Extended Red Fuji Apples

Extended Red Fuji Apples

　　Extended apples are a specialty of Yanchang County, Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province. Yanchang County is internationally recognized as one of the world's best premium fruit-growing regions, producing apples that are large in size, richly colored, crisp in texture, and deliciously sweet. The area enjoys a reputation as the "Home of China’s Premium Fruits."

　　Yanchang County is located between latitude 36°N and longitude 109°E on the Loess Plateau of northern Weihe, with an altitude ranging from 470.6 to 1383 meters and a relative elevation difference of 912 meters. The region benefits from a diurnal temperature variation of over 10°C, more than 10 hours of sunlight per day on average, and a frost-free period of approximately 170 days. These superior natural conditions contribute to the production of apples that are large, brightly colored, crisp, and sweet—making the county globally recognized as one of the world’s best premium fruit-growing regions, and earning it the title of the "Home of China’s Premium Fruits."

　　With a high-end positioning, the world’s top premium fruit-growing region naturally produces some of the finest apples in the world. Organic and standardized production techniques have made Yanchang apples a recommended fruit in 2008, and they won the National Quality Apple Gold Award in 2009. The apples have been honored three times with the Houji Golden Statue Award at the China Yangling Agricultural Expo and the Bronze Award at the Beijing Agricultural Expo. In 1999, they received the Quality Fruit Award at the Shaanxi Fruit International Annual Conference. In 2006, Yanchang County’s "Fuji" and "Jonagold" apples were designated as recommended fruits for 2008 by the Beijing Circulation Association. In 2009, the apples obtained organic food certification and the China Quality Apple Gold Award. Currently, the county has established 10,000 mu (approximately 667 hectares) of organic apple bases.