According to records, as early as the Tongzhi period of Qing Dynasty, farmers in Napo Town, Napo Town and Natuo Village on the south bank of Youjiang River began to plant local soil awn. Later, it was also planted sporadically in Tianzhou, Toutang, White, Naman and other places, with a history of 100 years. 1934 Napo Street Dashang Huang Heng Store imported four plants from the Philippines, and now only one plant is planted in his orchard (where the county agricultural institute is located), with a height of about 10 meter. After careful nursing, artificial cultivation, experimental demonstration and reproduction, this mango tree has evolved into a famous Tianyang Xiangmang. It is the mother tree of Xiangmang in Tianyang County, which blossoms and bears fruit every year, with stable and high yield. The average annual output is 250-500 kg, and the maximum annual output is 1 120 kg. In 1960s and 1970s, the county agricultural institute collected seeds for this excellent variety to raise seedlings, from seedling raising to grafted seedlings, and extended it in the agricultural institute and nearby villages, which promoted the development of mango from inferior variety to excellent variety in Tian Yang.
It is no accident that a mango tree bears so many fruits, which is related to the unique geographical and climatic conditions in Tian Yang. Tian Yang has a tropical climate in South Asia, dominated by lateritic red soil and sandy shale lateritic red soil. It is dry in spring, hot and rainy in summer, warm in winter and long in summer, with an annual average temperature of 18~22 degrees. Sufficient sunshine is very beneficial to mango flowering and pollination and promoting production and development. With the unique conditions for planting mangoes, it is a rare place suitable for mango growth in China, and it is also the first hometown of mangoes in China. The hinterland of Youjiang River Basin is one of the three tropical monsoon regions in China, which is as famous as Hainan Island and Xishuangbanna. There is no typhoon in summer and no frost in winter, which is known as? Natural greenhouses, granaries, vegetable gardens and orchards? .
However, in the 1960s and 1970s, it was difficult for farmers to realize that mango cultivation was a big industry in Tian Yang's economic development, and it was very difficult to expand the scale of mango production in Tian Yang, because mango was not well-known at that time. In order to develop mango into a pillar industry in Tian Yang, in 1965, Wu Zhenmin, then secretary of the Tian Yang County Party Committee, proposed: Give full play to Tian Yang? Vast plains, many slopes and vast woodlands? Advantages of agricultural resources, vigorously develop mango production and planting, actively introduce and popularize new technologies and varieties of mango, and attach importance to mango variety improvement, technology introduction and capital investment. At the same time, he also personally planted Tian Yang mango in the county compound. Now the lush mango trees in the county compound are planted by Wu Zhenmin. According to Wu Guiqiu, the third son of Wu Zhenmin, every day after school, his father took them to water and fertilize the mango trees in the yard. Tian Yang Xiangmang, cultivated in the county compound, played an exemplary role and soon became a prairie fire.
At present, there are more than 30 mango varieties mainly planted in Tianyang County, such as Tian Yang Xiangmang, Red Ivory Mang, Zihuamang, Tainong 1 Mang, Golden Mang, Red Golden Mang, Aiwen Mang and Kate Mang. Mango produced in Tian Yang is favored by consumers because of its beautiful appearance, tender meat, sweet smell, short fiber and rich nutrition.
(Zero Grace Youjiang Daily)