The origin of red kiwi fruit is Cangxi. Kiwi fruit from Cangxi County, Sichuan Province is a national geographical indication product of China.
Cangxi is the origin of red-heart kiwifruit, the first county of red-heart kiwifruit in China, a national modern agricultural kiwifruit demonstration area, a national green food standardized raw material production base, and a national export kiwifruit quality and safety demonstration area. The red color of Cangxi kiwifruit is Yang has become the preferred replacement variety for third-generation kiwis in the world.
Cangxi belongs to the landform of low mountains, deep hills, narrow valleys and long beams, with an altitude of 357-1377 meters, an average temperature of 16.9°C, a frost-free period of 288 days, annual sunshine of 1560.5 hours, and average annual rainfall. 105435 mm, the three-dimensional climate is obvious, showing the climate characteristics of "the cold in the mountains is not over, and the spring is strong at the valley bottom", which is the best environment for growing kiwi fruit.
At the same time, the soil suitable for the growth of kiwi fruit is purple soil. More than 80% of the purple soil in China is in Sichuan. Cangxi is the county with the largest purple soil area in Sichuan Province.
Extended information:
Cangxi began artificial domestication and cultivation of kiwifruit in the 1970s, and was one of the first pilot counties for domestication and cultivation of kiwifruit in China. In 1978, a large number of wild kiwis were discovered in the mountainous areas of northern Cangxi County during the national kiwi resource census.
In October 1980, Cangxi kiwifruit resource census work began, and Cangxi became the first pilot county for kiwifruit domestication and cultivation in China. In 1986, Cangxi County technicians discovered three red-fleshed kiwifruit strains during a kiwi fruit comparison test, which started the history of Cangxi red-heart kiwi fruit cultivation.
The world's first new red-heart kiwifruit variety - Hongyang - was successfully bred, and later Honghua, Hongmei, Hongsheng, etc. were developed with tender flesh, rich aroma, extremely low acidity and rich nutrition. A large number of new kiwi varieties with red hearts.
Ifeng.com - Cangxi Red Heart Kiwi won the 2017 China International Trademark Brand Gold Award
Baidu Encyclopedia - Cangxi Kiwi