| XiaoLong is a small town of GanNan district, at the foot of west WuYiShan Mountain, borders on the north of Guangdong Provenience and the west of Fujian Provenience, convenient traffic reduces lots of time for transferring fruit to Shenzhen and Shanghai ports. Forest coverage rate reaches at 73.5% and red soil which contains rich mineral and lanthanon occupies most of this area. With the support of local government, navel orange planting grows very quickly recent years. GanNan, because of its unique climate and soil conditions, is very suitable for navel orange planting. Navel oranges from this area are big and pleasing, bright and beauty. Edible rate of 74%,tender and crisp flesh with a few marc, concentrated sweet aromatic flavor, containing more than 55% juice, soluble solids above 14% up to 16%,sugar 10.5% to 12%,acid 0.8% to 0.9%,solid and acid ratio is 15:1 to 17:1.Compared with the orange from United States, the content of GanNan navel orange's soluble solids is higher, more than 1% to 2%,compared with Japan orange more than 1% to 3%.Thanks to its high quality and rich flavor, nowadays, more and more consumers take it as their favorite. |