Pubei Yellow Olives

Pubei Yellow Olives

　　Yellow Olives

　　Before and after the liberation of the county, there were a large number of wild yellow olive trees in the area. In 1981, the County Forestry Science Research Institute overcame the technical challenge of yellow olive bud grafting, achieving successful grafting and winning a second prize for technological progress at the regional (provincial) level. This marked the beginning of large-scale artificial cultivation and development of the yellow olive industry.

　　By 1990, there were approximately 2 million wild and cultivated yellow olive trees across the county, yielding over 1,000 tons of fresh fruit annually. Among them, about 60,000 trees bore less than 100 kilograms each, and about 70,000 trees bore more than 100 kilograms; some individual trees yielded over 700 kilograms. The main production areas are Fuwang, Jiangcheng, Longzhen, Dacheng, Zhanghuang, Anshi, and Sanhe townships (towns). Yellow olives are harvested between July and October each year. Generally, food processing companies, cooperative vendors, and out-of-town merchants set up purchasing stations at local markets in the main production areas. After careful processing, the resulting preserved fruits such as Heshun Olives are popular across China and exported to Southeast Asia and other regions.