Luochuan, Shaanxi, is known as the "hometown of apples". The apples produced here are famous for their rich color, fragrance and taste. It has excellent quality, beautiful shape, large and even size, clean fruit surface, bright color, crisp flesh, high sugar content (2% to 3% higher than other apples), sweet and delicious, moderate hardness, and resistant to storage (in soil It can be stored in caves until April to May of the following year) and ranks among the best among similar apples in the country. It is well-known all over the world and is well-known at home and abroad. The county is listed as one of the important production bases for Apple's export in the country, with annual sales of hundreds of millions of kilograms.

Luochuan Apple is the best in the world. Luochuan apples are concentrated in the Loess Plateau in Weibei, and are located in Yan'an, Tongchuan, Weinan and Xianyang cities centered on Luochuan. The orchards are distributed and stretch for thousands of miles.

There are as many as 47 excellent varieties of Luochuan apples, among which are the best ones, including Red Star, Red Marshal, Red Crown, Red Fuji, Guoguang, Qin Crown, and Huang Marshal. In previous apple evaluations organized by the province and the state, Luochuan apples ranked among the top in quality. In 1974, at the National Apple Variety Appraisal Conference, its total score was higher than that of American snake fruit and became famous at home and abroad. In 1978, at the Shaanxi Provincial Standard Review and New Variety Appraisal Meeting, Luochuan Hongxing and Hongguan ranked first and second in total scores, and all participating indicators reached high quality. In 1985, Marshal Luochuan and Guoguang Apple were rated as provincial high-quality agricultural products. In 1991, it won the Silver Award of the National Science and Technology Commission's "Seventh Five-Year Plan" Spark Expo Exhibition. In 1994, at the first Yangling Agricultural Products Expo in China, three varieties including Luochuan Hongfuji won the Houji Golden Image Award. In October 1995, at the Second Agricultural Products Expo in China, Luochuan Apple won the championship and won 13 gold, 7 silver and 1 bronze medal, which shocked the country and abroad. Because of the high quality of Luochuan apples, it is well-known and sold in 24 provinces and cities across the country, and is exported to countries such as Thailand and Singapore, as well as Hong Kong and Macao. Strong market competitiveness. It has become one of the flagship products of Shaanxi's foreign trade.

On the Loess Plateau with ravines and undulating hills, the hardworking and brave descendants of Yan and Huang have a brilliant future, building civilization, and writing a long history of apple cultivation. Apple is native to Central Asia and Northwest. In recent years, large patches of primitive wild apple forests have also been found in Xinjiang. It was introduced to Shaanxi during the Han Dynasty. Around 1947, Li Xin'an, a farmer in Asi Village, began to introduce seeds from Lingbao, Henan. By 1960, the county had only 2,600 mu of apples. In the 1970s, there was a great development situation, with the county reaching 41,000 mu. In 1986, it was identified as a high-quality apple base by the Ministry of Agriculture, and the county has grown to 120,000 mu. In the mid-1990s, the county reached 250,000 mu, with an average of more than 1 mu per capita. The county's annual output of apples was more than 100 million kilograms, which has become the main source of income for farmers in Luochuan. Whenever the golden autumn season, the endless mountains and fields are filled with apple orchards and apple forests, the trunks are dark gray, the branches and leaves are bright red, and the fruits are full of red. It is like letting you enter a magical world with red and brilliance. In this world, there are "four reds" with fine colored red meat and fragrant flavor; there are "marshal Huang who is red in the yellow, soft and crispy, and there are "green, cute, crispy, sweet and juicy green bananas and "India"; There are also dense, storage-resistant, sweet and sour, big, small, and small, etc., which have their own advantages and excellent products. No wonder people in Luochuan praised it as a "money tree" for making a fortune; its ability to maintain water and soil, conserve water sources, prevent wind and sand, and regulate climate, can be called "gully giant", "hill guard" and "natural" of the Loess Plateau. doctor.

As a famous specialty in Shaanxi, Luochuan apples are rich in nutrition and have high value. It contains about 85% moisture, 16.2% sugar, 0.38% to 0.63% malic acid, and also contains various vitamins and minerals. These are all indispensable nutrients for the human body. In addition to raw food, it can also be cooked, marinated, dried, baked, and processed into canned food, candied fruit, jam, fruit cake, preserved fruit, juice, fruit wine, fruit vinegar and other good products for people to enjoy.

As a medicinal use, Chinese medicine believes that apples are flat in nature and sweet in taste. They have the functions of replenishing blood and nourishing qi, quenching thirst and promoting fluid, and enhancing appetite and strengthening the spleen. They are not good at eating, filling the stomach, and congestion of qi. They should be eaten raw or Take it with squeezed juice to digest food and relieve qi and increase appetite. Modern medical research has found that apples can prevent cholesterol from rising, reduce blood sugar content, and treat hypertension and diabetes. It can also alleviate chronic poisoning caused by environmental pollution. Modern medical research also shows that apples have the effects of stopping diarrhea and laxative. In the treatment of simple mild diarrhea, only eating apples is not required, and it is also effective. Because apples contain organic acids that can stimulate the intestines and cellulose can promote intestinal peristalsis, it can relieve stools and treat constipation. It also has the functions of nourishing the brain and restoring the mind. It is also rich in vitamin C1, which has a positive inhibitory effect on cancer. Apple also has the functions of restoring fatigue and maintaining skin and bodybuilding. Therefore, ancient and modern times, both China and foreign countries have always praised apples as "friends of health care".