Zhaoan is located in Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province. Zhaoan plum is rich in varieties, including ten varieties (strains) introduced from the north, mainly soft branches and big grains produced in Guangdong, and excellent strains selected from local seedlings. For example, Red Stars Bai Mei and Mei Qing. There are three types of flowering: early, middle and late maturity. Plum production in the county is mainly planted by farmers, and there are also some farms, joint households and specialized households. In the mountainous area suitable for plum blossom production, every flowering period, plum blossoms are in full bloom and fragrant; In the season of fruit and plum harvest, young and old from the producing areas went into battle together, forming a seasonal gathering place for migrant workers; Plum production in Zhao 'an county has formed a unique landscape in mountainous areas, and initially formed the embryonic form of plum production, processing and sales. Hongxing Township is located in the northeast of Zhao 'an County, the south gate of Fujian Province, with a typical subtropical climate, mild climate and abundant rainfall. The red plum produced here has large fruit, thin skin, thick meat, small stone and moderate acidity, and is rich in citric acid, tannic acid, malic acid and various amino acids needed by human body, which is superior to the products produced in other places. Hongxing Township was awarded the title of hometown of green plums in China, among which Xipu Village has the largest output.

Recently, the Party committee and government of Hongxing Township implemented the development strategy of "developing plum through science and technology", adhered to market orientation, took plum as the leader, increased investment in science and technology, and vigorously developed green industries. 1996 Hongxing Plum Base was listed as "National Export-oriented Agricultural Demonstration Zone Hongxing Plum Agricultural Industrialization' 8 15' Project Demonstration Community" and became the largest green plum planting base and main export base in our province. At present, the planting area of ebony is 35,000 mu, the output is 6,543,800 kilograms, and the total output value is 50 million yuan. This alone has generated more than 5 million yuan in tax revenue and 3,000 yuan in per capita income. It is estimated that the planting area in 2002 will be 465,438+700,000 mu and the output will be 265,438+500,000 kg. The township actively introduced funds and technology from Japan and Taiwan Province Province, established township enterprises and foreign-funded enterprises focusing on food and deep processing, and formed a processing industry focusing on semi-finished products such as preserved plum and dried plum, supplemented by plum sauce, sugar plum, preserved plum and plum wine. Hongxing Plum and its series products are favored by consumers, especially in Fujian, Guangdong, Japan, Taiwan Province and Taiwan Province. From June 5438, 2000 to February 2000, Red Star Plum brand products such as plum tea, plum sauce, salted plums and plum wine were awarded the "green food" trademark certificate by China Green Food Development Center. Register international and domestic domain names on the Internet. Red star plum is going abroad to Fushan Township. Taiping Plum Production Area and Hongxing Township Plum Production Area are two major plum production bases in Zhaoan, the hometown of China plums.

According to Mei Qing's introduction. Com, Taiping Town has a history of planting plums since ancient times, especially in the past 20 years, influenced by the neighboring Red Star Township, the planting of plums has further developed. Dabu Village is also located in the northeast of Zhaoan County, the south gate of Fujian Province. At present, there are more than a dozen varieties of Prunus mume produced in Dapu Village, such as Bai Mei, Green Bamboo Prunus mume, Soft Branch Prunus mume, Big Grain Prunus mume, etc. It can be said that there are many varieties and the output is huge. Although the plum in Dapu Village has a large yield, many varieties, excellent fruit and convenient transportation, it has not been developed by leaps and bounds, especially the processing has been blank. At present, the plums in Dapu Village have been sold by selling plums or simply pickling.