Xupu Jujubes

Xupu Jujubes

　　　Xupu jujubes have a long production history. According to local county records, "as early as the Tang Dynasty, there were large areas of jujube trees on Taohua Mountain, just three kilometers from the county town." Currently, nine varieties are cultivated, including Chicken Egg Jujubes, Milk Jujubes, Bee Jujubes, Thin Jujubes, and Binlang Jujubes. The county now has over 100,000 mu of cultivated area and is listed among the 89 key jujube-producing counties in China, ranking first in the south in both yield and cultivation area. The county processes a range of popular jujube products, including flavored jujubes, natural health jujubes, honeysuckle honey jujubes, angelica and donkey-hide gelatin jujubes, crispy jujubes, seed jujubes, and jujube juice. The annual processing volume of jujube products reaches 1,500 tons. The flavored jujubes won a gold award at the Third Hunan Provincial Agricultural Products Expo, while the honeysuckle honey jujubes received a silver award at the National Red Date Trade Fair.