Guang’an Honey Pear

Guang’an Honey Pear

Guang’an Honey Pear is a protected geographical indication product.

　　Guang’an Honey Pear is a premium early-ripening pear that grows in the misty mountains at altitudes of 600–1,000 meters on Mount Huaying in Guang’an. It is cultivated using water from Mount Huaying Tianchi, one of China’s three great tianchi lakes, resulting in fruit with snow-white flesh, tender texture, crispness, and abundant juice. Tested by the Ministry of Agriculture’s food quality inspection agency, it meets the national Grade A green food standards. Guang’an Honey Pear is a nationally protected geographical indication product.

　　Guang’an Honey Pear is a premium early-ripening pear that grows in the misty mountains at altitudes of 600–1,000 meters on Mount Huaying in Guang’an, Sichuan. It is cultivated using water from Mount Huaying Tianchi, one of China’s three great tianchi lakes, resulting in fruit with snow-white flesh, tender texture, crispness, and abundant juice. Tested by the Ministry of Agriculture’s food quality inspection agency, it meets the national Grade A green food standards.

　　Guang’an Honey Pear was developed through five years of meticulous cultivation by Sichuan Ouyang Xiaoling Agriculture, with technical support from the Horticulture Institute of the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the Plant Ecological Engineering Research Institute of China Agricultural University. It features three domestically leading technologies: SOD biotechnology, soil testing and formulated fertilization, and trellis drip irrigation cultivation. SOD biotechnology is the most crucial cellular defense enzyme that catalyzes the dismutation of oxygen free radicals in the body, neutralizing their toxicity and promoting tissue cell growth and metabolism. The medical community calls "SOD" the sole scavenger of oxygen free radicals, particularly effective in combating fatigue, aging, and enhancing human immunity.

　　The “Xiaoling” and “Ouyang Xiaoling” series of Guang’an Honey Pears produced by Sichuan Ouyang Agriculture Group Co., Ltd. are characterized by snow-white, fine, and crisp flesh, abundant juice, sweet taste, and minimal stone cells. They are rich in calcium, phosphorus, iron, and various vitamins, offering benefits such as promoting saliva production, moistening lungs, cooling the heart, clearing heat, resolving phlegm, sobering up, detoxifying, and enhancing vascular elasticity. The fruit is sold both within and outside the province, enjoying high consumer popularity with a 100% sales rate. The “Xiaoling” trademark was recognized as a well-known trademark in Guang’an City in October 2006. The “Xiaoling” pear was rated as a “Famous Agricultural Product Brand of Sichuan Province” by the Sichuan Provincial Agricultural Commission in November 2007 and recognized as a famous trademark in Sichuan Province in November 2008. At the 2009 Western China International Agricultural Products Trade Fair, the Cuiguan and Huangjin pears won the Best-Selling Product Award. The “Ouyang Xiaoling” pear was awarded the title of “China Famous Fruit” by the China Fruit Marketing Association in November 2010. The “Ouyang Xiaoling” trademark was recognized as a well-known trademark in Guang’an City in 2010 and applied for national well-known trademark status in 2012.

　　Quality and Technical Requirements for Guang’an Honey Pear

　　I. Variety

　　Sand Pear

　　II. Growing Conditions

　　Altitude of 500m to 700m within the production area, soil types include mountainous yellow soil, dark yellow soil, and yellow-brown soil, pH value of 6.0 to 7.0, soil layer thickness ≥50cm, organic matter content ≥1.0%.

　　III. Cultivation Management

　　1. Seedlings: Grafted seedlings using Chuan pear as the rootstock.

　　2. Planting:

　　(1) Planting time: Spring planting from late January to mid-March, autumn planting from mid-November to early December.

　　(2) Planting density: Row spacing of 3.5m to 4.0m, plant spacing of 1.0m to 1.5m, with 127 to 190 plants per 667㎡ (mu).

　　3. Pruning: Spindle or open-center system; light pruning for young trees, with emphasis on heading back and renewing fruiting branches for mature bearing trees.

　　4. Thinning flowers and fruits: Leave fruit spacing of 20cm to 25cm, with yield ≤3000kg per 667㎡ (mu).

　　5. Water and fertilizer management:

　　(1) Soil management: Till the soil 1 to 2 times a year to maintain looseness and eliminate weeds.

　　(2) Water management: Irrigate 1 to 2 times during bud break to pre-flowering and fruit enlargement stages.

　　(3) Fertilizer management: Apply 50kg to 100kg of well-rotted organic fertilizer per plant during the mature bearing stage.

　　6. Environmental and safety requirements: The use of pesticides, fertilizers, and other inputs must comply with national regulations, with no environmental pollution allowed.

　　IV. Harvesting and Storage

　　1. Harvesting: From late June to late August, when soluble solids content reaches ≥11.5%.

　　2. Storage: Cold storage at 0°C to 3°C, with relative humidity of 90% to 95%.

　　V. Quality Characteristics

　　1. Sensory characteristics: Large fruit size, nearly spherical shape, surface with light brown or brownish color and light spots, thin skin, crisp and tender flesh, juicy and seedless, with a balanced sweet and sour taste.

　　2. Physicochemical indicators: Individual fruit weight of 200g to 400g, fruit firmness of 3.5kg/cm² to 5.2kg/cm², soluble solids content ≥11.5%, titratable acid ≤0.15%.

　　3. Safety and other quality technical requirements: Product safety and other quality technical requirements must comply with relevant national regulations.

　　Guang'an Honey Pear

　　 Administrative region under the jurisdiction of five townships and subdistricts in Sichuan Province: Lu Town, Tianchi Town, Yongxing Town, Hualong Subdistrict Office, and Shuanghe Subdistrict Office of Huaying City

　　 Report on the Protection Area of Guang'an Honey Pear as a Geographical Indication Product by the People's Government of Huaying City, Document No. Huafu [2013] 48

　　 Local standard of Huaying City: DB511681/T01~04, T11~12-2009 "Guang'an Honey Pear"