Zengdu Grapes

Zengdu Grapes

　　  Grapes are one of the world’s four major fruits. Thanks to their unique flavor and health benefits for digestion and the heart, they have also seen significant development in China. The Tongbai Mountain and Dahong Mountain areas in Zengdu District are highly suitable for grape cultivation. In the late 1980s, Wushan Town, Shangshi Town, and Lishan Town in Zengdu District successively introduced Kyoho grapes for trial planting. Through careful management, they achieved excellent results of “planting in the first year, yielding returns in the second year, and reaching full production in the third year,” with yields exceeding 3,000 kilograms per mu. Since then, grape varieties have been continuously updated, and the planting scale has expanded. Currently, the district cultivates grapes on 20,000 mu of land, producing 60,000 tons of grapes annually. Kyoho grapes are renowned both within and outside the province for their large size, bright color, sweetness without astringency, and freshness without sourness. They are mainly sold to Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, as well as to Wuhan, Huangshi, Ezhou, and Jingzhou within the province. The annual output value exceeds 60 million yuan, making Zengdu District one of the main grape-producing areas in Hubei Province.