As one of the varieties of local medicinal materials in Jiangxi, the citrus aurantium husk enjoys a good reputation in the industry for its excellent quality. Since 2014, the author has been paying attention to its production, processing and market circulation since the initial processing of citrus aurantium. Nowadays, the knowledge of the origin of Jiangxi citrus aurantium shell and the best for the majority of peers to refer to and exchange.
Qingjiang citrus aurantium plant.
1. Jiang Citrus Shell: Its "stinky orange" is of good quality.
Jiangxi Zhangshu City (formerly Qingjiang County) was known as "Shangzhou" in ancient times, known as the "hometown of citrus aurantium", as early as more than 800 years ago, the citrus aurantium produced here was called "Qingjiang citrus aurantium", enjoying a good reputation.
Quality subdivision: Qingjiang citrus aurantium includes two varieties of stinky orange and fragrant orange, mainly stinky orange.
External sensory characteristics: Shape: Dry cross-section, pulp thickness 06-1.2 cm, yellowish-white, valgus like raspberry (the ancients called it belly like a basin, lip-shaped), the edge texture is hard, not easy to break;The outer surface is greenish-brown, tan, or black-brown;The number of petals is 11-14, which is arranged in a chrysanthemum-like manner, and the juice sac is reddish-brown or black-brown after shrinking. Compared with other citrus aurantium varieties, the above characteristics such as thick flesh, eversion like raspberry, and a large number of petals are prominent. The aroma of Shangzhou citrus aurantium orange pomelo is rich in special aroma, and the people in the production area call it "stinky orange", and the meaning of the word "stinky" lies in "too fragrant".
Commodity form of citrus aurantium (left: fresh fruit;Right: Dry).
2. Citrus aurantium: the scale of the production area fluctuates.
Before 2014, the concentrated production areas of Jiangxi Citrus aurantium were mainly distributed in the camphor and Xingan areas of Jiangxi Province, and most of them were stinky orange varieties with seedlings in front of and behind the houses of farmers. It has been planted for decades, and there are few planting bases.
From 2014 to 2018, Jiangxi Province vigorously developed the cultivation of Chinese medicinal materials, among which the planting area of citrus aurantium gradually expanded to Jiujiang, Fuzhou, Ji'an, Ganzhou and other regions. The planting area of citrus aurantium in the province once reached the scale of tens of thousands of acres.
With the growth of citrus aurantium shells since 2020, the management of some planting bases is basically in a state of abandonment or replanting other cash crops, and some Ganzhou planting bases have been grafted and replanted with navel oranges with better economic benefits. In 2023, the annual output of citrus aurantium shells in the province will reach 2,000 tons, and the output is expected to increase steadily in the next few years, and the varieties will gradually replace with high-quality grafted stinky orange varieties.
Processing and screening of citrus aurantium husk origin.
The province's citrus aurantium processing households are mainly concentrated in Jiangxi camphor and Xingan areas, in the past 1-2 years, gardenia processing households have also participated in the processing of citrus aurantium, but the processing of these years is not very optimistic, and the profits of processing households are not considerable. In recent years, with the improvement of processing equipment and drying technology, the volume and product quality of several large-scale processing households have been significantly improved.
Cooperatives in the producing areas take the lead in the development of planting and production.
3. Citrus aurantium: the growth of the core producing areas this year.
In this year's Jiangxi production area, orange fruit varieties belong to a bumper harvest year, and citrus aurantium is no exception, and the output is significantly greater than in previous years. Now there are still a lot of goods for sale in the production area, next year's output depends on this year's winter weather conditions and the next year's flowering and fruiting, it is expected that next year's output is not as good as this year.
In order to meet the market demand, the source of origin continues to be traded.
In order to meet the market demand, the source of origin continues to be traded.
Fourth, citrus aurantium: planting income is not considerable.
About 45 acres of citrus aurantium are planted, and the management of good mu produces about 2,000 pounds of fresh fruit, according to this year's fresh fruit purchase **2 yuan catty, the gross income per mu is about 4,000 yuan, and the cost of manual picking rent management is removed, and its actual income is average.
Citrus aurantium plant morphology.
Fifth, the first ups and downs of the same product competition in the production area.
During this year's new production period, the popularity was strong, and the tide rose to 24After 5-25 yuan a kilogram, by August, with the decline in market sentiment, ** has declined steadily, and the current origin transaction ** is about 18-20 yuan a kilogram. Of course, other factors affecting local production and sales are the differentiation of production areas, with Sichuan, Chongqing, Hunan and other producing areas of citrus aurantium to compete in the market, in recent years the production of citrus aurantium in these areas has also increased significantly.
The source of goods continues to move.
The source of goods in the place of origin.
Sixth, the future of citrus aurantium shell ** analysis.
At present, the area of new citrus aurantium shells in Jiangxi production areas is not large, the enthusiasm of medicine farmers is not high, this year's supply is relatively slow, and it is expected that the pressure of new inventory in 2024 will be high, and the new goods will not be too high, and the next 2-3 years will be relatively stable.