Wenxu Thin-Skinned Walnuts

Wenxu Thin-Skinned Walnuts

　　Wenxu County in Xinjiang is widely known as China's "Hometown of Walnuts." It currently has 160,000 acres of walnut orchards. The thin-skinned walnuts produced here are famous both in China and abroad for their thin shells, tender meat, and delicious flavor. Experts have recognized them as a ministry-grade variety of "excellent quality, unmatched by others." At the 1999 Kunming World Horticultural Exposition, the Xinwen 179 and Zha 343 varieties won the silver and bronze awards respectively. The walnut varieties cultivated by the Wenxu County Woody Oil-Forest Farm are noted for being "early-bearing, high-yield, high-quality, and highly resistant to stress." In 2002, they were awarded the title of "National Characteristic Seedling Base" by the State Forestry Administration, and recognized as a "High-Quality Walnut Production Base" by the autonomous region. In 2007, the farm’s 5,000-acre high-quality walnut base received "Organic Conversion Product Certification" from relevant national authorities, earning the Organic Conversion Product Certification Certificate. In October 2007, Wenxu walnuts were further honored as designated fruits for 2008 and named China’s Famous Fruits. All these achievements are inseparable from Wenxu’s long history of walnut cultivation and the contribution of its century-old walnut trees.