Citrus is a specialty of ouhai district, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, and a landmark product of chinese national geography. Ougan is a local traditional citrus variety in China, which was listed as a tribute by the court in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Its cultivation history is about 2400 years. There is a poem by the ancients, "there is no orange in the forest, and there is no lotus without water." 1990 was designated as a special fruit for athletes by the Beijing Asian Games.
The storability of mandarin orange is better than other citrus varieties. After storage, the fruit is "yellow in winter and fresh in color and taste". As early as the fifth year of Xichun in the Southern Song Dynasty (1 178), the "sea red" described in the world's first monograph "Orange Record" written by Wenzhou satrap Han Yanzhi is now orange.
On February 22, 2006, the former General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine approved the protection of geographical indication products for Ougan.
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Citrus has a regular shape, pear-shaped or high oblate, and the top of the fruit is prominent; The peel is orange or golden yellow in color, smooth and shiny, and the pedicel is bright green; Peel and pulp are closely combined and easy to peel. The pulp is soft and juicy, sweet and delicious, and slightly bitter at first.
1949 Wenzhou mandarin orange planting area is 0.2 1 10,000 mu. In 20 12, the planting area of the city is 56,000 mu. Among them, the fastest development was in 2002 -20 12, from 17600 mu to 56000 mu.
In 2008, the citrus planting area in ouhai district reached10.6 million mu, and the output was about 25,000 tons.
In 2009, ouhai district planted more than 0.5 million mu of citrus/kloc-0, with an output of more than 20,000 tons and an output value of 1 more than 100 million yuan.
In 20 10 year, the area of satsuma mandarin reached 52 134 mu, the output was 52,069 tons, and the output value was 229.208 million yuan.
20 15 Wenzhou mandarin orange planted 49,000 mu, with an output of 62,000 tons and an output value of 230 million yuan.