This is the capital of Chinese apples that shows remarkable advantage and enjoy great fame at home and abroad.Xixia people are most proud of the local apple, because the city is located at the golden region for apple plantation. Through more than 100 years’ hard work and innovative exploration and because the city has ranked the first in China in such aspects as cultivated area, comprehensive service, orchard management, variety quality, total yield, yield of unit area, and enterprise revenue, Xixia apple has been playing a leading role in the apple development of China and has successively won such honorary title as “capital of Chinese apple”, “one of the top ten cities for nuisanceless Chinese fruit and vegetable” and “the No. 1 city of Chinese fruit”. Xixia apple is famous for its large size, desirable shape, bright color, proper sourness and sweetness, and fragrant and crisp taste. In addition, the planting area in Xixia totals 1 million mu and 710,000 mu in full productive age. And the apple yield remains at approx. 2 billion kg all year round.

For years, revolving around the chains and links of the apple industry, we have implemented the plan for improving the whole apple industrial chain that focuses on new variety improvement, closed garden transformation, construction of demonstration park, standard production, and industrialized operation. All this is aimed at creating high-end apple quality, high-end market expansion and high-end industrial transformation and at remaining dominant in China and brand competitiveness. The sunshine-based artistic apple, the pretty and intelligent SOD apple, and the organic apple that has both nutrition and taste give expression to the bright and diversified prospect of Xixia apple. China’s first e-market for apple, the largest fruit wholesale market in the north and thousands of processing enterprises for fruit juice, fruit wine, fruit vinegar, chankings, bio-fertilizer, and packing for refrigeration help expand the industrial chain for apple. The successful organization of the 12th apple art festival, the successful registration of the certification trademark for the national geographical indication, the first Chinese research institute for the development of apple industry and the sales network in more than 30 countries and regions give expression to the influence and glamour of the “capital of apple”. Nowadays, Xixia is regarded as “a city supported by apple”, and apple has become the largest industry for enriching the people, the most beautiful city card and the most primary source for farmers’ income. Besides, Xixia’s ecological agriculture and featured agriculture have long enjoyed a good reputation and have formed a diverse, complex “Xixia agricultural model” that focuses on the apple industry, connects with animal husbandry and fuels the development of the mushroom dish industry. Edible mushrooms, big cherry, blueberry, asparagus, potted plant leeks, black down producing goat of Yashan and other distinctive agricultural products lead to a modern agricultural system in Xixia that features diverse color and eco-environment protection.

◆Source area - Xixia, an advantageous city leads to natural product

Professional Cooperative for Yantai Huaxin Minlian Agricultural and Sideline Products (hereinafter referred to as Minlian Cooperative) is located in Xixia City, Shandong Province which is known as the beautiful ridge of east Shandong. Humid monsoon climate zone leads to its unique ecological environment and an exceptional advantageous land for high-quality apple. The main topography of this area is hilly and mountainous region and is characterized by “six mountains, one river and three fields”. The city’s annual average temperature is 11.3℃ and the total sunlight throughout the year is 2,690 hours. Additionally, the area shows four distinctive seasons, unique soil and water conditions and favorable ecological environment and fosters the “unique quality of Xixia apple.

◆Profession - the capital of apple carries forward the experience of one hundred years

Each Xixia apple is through the hard work of one hundred years. The cultivated fine variety is green and healthy. China has been planting apple for over 2,000 years. In the 1866 AD, the diligent Xixia people introduced a large number of seeds for plantation. For more than 100 years’ cultivation, they have accumulated rich technology and experience. Since the reform and opening up, Xixia had been speeding up the adjustment of industrial structure and vigorously developing the apple industry. Now the city has an annual output of roughly 1 billion kg of apple, which has become a pillar industry. Moreover, Xixia has won the honorary title as “the capital of Chinese apple” and the “No. 1 City of Chinese apple” by the China Fruit Association.

◆Most professional - the capital of apple carries forward the experience of one hundred years

Minlian Cooperative has been actively enhancing cooperation with related academy of agricultural sciences and technical organizations to widely use physical biological engineering for the development of pollution-free organic apple production. Our excellent apple rate is over 90%, and our apples are famous for large size, fine fruit shape, bright and red color, fine and smooth appearance, proper sour and sweet taste, relatively hard pulp, fewer fiber, and fine texture. Besides, the content of fruit juice is over 89%, total super content is up to 16.4% and our apple has rich content of wholesome microelement such as iron, zinc, manganese, calcium and selenium. The elements and amino acid are rich in f and have won the general approval of experts and consumers.

Environment:

The production base of Minlian apple is located at the coastal region which has sandy soil, abundant precipitation, large difference in temperature between day and night, and sufficient sunshine. During plantation, the apple is irrigated by mountain spring and has been applied the bagging technology, organic biological fertilizer, pure natural pollination, and biological and physical pest control technology, which is green, natural and pollution-free.

Characteristics:

Xixia apple has large size, fine fruit shape, bright and red color, fine and smooth appearance, proper sour and sweet taste, fine, pure and fragrant honey taste, relatively hard pulp, fewer fiber, and fine texture. Besides, the content of fruit juice is over 89%, total super content is up to 16.4% and our apple has rich content of wholesome microelement such as iron, zinc, manganese, and calcium which has rich f element. Besides, our apple has rich amino acid. If eaten frequently, it will help digest, nourish skin and moisten the skin.