Do you know the secrets of cranberry harvesting?
In this cranberry orchard in the northern part of the beautiful country, hundreds of acres of cranberries are planted, which can harvest hundreds of millions of fruits at a time, send them to factories for processing, and become popular dried cranberries and juices, which are sold all over the country.
I always thought that cranberries grew on trees, but I didn't expect that it would grow on such a low vine, which felt like strawberries.
Cranberries generally bloom in March, after flowers will bear small fruits, and October is the season when cranberries ripen. Its growth cycle is very long, and some branches grow up to 100 years and bear fruit.
In the autumn when the cranberries are ripe, the workers fill the fields with water, drive the harvester around the field, and the bright red fruits float to the surface of the water.
There was a large roller on the harvester, and the big drum swirled wildly, whipping down the fruit that grew on the branches.
Look at this red piece, is it very romantic? Mature cranberries have 4 pores inside, the specific gravity is lighter than water, and can easily float on the surface of the water.
After the fruit is harvested, the workers will release all the water from the field, let the cranberries continue to grow, and then harvest them in the same way until the next year's ripe season.
Are you worried that cranberries will be broken by machines? In fact, cranberries are not as delicate as strawberries and grapes, they are hard and crispy, coupled with the buffering of water flow, the whipping of the machine can not hurt it.
After the cranberries have all fallen off the vine, the workers put on waterproof boots, surrounded the fruits with a "fence", and the pump truck parked on the shore opens its mouth, swallows countless small fruits into the stomach through a straw, washes them, and transports them to the truck.
In order to ensure the freshness of the fruit, trucks filled with fruit rushed to the factory. The vines enter the factory and are cleaned again by a conveyor belt, removing leaves and debris for further processing.
In terms of food processing, beautiful countries are still relatively in place, after all, it is what people in their own countries eat, how to do without handling clean?
The cranberry is transported to the workshop, washed and disinfected, and sent to the freezing chamber for a day to destroy its internal cellular structure and better release the juice.
By slicing and thawing, the juice can be extracted. The extracted juice can be made into a juice, and the extracted fruit will not be wasted, and will be made into dried cranberries and jam to meet the needs of the Chinese people.
Harvesting in the water, this is the secret of cranberry harvesting, you know?