Top Ten Strawberry Planting Bases in China

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Strawberry is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Rosaceae family, native to South America. It was introduced to China in the early 20th century. Let's take a detailed look at the top ten famous strawberry production bases in China with this article!

Donggang City, Dandong City, Liaoning Province

Donggang City, Liaoning Province has a strawberry planting area of ​​132,000 mu, an output of 202,400 tons, and a total output value of 4 billion yuan. It is the largest strawberry production and export base in the country. It is named "National High-quality Strawberry Production Base" and "Pollution-free Agricultural Product Production Base" by the Ministry of Agriculture (now the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs). It is the "No. 1 Strawberry County in China", the first batch of "One County, One Industry" (Strawberry) demonstration counties named by the Liaoning Provincial Government, and the Liaoning Province Strawberry Industry Famous Brand Demonstration Zone.

In 2004, "Donggang Strawberry" was approved for registration as a national geographical indication, and has been evaluated as the most influential agricultural product regional public brand in the country for many consecutive years. Donggang strawberry production coexists with three cultivation methods: solar greenhouse, early spring large arch shed, and open field. The promotion and application rate of new strawberry varieties and new technologies is the highest in the country.

There are rich varieties of strawberries, including Hongyan, Zhangji, Xingxiang, Tochiotome, Baojiao Zaosheng and other varieties with strong fragrance and excellent quality, as well as European and American varieties with good hardness and storage resistance, such as Sweet Charlie, Camerosa, Carte No. 1, Hani, Daselecte, and high-quality and high-yield national varieties, Hongshimei. Each variety has a production scale and its own market channel.

Changfeng County, Anhui Province

In 2012, the strawberry planting area in Changfeng reached 185,000 mu. It is known as the "Hometown of Chinese Strawberries" and is a famous high-quality strawberry producing area in my country. Strawberry is the most distinctive, largest, most influential, most concerned and most popular characteristic agriculture in Changfeng County. Over the past 30 years, the scale of Changfeng strawberry planting has expanded rapidly, and it has been ranked the largest county for facility strawberries in the country for many years.

Changfeng strawberry is a specialty fruit in Anhui Province and one of the specialties of Anhui Province. Its production area, Changfeng County, is located in the north of Hefei City, Anhui Province. It is one of the five counties in Hefei City and a national demonstration base for pollution-free strawberry production. The main strawberry varieties are Japan's "Toyoka" and "Nyohime", "Hongyan" and "Kinugami", with bright fruits, large and juicy, and are exported to Japan, South Korea, and popular in large and medium-sized cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, and Wuhan in China.

Jurong City, Jiangsu Province

Jurong is the earliest strawberry planting city in China, and its development scale and industrial development level are well-known in China and even in Southeast Asia. In the 1980s, it was known as the "No. 1 Strawberry Town in China". In 2018, the total planting area reached 40,000 mu, including 10,000 mu of greenhouse strawberries, with an annual output of 25,000 tons of strawberries and an output value of 115 million yuan. In April 2003, it was awarded the title of "China Strawberry Town" by the China Specialty Town Recommendation and Promotion Activities Organizing Committee. The main strawberry varieties are Toyoka, Mingbao and Tochigi Girl.

Jiangsu Xinyi City

Jiangsu Xinyi Strawberry Production Base is located in the center of Xuzhou and Lianyungang, two large and medium-sized cities. It is a famous and high-quality base with the production of high-quality strawberries as its main feature. In 2001, it was praised by experts from the Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences as a famous strawberry town in Jiangsu. The fertile land and suitable climate here provide an excellent natural environment for strawberry production. Since the first trial planting of strawberries in 1994 was successful, with the guidance and promotion of the local government, the majority of members have now reached a planting area of ​​more than 10,000 mu, forming a base scale of 30,000 tons of strawberries per year.

At present, strawberry production has all adopted planting technologies such as detoxification, soil disinfection, drip irrigation and bee pollination, and the main varieties are: "Baojiao". The strawberries produced are large, high-quality, symmetrical and neat, with a single fruit weight of 18-22 grams. The fruit color is bright red, the taste is delicate, and the sweetness and sourness are appropriate. It is suitable for fresh eating, quick-frozen storage, making juice and strawberry jam, etc. In September 2002, the Baojiao brand strawberries produced by the cooperative were recognized as pollution-free products by the National Standardization Administration.

Shangtian Town, Fenghua City, Zhejiang Province

Strawberry cultivation in Shangtian Town began in 1983, and the history of strawberry cultivation is long. In 1992, Ying Yongcheng, a farmer in Mujiling Village, introduced Fengxiang, a strawberry variety suitable for greenhouse cultivation, from the Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and the development of greenhouse strawberry cultivation in Shangtian Town began. With the adjustment of agricultural industrial structure and the improvement of strawberry planting efficiency, the scale of Shangtian strawberry planting has gradually grown.

