Luotian Chestnut, produced in Luotian County, Dabie Mountain, Hubei Province, is not only thin, but also crisp and sweet, and has a golden appearance, bright color and a unique sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance. Compared with chestnuts in other places, Luotian County chestnuts are not only large in scale but also highly nutritious.

Special product summary Luotian is located in the south of Dabie Mountain. The main peak of Dabie Mountain is in the territory. The forest is dense and the natural environment is beautiful. It is the first national chestnut town named after the name. Luotian chestnut cultivation area and output are the highest in the country, and its listing time is long, generally from the end of August to November. The reputation of Luotian Chestnut has also made many Chinese and foreign tourists far and wide. Professor Loton of the Australian University of Oklahoma came to Luotian for a visit. After a field trip to the Luotian chestnut variety, Luo Tian was considered to be the "World Chestnut Gene Bank." Production Status Luotian County is a famous hometown of chestnuts. The area and output of chestnut have always ranked first in the country. The county has built 750 pieces of chestnut base with an area of ​​more than 300 mu, and more than 10,000 households with income of over 10,000 yuan. The production of chestnut has achieved specialization. In 2011, the chestnut cultivation area of ​​the county exceeded 1 million mu, the total output exceeded 68 million kilograms, and the annual output value of the series was 850 million yuan. Only a chestnut, rural people get a net income of 1,380 yuan. Luotian Chestnut is well known both at home and abroad for its unique and excellent quality. Merchants at home and abroad knew Luotian because of chestnut, and went to Luotian because of chestnut, and invested in Luotian because of chestnut. Nutritional value Luotian chestnut generally contains 5.9% protein, 2% fat, 62% carbohydrate, 25% starch, vitamin B and lipase. The comparison shows that the protein contained is 30% higher than rice and 20 times higher than rice. At the same time, Luotian chestnut can also be used to stew meat, roast chicken, beautiful. Luo Tian's new "canned chestnut canned" has also been included in the "Chinese recipes." Cultural Links For Chestnut, Li Shizhen once said: Children should not eat more, but it is difficult to be born, and when they are cooked, they are stagnant, and they eat insects, which often cause illness. ("Compendium of Materia Medica"). Li can tonify the kidneys, and it is said that there are weak waist and legs, and you can walk a few liters. The scorpion can be smashed with diarrhea, and Su Zi also has a poem: "The old man has to add waist and leg disease, and the mountain sorrows the chestnuts. The guest comes to say that the morning is late, and the three pharynx Xu collects white jade pulp." Chestnut, the people of Luotian in the Dabie Mountains in eastern Hubei Province proudly said: "Silkworm silk, honey, tree oil, mountain chestnut". "Hankou Zhuzhi Ci" of Ye Daoyuan during the Qing Daoguang period also recorded the Luotian chestnut: "The street is full of fire, and the smoke is blazing. The eight big money is called the four and two, and there is no taste for it." For more than 20 years, Luotian County has successfully completed the "Reduce Chestnut Emptying Rate Increase Technology" u0026quot;Chestnut Plus Female Reduction Technologyu0026quot; and more than 20 items, including well-known chestnut experts and research institutes at home and abroad. Research on chestnut research projects, more than 10 scientific research won provincial and ministerial level scientific and technological progress awards. Established and improved the three-level chestnut technology service system, more than 95% of the county's chestnut farmers have mastered the key technical essentials in chestnut production management. Luo Tian has sent many scientific and technical personnel to study and study the chestnut industry abroad. The chestnut experts from the United States, Japan, Canada, Italy and other countries have come to Luotian for more than 50 visits and academic exchanges.

