Lushan Litchi

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Lushan Litchi has a long history of planting. When the great politician and calligrapher Cai Wei of the Song Dynasty took the post of Quanzhou Taishou, he went to the first mountain in Yongchun, the "Shengquan" of Leshan, to pray for the people. When the time is large and the summer season is small, Yongchun villagers pick a string of red and bright eucalyptus lychee and ask him to taste it. Cai Taishou, who grew up in Xinghua House (now Xianyou County, Fujian Province), tasted the eucalyptus, and felt that its taste was better than that of Xinghua Litchi, and the kernel was smaller than peanuts (the so-called coke nucleus). He also discovered that the crown of the eucalyptus eucalyptus is also taller and greener than the Xinghua name "Zhongyuanhong", and can't help but applaud, even claiming praise. Later, Cai Wei listed Yongchun Wuye Litchi as a famous species and included his monograph "Litchi Spectrum".

Lychee is one of the six famous fruits of Fujian Province. Its fresh fruit color, aroma, taste and shape are beautiful, sweet and delicious, and it is deeply favored by consumers. It is the treasure of the fruit of “one fruit listed, one hundred fruits make way”. It has long been praised by the ancients. In the Tang Dynasty, Bai Juyi’s "Litchi Picture Order" praised the lychee: "Bright as red enamel, the film is like purple sable, the meat is white as snow, and the syrup is like oyster." In the Song Dynasty, Su Dongpo wrote "Sunday" when tasting Lingnan Litchi. A verse of three hundred lychees, which did not resign as a Lingnan. The eucalyptus eucalyptus, which is abundant in the town of Lushan Town, Yongchun County, is famous for its color, fragrance and taste.岵山乌叶荔枝, small skin and small nucleus (95% is coke nucleus), fleshy and juicy, tastes sweet, smooth and delicious, not only praised Weinan, but also famous overseas; many Yongchun nationals and Hong Kong and Macao The compatriots often choose the musk season to return to the mulberry and taste the unique fruit of this flavor. Eucalyptus lychee is a precious fruit with color, aroma and taste. It is rich in nutrients, that is, it contains a lot of sugar, moderate organic acids and multivitamins. It is used as a tonic. According to Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "Eatly eat lychee, can make up the brain fitness, treat bloated, appetite spleen, dry products can supplement vitality, for the maternal and the weak and the weak." Litchi's husk, fruit nucleus It can be used to treat nasal sputum and treat suffocation. In addition to serving fresh food, litchi can also be baked, brewed, medicated, or processed into canned food. Litchi is a nourishing dry product, which is the same as longan, especially for maternity and the elderly. The litchi core contains 75% starch and is a good raw material for winemaking. Lychee is a good source of honey, so litchi is an excellent honey plant, a lychee tree of more than 30 years, can produce 15-20 kg of honey during flowering; litchi honey is the top grade of honey, containing the sugar needed by the human body and more than 20 Amino acids, with high medical value and health nourishing effect. Litchi root can be extracted from tannins and is a superior antiseptic material; litchi roots and branches can be refined into dyes, especially dip-dyed fishing nets; litchi trunks are solid wood and fine texture, and are high-quality materials for making furniture wood and carving idols. Litchi is also an excellent tree species for greening wasteland and wasteland, protecting the impoundment and improving the ecological environment. Lushan Litchi has many characteristics: it has low requirements for cultivation conditions, is highly adaptable, and grows very fast. It can be fruitful in 2-3 years; long life span, old trees of more than 100 years can still produce results; yields are high, some A tree can harvest a thousand pounds, and the economic value is considerable. These characteristics of Lushan Litchi are related to its unique geographical and climatic conditions: Lushan is located in the subtropical zone, the middle part is a mountain basin, and Xiaotunxi flows through it. The annual average temperature is 20.4 °C, and the annual rainfall is about 1700mm. The soil is It is a slightly acidic sandy red soil, which is very suitable for the growth of eucalyptus. After the reform and opening up, Lushan Litchi was vigorously developed. By 2002, the town had a planting area of ​​980 mu and a production of more than 800,000 jin. Litchi fruit is sold everywhere, and the price has been higher than that of the field. Lushan farmers also attach great importance to the role of science and technology in production management, such as strengthening the application of cultivation techniques such as pest control, flower protection and fruit conservation, so that the quality of litchi fruit has been greatly improved, and it has gradually become a famous production base of Litchi in our county. .

Technical requirements for quality of Lishan Litchi I. Variety Lushan is late. Second, site conditions Beside the riverside and river ditch, the soil is sedimentary soil and red soil, soil organic matter content ≥1.5%, pH value 5.0-6.5. Third, cultivation management Breeding of seedlings: breeding with high-altitude beading or grafting with "wuye" as rootstock. 2. 3. Planting density: 15 to 20 plants per 667 m2 (mu). 4. Canopy management: The tree is naturally happy round or semi-circular. Trimming is based on sparse shearing, with retraction trimming. Winter prevention and control of winter shoots; spring control of flower spikes, anti-shooting. 5. Fertilization: mainly based on decomposed organic fertilizer, 1500kg to 2000kg per 667m2 (mu). 6. Harvest: In the middle and late July, the peel turned bright red and harvested. 7. Environmental and safety requirements: The use of pesticides, fertilizers, etc. must comply with relevant national regulations and must not pollute the environment. Fourth, the quality characteristics 1. Sensory features: the peel is bright red, the cracks are prominent, and the color is uniform. The heart or oval of the fruit is white, and the flesh is white and sweet. 2. 3. Safety and other quality technical requirements: Product safety and other quality technical requirements must comply with relevant national regulations.

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Producers within the production area of ​​Lushan Litchi may submit an application to the Yongchun County Market Supervision Administration for the use of the “Special Mark for Geographical Indication Products”, which shall be reviewed by the Fujian Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision and reported to the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine for approval. The testing organization of Lushan Litchi is selected by the Fujian Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision in the testing institutions that meet the qualification requirements.