(Reporter from Midong District Rong Media Center: Chang Jiangping reports) Midsummer, it is a good time to eat peaches. Recently, the reporter walked into the peach orchard of Guo Zhibin, a villager in Xiaopocheng Village, Gumudi Town, Midong District, where the orchard was lush with fruit trees, purple and red peaches adorned with branches, and the fruity fragrance was mouth-watering.
Guo Zhibin has also been growing vegetables in Xiaopocheng Village, a traditional vegetable planting village, and his mother-in-law, Tang Suqin, has rich experience in planting fruit trees in her hometown of Dangshan, Anhui Province. In 2019, Guo Zhibin converted his family's 15 acres of vegetable land into an orchard, purchased more than 3,000 high-quality peach seedlings from the mainland, and "hired" his mother-in-law as an "agricultural technology expert" to guide peach tree planting.
Peach is a hybrid variety of nectarine and peach, sweet and crisp, combining the advantages of the two, not only has a smooth skin, red and translucent, but also inherits the flat shape and full flesh of peach.
"Youpan No. 9, this variety has a better taste, higher sweetness and larger size than other peaches. At present, the weight of ripe single fruit is more than 200 grams. Tang Suqin said that Xinjiang's fertile soil and abundant sunlight provide unique natural conditions for the growth of peach trees.
After careful cultivation, the peach tree blossomed and bore fruit the following year. This year, there was another bumper harvest of peaches. Looking at the trees full of peaches, Guo Zhibin's heart blossomed. "More than 20,000 yuan has been sold. In the past few days, orders have continued, and customers have placed orders by phone and WeChat. Guo Zhibin said.
On the same day, citizen Wu Yonggang drove 10 kilometers to the orchard to purchase oil peaches. "Last year, I bought a few boxes of peaches at his house, the moisture of the peaches is very large, the taste is good, and my family loves to eat them. I ordered 8 boxes and prepared them to give to friends and family. Wu Yonggang said.
Guo Zhibin said that the peaches in the orchard are late-maturing varieties, which ripen one after another at the end of July, and the harvest period is about 7-10 days. "After the harvesting of this batch of fruit trees, I plan to introduce some early-maturing varieties to the mainland to market early and increase income."