Luotian chestnut quality technical requirements (a) site conditions. The hilly area with an altitude of 50 to 500 meters has a pH between 5 and 6.5. The soil is loam and sandy loam, and the soil organic matter content is ≥1.2%. (2) Variety. Early maturing varieties: June violence. Medium-bred varieties: sweet-scented osmanthus, wool chestnut, big black chestnut, August red, shallow thorn chestnut, large fruit in the chestnut. Late-maturing varieties: red light oil chestnut, September cold. (3) Cultivation management. 1. Seedling: Collecting the annual or the thick and strong annual branches of the canopy on the mother tree with strong growth, pure variety and no quarantine pests and diseases, and use the joint anvil grafting. 2. Site preparation: gentle slope into a ladder, steep slope fish scale pit, to ensure that the texture is loose. 3. Seedling planting: planting time from mid-December to early March. Planting density is ≤ 833 per hectare. 4. Soil and fertilizer management: (1) Soil management: Deeply change the soil in autumn and winter, deep digging and expanding the hole, and cultivating once in the spring. (2) Fertilization management: mainly organic fertilizer, organic fertilizer per hectare ≥ 20.8 tons. 5. Plastic pruning: The chestnut tree type is mostly natural happy shape, main sparse layer shape, and variable side main shape. Winter pruning is combined with summer pruning to ensure ventilation and light transmission. 6. Flower and fruit management: “spray” three times (N, P, K, B) foliar fertilizer during flowering. 7. Harvest: Lipond (苞) naturally cracks more than 3% and harvests one after another. 8. Post-harvest treatment: timely treatment after harvesting to prevent mildew and reduce quality. (4) Quality characteristics. Variety of chestnut characteristics Chestnut characteristics Main physical and chemical indicators (%) June base is thinner, the shoulders are slightly wider, the base is smaller, the top is sharp, and the furry is scarce. Peel tan. The chestnut is yellow, the flesh is light yellow, sweet and delicious. Water content: 47±2.5 Precipitate Powder: 45±2.5 Soluble sugar: 13±3.5 Sweet-scented osmanthus fruit, red, brown, small base, rare hair, shiny. The nuts are golden yellow, the flesh is yellow, and there is a sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance. Water content: 43±2.5 Precipitate Powder: 46±2.5 Soluble sugar: 17±3.5 The wool chestnut shoulder is wide and thick, the base is small, the body has white hair, and the fruit is tan. The nuts are yellow, the flesh is milky yellow, the meat is crispy, sweet and tastes good. Water content: 45±2.5 Precipitate Powder: 43±2.5 Soluble sugar: 15±3.5 Large fruit in the chestnut shoulder is thin, the waist is hypertrophy, the base is wide, the base is small, the peel is dark red, and the top has hair. The nuts are yellow, the flesh is yellowish white, crisp and delicious, and the sweetness is medium. Water content: 47±2.5 Precipitate Powder: 46±2.5 Soluble sugar: 12±3.5 Large black chestnut fruit shoulder semicircle, base is slightly narrow, the base is large, the top is slightly pointed, the skin is dark brown, shiny, and the fruit top hair is less. The nuts are yellow, the flesh is light yellow, crisp and sweet. Water content: 47±2.5 Precipitate Powder: 46±2.5 Soluble sugar: 13±3.5 Shallow prickly chestnut fruit shape neat, long oval, peel dark brown, shiny, less hair, small base, crescent shape. The chestnut kernel is light yellow, the flesh is milky white, and the sweetness is medium. Water content: 49±2.5 Precipitate Powder: 43±2.5 Soluble sugar: 10±3.5 August red fruit shoulder is thin, waist is hypertrophy, base is small, peel is red, shiny. The nuts are golden yellow, the flesh is light yellow, crisp and delicious, and sweet. Water content: 46±2.5 Precipitate Powder: 46±2.5 Soluble sugar: 13±3.5 Red light oil chestnut fruit shoulder thin, slightly wider base, larger base, top micro-tip, fruit brown red, shiny. The nuts are golden yellow, the flesh is yellow, crisp and sweet. Water content: 42±2.5 Precipitate Powder: 48±2.5 Soluble sugar: 17±3.5 September cold fruit peel dark brown, with a small amount of hair, medium base. The nuts are golden yellow, the flesh is yellow, and the taste is sweeter. Water content: 43±2.5 starch: 46±2.5 soluble sugar: 16±3.5

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Producers within the scope of protection of Luotian chestnut geographical indication products may apply to the Luotian County Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau of Hubei Province for the use of the “Special Mark for Geographical Indication Products”, which shall be approved by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine.