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The apple harvest amounted to 103.5 thousand tons. Fruit growers in the Republic of Dagestan are completing the harvesting of fruit crops. According to the region's Ministry of Agriculture, as of November 21, fruits have been harvested from an area of 25.6 thousand hectares. This is 1.5% more than on the same date last year. The gross harvest, with an average yield of 88.9 centners per hectare, reached 224.7 thousand tons. Apples account for 103.5 thousand tons, plums for 35.4 thousand tons, apricots for 25.2 thousand tons, pears for 21.5 thousand tons, peaches for 16.0 thousand tons, sweet cherries for 12.5 thousand tons, nut crops for 6.0 thousand tons, and subtropical crops for 4.6 thousand tons. The Magaramkent district is the leader in the region in terms of gross fruit harvest and areas under fruit cultivation. Here, as of the reporting date, 52.5 thousand tons of fruit were obtained from 6.2 thousand hectares with an average yield of 85.4 centners per hectare. The total ...

(Andong=Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Seung-hyung = On the 26th, it was reported that Kim Boo-deok, the representative of Taeyoung Farm (Uiseong) which grows apples, won the grand prize (Prime Minister's Prize) in the '2025 Republic of Korea Representative Fruit Selection Contest'. This contest is the largest fruit selection contest in the country, hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and organized by the Korea Fruit and Tree Agricultural Cooperatives Federation. Apples from Gyeongbuk have won the grand prize for two consecutive years, following last year. Representative Kim Boo-deok cultivates varieties such as Fuji and Dongbuk 7ho in a 2.6 ha orchard in Oksan-myeon, Uiseong. He has been quietly farming apples for 45 years. This year, when a large forest fire swept through the Gyeongbuk region, the flames spread to the vicinity of the orchard, causing damage to some agricultural materials and equipment. However, through relentless firefighting and the establishment of a defense line, he managed to protect the orchard and the apples in the cold storage. In this contest, Mr. Shin Ju-seop (Sangju, Shine Muscat) won the best prize in the grape category, and Ms. Lee Do-hee (Gyeongsan, Red Queen apple) received a special prize. In the forest fruit walnut category, Mr. Son Jong-su (Yecheon) won the best prize, Mr. Choi Un-seop (Yecheon County) won the excellence prize, and Ms. Kang Si-ji (Gimcheon) received an encouragement prize, achieving the top three positions for two consecutive years. Kim Ju-reung, Director of the Gyeongbuk Agricultural and Fisheries Distribution Bureau, said, "By winning the grand prize for two consecutive years in the largest representative fruit selection contest in the country, it has been proven once again that Gyeongbuk is the largest and best fruit production base," and added, "We will do our best to present fruits that can capture the taste of people around the world." haru@yna.co.kr

On November 5, Qingdao Agricultural University and Tibet Shangcheng Health Industry Co., Ltd. held a signing ceremony in Yantai, officially completing the technology transfer of the new red-fleshed apple variety "Hongdan" for 2 million yuan. Zhang Yugang, the head of the apple breeding team at the Horticulture College of Qingdao Agricultural University, introduced that this variety is the fourth new apple variety successfully transferred by the team after "Fuji," "Fujiuhong," and "Fuxing." To address the issues of sourness, astringency, and mealiness in red-fleshed apples, the team has been using multi-generation backcrossing technology and multi-gene pyramiding breeding strategies since 2009. They hybridized Xinjiang red-fleshed cherry with "Gala" apple to select the second-generation red-fleshed superior line, then hybridized it with the high-sugar variety "Fuji," ultimately cultivating the third-generation red-fleshed apple "Hongdan." The "Hongdan" fruit is nearly round, with a single fruit weight of 132.1 grams, a deep red surface, and fresh, red, crisp flesh. It has a sweet and sour taste without astringency, with a soluble solids content of 15.5%. The fruit contains flavonoids and anthocyanins, making it suitable for both fresh consumption and processing, especially for NFC juice and fruit wine production. The variety ripens in late October, can be stored at low temperatures for almost a year, and has excellent early flowering, early fruiting, and early high yield properties. It has strong branching power and resistance to early defoliation. The cultivation process does not require branch pulling or bagging, making it labor-saving and simple. It is understood that the apple breeding team at the Horticulture College of Qingdao Agricultural University has bred 23 new apple varieties, including the "Lujia" series, "Fujilei," and "Fujia." The successful technology transfer of the new apple varieties "Fujixing," "Fujiuhong," "Fuji," and "Hongdan" and the "Eluo" series rootstocks has generated over 20 million yuan, and they have been promoted and applied in Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Xinjiang, and other regions. Among them, the high-sugar variety "Fuji" was transferred in 2017, with a fruit development period of about 165 days, and it generally ripens in mid-October in the Qingdao area. It is the first apple variety in China to transfer the right to use the apple variety rights. "Fujiuhong" was transferred in 2020, a new mid-ripe apple variety for fresh consumption, with a fruit development period of about 140 days. The "Fujixing" variety transferred the seedling propagation and operation rights in February 2024 for 10 million yuan, setting a record for the highest late-maturing apple variety transfer fee in Shandong Province and the third highest in the country. "Fujixing" is easy to color and suitable for bagless cultivation, with a sugar core phenomenon when harvested slightly late. Image source: Dazhong News 2025 International Fruit and Vegetable Report. All rights reserved. For reprint permission, please contact the International Fruit and Vegetable Report and credit the source.