Before and after the winter, it is the season when the grapefruit is ripe, and more than 300 acres of Shatian grapefruit in Xiashankou Village, Baisha Town, Yangshuo County, usher in a bumper harvest, and the busy figures of the villagers shuttle through the Yangshuo mountains and rivers to harvest their year's hard work and happiness.
Recently, at the Shatian grapefruit planting base in Xiashankou Village, the trees more than 5 meters high were hung with grapefruit, and the villagers picked one tree and one under the tree, and the green and yellow grapefruit was put into the basket, and the face was full of happy smiles.
Yangshuo County has a tradition of planting Sha tin grapefruit, Xiashankou Village has abundant water sources, flat terrain, altitude, soil and climate are suitable for Shatian grapefruit planting, and the sand field grapefruit grown is not only high yield, but also good quality. "This Sha Tin grapefruit is in Xiashankou Village, Baisha Town, and the planting area is the most extensive. Our lower mountain pass is located in the upper reaches of the Yulong River, the mountains are good, the water is good, and because our soil is very suitable for growing Sha Tin grapefruit, I have 30,000 or 40,000 catties of production a year. We have a lot of Sha Tin grapefruit in Xiashankou Village, the taste is also very sweet, the sugar content is also high, and the meat color is also very beautiful. Mo Shaofa, a grower in Xiashankou Village in Baisha Town, said.
After the winter, it is the harvest season of Sha Tin grapefruit, and the villagers of Xiashankou Village seize the time to harvest mature Sha Tin grapefruit and sell it throughout the country. "We have 36 households in Xiashankou Village planted Shatian grapefruit, with a yield of 10,000 jin per mu a year, planted more than 300 mu, mainly sold to Fujian, Sichuan, Chongqing and other places, with an average income of 220,000 yuan per household, and our reputation of Shatian pomelo is still quite good." This year, the weather is mainly very good, and there are agricultural technicians to teach us how to manage, so this year there will be a big harvest. Li Xiaolan, a cadre of the village committee of Xiashankou Village in Baisha Town, said.
The characteristics of Sha Tin grapefruit in Xiashankou Village are mainly sweet and crisp, the sugar content is moderate, the grapefruit here can usually be used to make grapefruit tea, the skin can be used to make dishes, it can be said that the whole body is a treasure, the villagers in Xiashankou promote income increase by planting Shatian grapefruit, so that the villagers are on the road to prosperity.
Author: Long Jianze Mo Pinjun