Tongbai Cinnabar Red Peach

Tongbai Cinnabar Red Peach

Tongbai Cinnabar Red Peach is a geographical indication agricultural product.

　　Tongbai Cinnabar Red Peach is a specialty of Tongbai County, Nanyang City, Henan Province. Also known as blood peach, its deep purple-red flesh and delicious taste leave people full of praise and make it widely loved. Over 3,000 acres of peach orchards have been developed along the Sanjia River in Tongbai County, which has also helped spur the development of high-quality peach production bases in surrounding areas. Tongbai Cinnabar Red Peach is a protected geographical indication agricultural product.

　　Tongbai County boasts an excellent agricultural ecological environment, producing safe and high-quality agricultural products, and has unique conditions for developing pollution-free, green, and organic agricultural products. Also known as blood peach, the cinnabar red peach has deep purple-red flesh and a delicious taste that leaves people full of praise, making it widely loved. It is said that even if the same peach trees are grown elsewhere, the peaches do not taste as good as those grown here.

　　Rare things are precious, and thus the “Cinnabar Red” peaches from Bujian in Tongbai have gained significant fame. Even when the peaches are just beginning to turn red, many merchants from other provinces are already waiting to transport them. Town officials report that under the leadership of the Gaozhai High-Quality “Cinnabar Red” Peach initiative, and with the guidance of the Xinchun Red Peach Cooperative and the Gaoxin Red Peach Cooperative, over 3,000 acres of peach orchards have been developed along the Sanjia River, helping to spur the development of high-quality peach production bases in surrounding areas.

　　In 2013, the “Tongbai Cinnabar Red Peach,” submitted by the Tongbai County Agricultural Product Quality Inspection Station, passed expert evaluation and became a protected geographical indication agricultural product.

　　Geographical Scope

　　The production area of Tongbai Cinnabar Red Peach is located within Tongbai County, between latitudes 32°17'–32°42' N and longitudes 113°00'–113°49' E, at an altitude of 1,418 meters. It spans 16 townships including Bujian Town, Huanggang Town, Huaiyuan Town, Xinji Township, Chengjiao Township, Yuehe Town, Anpeng Town, Zhuzhuang Township, and Guxian Town, covering 214 administrative villages with a total production area of 2,200 hectares. The annual total output exceeds 30,000 tons.