Before 1980s, Wenling high oranges were planted in front of and behind local houses. 1984, the former Wenling County People's Government established the "Wenling High Orange Development and Research Center" to conduct large-scale seed selection throughout the county, and initially selected 1 1 fine varieties. Through seedling breeding and high grafting, a 30-mu mother plant orchard was established, and the main characters and genetic stability of the mother plant and its second-generation vegetative system were observed, identified, purified and rejuvenated, from which five excellent strains with stable and consistent characters were selected, and a high-quality and excellent seedling breeding base was established for surface development. In the same year, the former Wenling Forestry Bureau cooperated with Wuxi Institute of Light Industry to carry out the experiment of debittering high orange and try to process high orange juice.
During the period of 1993, the first professional cultivation and planting enterprise of Wenling Gaoorange, Guoqing Tanggaoorange Farm in Wenling City, was established in the form of joint-stock cooperative system. At the same time, the Wenling Municipal Government has re-established a leading group for comprehensive development and utilization of Wenling high orange, headed by the mayor in charge, to further intensify the development of Wenling high orange and accelerate the pace of development.
1996165438+10, an expert group composed of more than ten domestic famous citrus experts, headed by researcher Shen, director of China Citrus Research Institute, made a comprehensive evaluation of the quality of Wenling Gaoorange, and concluded that Wenling Gaoorange is a unique local variety, which can be used as the main variety of regional development, and its development direction is in line with the diversification, personalization, anniversary and development of citrus industry.
Since 2006, Wenling Specialty Technology Extension Station has started virus-free treatment and virus-free seedling breeding of excellent varieties and strains of Wenling High Orange, and established a technical system to improve the quality of Wenling High Orange. Through the research and popularization of advanced technologies such as overwintering cultivation and bagging cultivation, the fruit quality has been greatly improved. Through the application of post-harvest technologies such as grading treatment and fine packaging, the added value of products has been greatly improved, economic benefits have been increased and industrial development has been promoted.
The existing planting area of Wenling High Orange in Wenling City is 1.2 million mu, mainly distributed in Chengnan Town and Wugen Town of Wenling City. There are 8 high-orange production enterprises in Wenling with a production base of 5,000 mu, with an annual output of more than 20,000 tons and an output value of 80 million yuan. It is one of the leading agricultural industries in Wenling.