Zhuolu County, Hebei Province: another bumper harvest of apricot flat

Zhuolu County, as the "hometown of apricot for kernel use", the largest production base and distribution center of apricot flat in China, gives full play to the advantages of traditional industry of apricot flat, and tries its best to create the industrial pattern of base driving, leading and brand management. At present, the apricot flat planting area of the county has reached more than 600,000 mu, covering 14 townships in the county. In Wujiagou town, Huiyao town and Dabao town, the county accounts for 60% of the county's economic forest area, with an output of 15 million kg, and has become a pillar industry benefiting more than 100000 farmers.

Fanshan Town and other areas have planned more than 6 million mu apricot flat planting bases, and at the same time, using the original mountain apricot varieties, grafting "you one" and "you two" to transform more than 100,000 mu of orchards. Scientific and technological service networks at the county, township and village levels have been established to provide technical training to farmers every year. The "Emergency Plan for Apricot flat Frost Prevention" has been formulated, and three major projects of "ten thousand mu apricot flat shelterbelt construction", "hundred mile smoke increasing temperature" and "100,000 mu grafting transformation" have been carried out, and the high quality seed strips of "Weixuan No.1" with strong cold resistance and night frost resistance have been specially introduced.

In the form of "company + base + peasant household" and "cooperative + base + peasant household", we will vigorously cultivate leading enterprises and large growers, and the one-stop industrial chain of production, addition and marketing will be continuously stable. through deep processing to promote the development of apricot flat industry in the whole county and surrounding areas.