years, Zhangpu has improved the popularity and market share of our Zhangpu lychees in the national market by creating Wushi lychee and Chiling seedless lychee. The tasting meeting was held, which was conducive to the promotion of new lychee varieties. Li Huiming, deputy director of the Zhangpu County Agriculture and Rural Bureau, said.
Hosted by the Zhangpu County Party Committee of the Communist Party of China and the People's Government of Zhangpu County, the two-day tasting event aims to comprehensively display the planting history, variety characteristics and industrial development planning of Zhangpu lychee. The successful holding of this tasting meeting has improved the popularity and reputation of Zhangpu lychee, and built a diversified platform for brand display, industrial cooperation and cultural exchanges, which is of great significance to promote the prosperity and development of the lychee industry.
Source: Fujian Daily · New Fujian client