Longyou Yellow Pear

Longyou Yellow Pear

　　Longyou Yellow Pear is a specialty of Longyou County, Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province. The flesh of Longyou Yellow Pear is crisp and juicy, rich in flavor and tender in taste. It boasts a fragrant aroma and contains a variety of essential nutrients required by the human body. It also offers multiple medicinal benefits such as clearing heat and moistening lungs, relieving coughs and reducing phlegm, promoting saliva production and quenching thirst, lowering blood pressure, and aiding in weight loss—making it an ideal health fruit.

　　Longyou County in Zhejiang Province is widely known as the "Hometown of Yellow Pear." This variety is the flagship product of the local fruit industry. Longyou County is located in the western part of Zhejiang Province, within the Jinhua-Quzhou Basin, under the jurisdiction of Quzhou City. It borders Hangzhou to the north, Jinhua to the east, Suichang to the south, and Qujiang District to the west, covering a total area of 1,138 square kilometers with a population of 400,000. The "Jintang" Yellow Pear is a "Quzhou Agricultural Famous Brand" product and was also recognized as a Zhejiang Agricultural Famous Brand Product by the Zhejiang Famous Product Evaluation Committee in August. It won the first prize at the province's first Premium Water Exhibition. It is also certified as a high-quality product by the Fruit and Seedling Quality Supervision and Testing Center of the Ministry of Agriculture. Thanks to its unique geographical environment, the "Jintang" Yellow Pear features crisp and juicy flesh, a rich and tender taste, a fragrant aroma, and a wealth of essential nutrients. It also offers multiple medicinal benefits such as clearing heat and moistening lungs, relieving coughs and reducing phlegm, promoting saliva production and quenching thirst, lowering blood pressure, and aiding in weight loss—making it an ideal health fruit. The "Jintang" Yellow Pear has a total cultivation area of 10,500 mu, with an annual output reaching 5,000 tons. Longyou Town has been designated as the "Hometown of Chinese Yellow Pear" by the China Regional Development Promotion Association. The "Jintang" brand Yellow Pear from Longyou is considered top-tier among southern sand pears and is a pollution-free, health-promoting fruit, often referred to as a "treasure among fruits." In 1999, it was named the "Hometown of Chinese Yellow Pear" by the China Regional Development Promotion Association.