宁波地区地处浙东沿海,气候温和,雨量充沛,不少地区历来就有种植柑桔的习惯,其中以金柑最为闻名,是全国三大金柑产区(另广西融安,江西遂川)之一,相比之下它面积最大,产量最多。国外有些地区栽培的金柑,由此引种,因而“宁波金柑”这一名称,有些国家一直沿用至今。镇海县早在明末清初(约公元1522年)就盛有金柑栽培。解放前,在黑暗的反动统治下,金柑生产得不到发展。解放后,在毛主席革命路线 Ningbo is located in the eastern Zhejiang coast, mild climate, abundant rainfall, many areas have always had the habit of growing citrus, of which Kumquat is best known, is the country’s three kumquat production areas (Guangxi Rongan, Jiangxi Suichuan) First, compared to its largest area, the largest output. Kumquat cultivation in some parts of the country, which introduced, so “Ningbo Kumquat” this name, some countries have been in use today. Zhenhai County as early as the Ming and early Qing dynasties (about AD 1522) on the rich kumquat cultivation. Before the liberation, under the dark reactionary rule, kumquat production was not developed. After the liberation, in the revolutionary line of Chairman Mao