Jiang'an Fuling Summer Orange

Jiang'an Fuling Summer Orange

　　Jiang'an Fuling Summer Orange is a famous specialty of Jiang'an County, Yibin City, Sichuan Province. The fruit is oblong in shape with relatively uniform size, thin and smooth peel that is bright orange-red in color. The flesh is red, crisp, and tender, melting in the mouth, sweet with a slight tang, juicy with few seeds, aromatic, uniquely flavorful, and offers an excellent taste.

　　Yibin City in Sichuan Province is one of China's main production areas for summer oranges, and Jiang'an County is one of the primary producers in Yibin. Jiang'an Fuling Summer Orange is renowned for its thin peel, juiciness, and well-balanced sweet-and-sour flavor, and is exported to many parts of the world. The peel is thin and smooth, bright orange-red in color; the flesh is red, crisp, and tender, melts in the mouth, is sweet with a slight tang, juicy with few seeds, aromatic, uniquely flavorful, and offers an excellent taste. It has various health benefits, including quenching thirst, moistening the lungs and relieving coughs, eliminating phlegm and regulating qi, aiding digestion and strengthening the stomach, lowering blood pressure and beautifying the skin, refreshing the brain and sobering up, as well as eliminating fatigue. 6jG

　　Jiang'an Fuling Summer Orange is also known as Fuling Summer Orange, Late-ripening Orange, or Valencia Late Orange. It is mainly produced in countries such as the United States and Spain, and is the most widely cultivated citrus variety in the world. It is grown more extensively in Sichuan and Chongqing in China, and also cultivated in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Hubei, Yunnan, and other regions. Its main characteristics include: a tall, round-crowned tree canopy with vigorous growth and strong, upright branches; fruits are spherical or oval-shaped, medium-sized, weighing 140–170 grams per piece, with orange-yellow or orange-red flesh that is slightly rough on the surface and features prominent large oil glands; the juice sacs are soft and juicy, with a well-balanced sweet-and-sour flavor, soluble solids content of 11%–13%, sugar content of 8–10 grams per 100 milliliters, and acid content of 1.2–1.3 grams per 100 milliliters, indicating medium to high quality, with 6–7 seeds. The fruit ripens in late April to early May of the following year. Fuling Summer Orange may exhibit regreening during the ripening process, which should be prevented in production. The yield of summer oranges is high, and their unique ripening period makes them especially valuable for regulating market supply and supporting foreign trade. 6jG