Maguan Walnuts

Maguan Walnuts

　　Walnuts

　　Walnuts, also known as "hetao," "wansuizi," or "yizhi guo" (the fruit of wisdom), are one of the four major dried fruits in today’s international market. They have been cultivated in our county for over a hundred years. For a long time, however, most walnut resources were mainly scattered around rural homes, at the edges of fields and corners of farmland. Based on the total number of trees, the cumulative area planted with walnuts across the county is estimated to be over 2,000 mu, with the main varieties being iron walnuts and Yunnan soft-shell walnuts. In 1998, during the implementation of the Green Poverty Alleviation Project, our county planned to plant 4,000 mu of Yunnan soft-shell walnuts in the former Langqiao Township and Jiahanqing Town. However, due to a focus on planting with little management, the current preserved area is very small, with only scattered patches remaining. At present, the county's annual production of dried walnuts is only 220 tons, including about 120 tons of iron walnuts and about 100 tons of soft-shell walnuts.