In 1999, Shangtian Town was recognized as the "Chinese Strawberry Town" by the National Rural Characteristic Economy Town Recommendation and Promotion Activities Organizing Committee. At present, the town has a greenhouse strawberry planting area of ​​more than 5,929 acres, of which steel pipe greenhouses account for 73% and bamboo greenhouses account for 27%; the main cultivated varieties are Zhangji, Hongjiao and the self-bred new variety Fengguan, of which Zhangji accounts for more than 90%.

Zhaotun Town, Qingpu District, Shanghai

Zhaotun Town, Qingpu District, Shanghai has a long history of strawberry planting, with high yield, full varieties, large size and sweet flavor. In 1999, Zhaotun Town, Qingpu District was named "China's Strawberry Town" by the National Special Economic Crops Recommendation Committee. Zhaotun Town, Qingpu District, Shanghai has been planting and researching strawberries for more than 20 years since 1983.

The current planting area is stable at 12,000 mu, accounting for more than a quarter of Shanghai's strawberry planting area. The fresh strawberry supply period is as long as half a year, with an annual total output of more than 18,000 tons and a total output value of more than 100 million yuan. It has won the honors of "China's Strawberry Town", "Strawberry Famous Brand Product", and "Shanghai Famous Trademark". It mainly grows red cheeks, Fengxiang, Shandong and other varieties.

Lianchi Township, Yongren County, Yunnan Province

Lianchi Township, Yongren County is located in the southeast of Yongren County, 5 kilometers away from the county seat, with convenient transportation, an altitude of 1,570 meters, an average temperature of 18 degrees Celsius, a large temperature difference throughout the year, and sufficient sunshine. It has unique climatic conditions and geographical advantages for strawberry planting. Strawberries in Lianchi Township were introduced around 1990 and have a 28-year planting history.

After more than 20 years of continuous development and expansion, in recent years, there has been a good development in terms of planting area, planting technology and sales price. The township has a strawberry planting area of ​​360 mu, 107 planting households, and the strawberry yield per mu is 2 to 2.5 tons, with an average yield of about 25,000 yuan per mu.

Zhongmu County, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province

Zhongmu County Chunfeng Fruit and Vegetable Professional Cooperative was established in April 2005. After several years of development, the cooperative has 367 members in three villages, with a strawberry planting area of ​​more than 2,000 mu, and an average net income of more than 20,000 yuan per mu. At the same time, it has driven the surrounding towns to develop more than 10,000 mu of strawberries. By the end of 2015, the strawberry planting area in Zhongmu had reached 12,000 mu, with an annual output value of more than 200 million yuan.

In 2007, "Chunfeng" brand strawberries were rated as "Henan Province Famous Agricultural Products", and in 2012 they passed the national green food certification. At the China Agricultural Expo held in Tianjin, "Chunfeng" brand strawberries won the silver medal. Chunfeng Fruit and Vegetable Cooperative has become a national farmer cooperative demonstration society and has been rated as one of the top ten strawberry production bases in China. The main varieties are "Hongyan" and "Ganlu".

Cuijiazhuang Town, Changle County, Weifang City, Shandong Province

Cuijiazhuang strawberry is known as the "Queen of Fruits" for its unique flavor and rich nutrition. Cuijiazhuang Town has been planting strawberries since the 1980s. After more than ten years of development, the contiguous planting base centered on Cuijiazhuang Town has reached 10,000 acres, of which 500 acres are cultivated in greenhouses. The annual output of strawberries is more than 10,000 tons, and fresh products are available from December to June of the following year. The varieties include All-Star, Fengxiang, Mei No. 13, Hani, Virginia, etc.

Chang'an District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province

The strawberry base in Chang'an District, Xi'an City has a planting area of ​​12,000 mu. The main varieties are Hongyan, Zhangji, and Sweet Charlie. They are mainly distributed in key bases and parks in Lingzhao, Mawang, Wuxing, Yinzhen, Luanzhen, Guodu and other streets. The fresh fruit period lasts from December each year to May of the following year. The Chang'an strawberry production area belongs to the warm temperate semi-humid continental monsoon climate.

The water quality in the region is excellent, the soil organic matter and mineral content are high, and the temperature difference between day and night is suitable, which is conducive to the accumulation of dry matter. The fruit of Chang'an strawberry is short conical or long conical, with bright red or crimson, shiny, delicate flesh, white or light red, sweet and fragrant.

Anningqu Town, Xinjiang

The pollution-free strawberry planting area in Anningqu Town this year is about 3,000-4,000 mu, and the varieties include Dandong Big Fruit, Meixiangsha, All Star, Sweet Honey, etc. In the past, farmers only made money by growing strawberries, but with the continuous growth of the strawberry industry, it also drove the development of the entire Anningqu Town tourism industry. Every strawberry picking season, many Urumqi citizens come here to experience the joy of picking strawberries by themselves. As a result, visiting the thousand-acre strawberry base and picking strawberries by themselves have become popular, becoming a new highlight for farmers in Anningqu Town to get rich and increase their income.