Hua Niu Apple

Tianshui is very suitable for apple growth in terms of climate, soil, sunshine and other natural conditions. The apples grown here have good color, shape and taste, making it the largest apple production base in northwest China. In 1974, Tianshui was identified as one of the six major export apple producing areas in China.

The new apple species cultivated in Huaniu Village, Shilipu Township, Beidao District, Tianshui City can be regarded as one of the best apples. It has beautiful fruit shape, bright red color, prominent five edges, thin skin, juicy and fleshy juice, delicious aroma and a sound of China. Hong Kong newspapers praised that there is a "Flower Cattle Garden" in the northwest of China, which produces the best quality "Flower Cattle Apples", the quality of which exceeds that of the American ace apple-"Snake Fruit", and surpasses the famous brands of apples all over the world. China's "Huaniu" apple won the title of world ace by the evaluation of Hongkong market. After that, China officially took "Hua Niu" as the trademark of Apple and exported it in large quantities. Thanks to the efforts of scientific researchers, new varieties of "Huaniu" apple have been continuously produced, and the quality of fruit has been steadily improved, which has been at the leading level in the country and has become a pillar industry in Tianshui City.

northern chestnut

Tianshui is one of the origins of chestnut in China. There are a large area of natural wild chestnut forests in Xiaolongshan Mountain area. It is said that the famous "Tianjin Ganli" was introduced from Baoji and Tianshui when Qin Shihuang built the Great Wall, and it was cultivated locally as an armament grain. There are about 4, mu of natural wild chestnuts in the east of Beidao District, which are mainly distributed in Dongcha, Liyuan, Wuzhai and other forest areas.

in recent years, Tianshui municipal government has built a commodity base of 1, mu of chestnut in more than 1 townships such as Liyuan, Dongcha and Qishou. Since the construction of the base, remarkable economic benefits have been achieved, with a cumulative output of 9, kilograms of chestnut and 2 million seedlings in five years.

Gangu pepper

Line pepper is widely planted in Tianshui City, among which Gangu pepper has the largest yield and the best quality. Gangu line pepper is shaped like a horn, with red and bright color, strong spicy taste, thick meat, rich oil, spicy and fragrant taste, easy to dry, durable and long-lasting reputation.

Gangu pepper is mainly produced in Pan 'an Township, which is located in the Weihe River Valley, with a warm climate and good irrigation conditions. It has a unique and good condition for planting pepper and a long planting history. Farmers here all have experts in growing peppers, and peppers have become their traditional crops handed down from generation to generation. At present, the pepper planting area has grown to nearly 5, mu, with an average yield of about 5 Jin per mu. More than 2.5 million Jin of dried peppers are harvested throughout the year, and more than 1, tons are exported to Southeast Asian countries and Indonesia, New Zealand, North Korea, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong and Macao every year, which is very popular.