Wushan Crisp Plum

Wushan Crisp Plum

Wushan Crisp Plum is a geographical indication certification trademark.

　　Wushan Crisp Plum, also known as Wushan Big Plum or simply Crisp Plum, has a cultivation history dating back to the Tang and Song dynasties, with over a thousand years of heritage. The fruit is well-shaped, crisp and tender in texture, juicy and fragrant. It is sold to markets in Sichuan, Guizhou, Hubei, and other regions. In 2012, Wushan County established a county-university cooperation partnership with Southwest University, leveraging the university's technical and human resources, while capitalizing on its own land resources, climate, transportation advantages, and the existing foundation of the crisp plum industry. The county vigorously implemented programs for variety purification and selection of high-quality Wushan Crisp Plums, along with demonstrations of safe and efficient production techniques, advancing the industrialization process towards scale, standardization, and branding. Wushan Crisp Plum has flourished in multiple towns along the Yangtze River in the county, including Quchi, Daxi, and Wuxia, becoming the second most widely cultivated fruit after citrus. It has emerged as a pillar industry of the county’s characteristic high-efficiency agriculture and a major source of income growth for local farmers. Data shows that by 2013, the planting area of Wushan Crisp Plum had reached 52,000 mu, with a total output of 42,500 tons, ranking first in the municipality. In May 2014, the China Fruit Marketing Association recognized Wushan Crisp Plum from Chongqing as a “Chinese Famous Fruit,” and Wushan County was honored as the “Hometown of Chinese Crisp Plum.”

　　The nutritional content of Wushan Crisp Plum is slightly lower than that of peaches. It contains sugars, trace amounts of protein, fat, carotene, vitamins B1, B2, and C, niacin, calcium, phosphorus, iron, asparagine, glutamine, serine, glycine, proline, threonine, alanine, and other components.

　　Per 100 grams of edible Wushan Crisp Plum, there are 117.2–221.9 kilojoules of energy, 8.8 grams of sugar, 0.7 grams of protein, 0.25 grams of fat, 100–360 micrograms of provitamin A (carotene), 0.3 milligrams of niacin, more than 6 milligrams of calcium, 12 milligrams of phosphorus, 0.3 milligrams of iron, 130 milligrams of potassium, 2–7 milligrams of vitamin C, along with other minerals, various amino acids, asparagine, and dietary fiber.