Tian’e Autumn Honey Peaches

Tian’e Autumn Honey Peaches

　　As the name suggests, Tian’e Autumn Honey Peaches ripen in autumn. Since they miss the peak seasons of fruit maturity and sales in spring and summer, coupled with their premium quality—crisp, sweet, and pleasant in taste—they have been highly favored by consumers upon hitting the market, resulting in a supply that falls short of demand.

　　 Product Introduction

　　The Tian’e Autumn Honey Peach is a late-ripening new variety selectively bred from local hairy peaches. This variety matures at the end of September. Its flesh is sweet, crisp, and refreshing, with a pure flavor and rich nutrition. It has a soluble solid content of 15.9% and an edible rate as high as 96%. Currently, 1,800 mu of Autumn Honey Peaches are cultivated across the county, yielding an annual production of 600,000 jin, mainly concentrated in towns such as Nawan and Xiangyang. This variety features large fruit size (average single fruit weight reaching 220 grams), uniform size, small pit, free-stone, crisp texture, pure flavor, and good taste. In 2008, Tian’e County’s Autumn Honey Peaches received the Ministry of Agriculture’s pollution-free agricultural product certification, and in 2013, they were recognized as an outstanding fruit cultivar.

　　Market Development

　　In recent years, following the fruit industry development strategy of “off-season production, off-peak marketing, and differentiated growth,” Tian’e County has actively guided the public to vigorously develop special early, special premium, and special late (“three special”) fruit industries, including early-ripening nectarines, Longtan Pearl Plums, and Autumn Honey Peaches, achieving positive results. With its late-ripening characteristic, the Tian’e Autumn Honey Peach matures around the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays, making it one of the representative late-ripening fruits among Tian’e County’s “three special” fruits.

　　Tian’e County places high importance on the breeding of high-quality local fruit varieties. Through selective cultivation, the Tian’e Autumn Honey Peach passed the autonomous region’s excellent cultivar re-selection in 2011 and was rated as a new premium fruit variety in Guangxi.

　　 Currently, Tian’e County has developed over 1,100 mu of Autumn Honey Peach plantations in towns such as Balà, Xiangyang, Pojie, and Bamu, with more than 300 mu bearing fruit. The average yield per mu of Tian’e Autumn Honey Peaches is 1,000 kilograms. This year, prices are higher than in previous years, with the average market retail price at 12 yuan per kilogram. The estimated annual output value reaches 3.5 million yuan. The Tian’e Autumn Honey Peach was successfully selected and approved through the autonomous region’s excellent cultivar re-selection in 2011. Currently, the county cultivates over 500 mu of Autumn Honey Peaches, with more than 300 mu bearing fruit and an average yield of 1,000 kilograms per mu. Calculated at 10 yuan per kilogram, peach farmers alone can increase their income by 3 million yuan per year from this crop.