Cangxi Snow Pear is a geographical indication protected product. Cangxi Snow Pear is a geographical indication certification trademark.
Cangxi County is located in the northern part of Sichuan Province, in the middle reaches of the Jialing River. It has a long history of cultivating pear, and the soil and climate conditions are very conducive to the growth of fruit trees. Cangxi snow pear fruit has a large core and small core, crisp and tender flesh, juicy and fragrant, sweet and stale. It is a large fruit type, with a single fruit weighing generally around 500 grams. The largest fruit can weigh more than 1.5 kilograms, and the edible part is as high as 90.4%. Cangxi snow pear is not only top quality for fresh consumption, but can also be processed into cans and cooked dishes. "Cangxi Snow Pear Paste" made from snow pear and white cardamom, a traditional Chinese medicine, is a special medicine for moistening the lungs and relieving coughs.
Cangxi Snow Pear originated from the Yunshan Michu Forest Garden in the 1950s and spread throughout four towns and three townships, especially in the four townships of Wenchang, Yuedong, Yunshan and Baiyan. Currently, 700,000 traditional varieties are planted, 200,000 new varieties such as 5-5l, 6-2, and 1-28 are planted, and 100,000 early-maturing varieties such as New Century, Cuiguan, and Zhongli No. 1 are planted. 7 Sydney science popularization demonstration zones (films) have been built on the main transportation lines such as Xianxian and Cangshi City, and 5,000 acres of pollution-free Sydney bases at or above the county level have been built to comprehensively promote Sydney bagging and moth-attracting lamp technologies, with an annual total output of more than 120,000 tons and an output value of 2,000 Ten thousand yuan.
The new Cangxi snow pear lines 5-51 and 6-2 are two excellent super-parent lines bred by cross-breeding Cangxi snow pear and Hebei Yali as parents. They passed the provincial appraisal in 1991. Designated as a "super-neophilic strain", the project technology won the third prize of the 1992 Sichuan Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award. In 1994, Cangxi new pear lines 5-51 and 6-2 won sixth and first place respectively at the Sichuan Province Quality Fruit On-Site Competition. The fruit of the new strain Cangxi Snow Pear is scoop-shaped; the skin is yellowish brown, the fruit is neat, the average single fruit weight is 300 grams, the largest single fruit is 427 grams, the flesh is white, tender and slag-free, the heart is small and juicy, sweet and sour, refreshing, rich aroma, every 100 ml of juice Contains 8.70 grams of sugar, 0.09 grams of acid, and 14-15% soluble solids. It is resistant to storage and transportation, and is suitable for fresh eating and processing.
The new strain of Cangxi Snow Pear has strong tree vigor and upright posture, with strong budding ability and weak branching ability. You can draw a new one once a year. The main fruits are short fruit branches, especially short fruit branches shaped like chicken claws. This variety has strong early fruiting properties, high and stable yields. It bears fruit in the third year after grafted seedlings are planted, and enters the full fruiting period in 4-5 years. The yield per mu is 1000-1500 kilograms in the full fruiting period. The new strain of Cangxi snow pear sells for 4-5 yuan per kilogram outside the orchard. One acre of new strain of snow pear can earn 6,000-7,500 yuan. Therefore, the economic effect of planting the new strain of Cangxi snow pear is very high.
The new strain of Cangxi snow pear has strong stress resistance and wide adaptability, and is suitable for planting in most provinces and cities across the country.
The protection scope of Cangxi Snow Pear geographical indication products shall be subject to the scope proposed by the Cangxi County People's Government of Sichuan Province in the "Report on the Protection Areas of Cangxi Snow Pear Geographical Indication Products" (Cangfu [2007] No. 171) , for Lingjiang Town, Yuanba Town, Longshan Town, Yunshan Town, Yunfeng Town, Yuedong Town, Yueshan Township, Dongqing Town, Wenchang Town, Hedi Township, Shuanghe Township, Qi, Cangxi County, Sichuan Province Twenty-one towns, including Ping Town, Baiyi Town, Shima Town, Baishan Township, Zhongtu Township, Tingzi Township, Pengdian Township, Baiqiao Town, Baihe Township, and Zheshui Township, currently have administrative areas under their jurisdiction.