Xinong Cold-Flesh Apples

Xinong Cold-Flesh Apples

Xinong Cold-Flesh Apples are a protected geographical indication product.

　　Xinong Cold-Flesh Apples are a specialty of Xinmin City, Liaoning Province. Xinnong Township is known as the “No. 1 Township of Cold-Flesh Apple Industry in Liaoning Province.” Xinong Cold-Flesh Apples are deliciously sweet and tangy, fragrant, and flavorful, rich in sugar, acid, pectin, calcium, iron, phosphorus, and various vitamins. They have excellent storage capabilities and can be stored in ordinary earthen cellars for 8 months without wrinkling or spoiling.

　　Xinnong Township was the first area in Xinmin to plant Cold-Flesh Apples. Since the development of the Cold-Flesh Apple industry began in 2002, it has been over ten years, and the project has received consistent attention from the local government. Professor Li Huaiyu from Shenyang Agricultural University has visited Xinnong Township multiple times to provide technical training and guidance on Cold-Flesh Apple cultivation. The township government has consistently regarded the development of the Cold-Flesh Apple industry as a key livelihood project for the region. All eight villages in Xinnong Township have planted Cold-Flesh Apples, covering a total planting area of 30,000 mu, accounting for 60% of the sloping arable land in the township. Seven Cold-Flesh Apple planting cooperatives have been established, and the “Xinnongxiang” brand trademark has been registered. The area has also been approved by the Liaoning Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau as an export base for “Cold-Flesh Apples.” Xinong Cold-Flesh Apples have been certified by the China Association for Quality Inspection and recognized as pollution-free and green food by the National Green Food Development Center.

　　The production area of Xinong Cold-Flesh Apples covers the administrative regions of Xinong Village, Zhoutuozizhen, Gongzhutunzhen, and Daliumtzhen in the Xinong area of Xinmin City, Liaoning Province.