Long’an Pomelo

Long’an Pomelo

Long’an Pomelo is a protected geographical indication product.

　　Long’an Pomelo: This orchard has been cultivating Long’an pomelos for over a century. The only two surviving ancient pomelo trees still bear fruit exceptionally well. Several hundred pomelo trees propagated directly from the old trees through layering are now in their prime fruit-bearing years, producing fruit of outstanding quality. The orchard’s produce won the National High-Quality Pomelo Competition Gold Cup Award five consecutive times from 1992 to 1999, and the Gold Award at the 1995 China Agricultural Expo. In 2002, it was certified as a pollution-free production base, and its products passed pollution-free testing, making it one of the first pollution-free high-quality agricultural product bases in Guang’an City. The Long’an Pomelo parent orchard integrates production, storage, packaging, and sales, and owns its own registered trademark. Long’an Township cultivates 200,000 Long’an pomelo trees, while Xiexing Town has a total of 1.17 million Long’an pomelo trees.

　　The protected geographical indication area for Long’an Pomelo covers the administrative regions of 39 towns and subdistricts currently under the jurisdiction of Guang’an District, Guang’an City, Sichuan Province, including Xiaoxi Town, Longtai Town, Hengsheng Town, Shisun Town, Baishi Town, Baima Township, Da’an Town, Suxi Township, Dongyue Township, Huaqiao Town, Xiaohe Township, Dayou Township, Jinghe Town, Yangping Township, Xingping Town, Yuelai Town, Pengjia Township, Xiexing Town, Nongxi Town, Long’an Township, Chongwang Township, Dalong Township, Guansheng Town, Guangmen Township, Zaoshan Town, Guangluo Township, Hualong Township, Fangping Township, Chuanshi Township, Zhongqiao Subdistrict Office, Guange Town, Guangxing Town, Qianfeng Town, Xin Qiao Township, Daishi Town, Hucheng Township, Guantang Town, Huan’an Town, and Kuige Subdistrict Office.