After the Qingming Festival, as the weather warms, more than 10,000 acres of loquat in the town of Suijiang County have matured one after another, the golden fruits are hanging all over the branches, the fruit farmers are busy picking loquats, and the orchard presents a joyful harvest scene.
In Dasha Village, Zhongcheng Town, more than 3,000 acres of loquat gardens are covered with gold, and the golden and full five-star loquat fragrance is overflowing, which makes people salivate. Fruit growers weave through the loquat forest and are busy picking loquats. Kang Zhuming, who lives in Group 12 of Dasha Village, has planted more than 40 acres of large five-star loquats, and these days he has invited five or six neighbors to help pick them. Kang Zhuming told reporters that with the higher and higher level of standardized management and protection, the yield and quality of loquat are getting better and better, coupled with the good weather and sufficient fertilizer and water this year, his loquat output has doubled compared with last year.
Kang Zhuming, a fruit farmer in Group 12 of Dasha Village, Zhongcheng Town, Suijiang County
This one may be more than one or two eight, this one is basically more than one two five, three loquat almost half a catty, last year an acre of land averaged down to about 2,000 catties, but this year the average down is about 4,000 catties, I have more than 40 acres of land, according to this year's market, the gross income is basically more than 600,000 yuan.
The bumper harvest of loquat has attracted many fruit buyers from Chengdu, Chongqing, Guiyang and other places to come to buy. At a purchasing point near the loquat orchard in Dasha Village, more than 20 fruit farmers are busy sorting and grading freshly picked loquat for sale in coastal areas such as Zhejiang, Shanghai and Guangdong. The reporter learned that the purchase price of loquat this year depends on the grade of the fruit, with small fruits about 2 yuan per city jin and large fruits about 7 yuan per city catty. The buyer said that because of the unique climatic advantages and abundant light conditions, the loquat produced by Suijiang has a high sugar content and is very popular in the eastern coastal fruit market, with an average of about 5 tons per day.
Fruit buyer Yang Ruyun
Wenzhou, Zhejiang, Guangdong, are these markets, a day to walk more than 10,000 catties, basically two days to walk a car, our place loquat sugar content than the outside three points higher, the market is good, almost a day to sell.
In 2013, Zhongcheng began to plant "big five-star" loquat, after ten years of development, has built a total area of 10,500 acres of loquat industrial park, covering Dasha, agriculture, Liangjiang three administrative villages, last year to achieve a total output value of 35 million yuan. This year, the local government has made every effort to promote standardized management and protection, and the quality and yield of fruits have been greatly improved, and the total output is expected to reach 5,200 tons.
Yuan Zi, mayor of Zhongcheng Town, Suijiang County
From what we have so far, the large fruit can reach 60%, the medium fruit should be 30%, the small fruit should be about 10%, and the entire output of this year should be increased by more than 30% on the basis of last year, and the output value should be able to reach about 50 million yuan.
Source: Suijiang Financial Media Luo Hong
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