Yantai, Shandong Province, as a coastal city, has an extremely advantageous geographical position and a long history of apple planting. Apples have been introduced from abroad since 187 1, and it is also the earliest place to grow apples in China, with good quality. As the saying goes, Yantai apples Laiyang pears. Yantai apple belongs to Qixia apple.

China apples are mainly produced in Yantai, Tianshui, Jingning, Baishui, Yan 'an, Lingbao, Wanrong, Yantai, Jingning, Yiyuan, Mengyin and Dangshan. The main reason why apples are not produced in other places is that the requirements for apple production and cultivation are relatively high. It is a temperate fruit tree that likes low temperature and dryness, requiring no severe cold in winter and no heat in summer. Soil has a great influence on the growth, yield and quality of apples. It needs fertile and deep soil, good drainage, rich organic matter, slightly acidic to slightly alkaline.

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Growth habits of apples:

Apple tree is a temperate fruit tree that likes low temperature and dryness. The suitable temperature range is annual average temperature 9 ~ 14℃, extreme low temperature not lower than-12℃ in winter, average temperature 12℃ in growing season (April ~ 18℃) and low temperature below 7.2℃ in winter 1200.

Apples can be planted in areas where the annual average temperature is 7.5 ~ 14℃. The natural dormancy period of apples is very long. If the temperature in winter is too high, it can't reach the low temperature needed for winter dormancy, and the germination in spring is uneven.

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