3,000 acres of red apricots ripened Chengyang Xiazhuang Shaoshan into the "picking season"

Qingdao News Network News (reporter Guo Pengfei, Liu Shuo, correspondent Wang Xiaoshun) The afterscent of cherries has not yet dissipated from the mouth, and Qingdao's leisure picking tour has ushered in the sweet and rich Red Apricot of Shaoshan Mountain. This morning, the reporter learned from the Shaoshan community of Xiazhuang Street that the red apricots on the mountain have entered the picking period, and the citizens and friends can pick and buy the most authentic Shaoshan red apricots in the Shaoshan community of Xiazhuang Street from June 12 to July 12!

It is understood that this year's shaoshan red apricot production is similar to that of previous years, and the single apricot tree with the largest output can reach more than 600 catties, and the total output of shaoshan red apricot is expected to reach 4 million catties. At present, Shaoshan's castor and barley yellow have been listed. Zuoshi is 6 yuan per kilogram, of which the most popular is Guan Ye face, Shaoshan No. 2, Shaoshan red, barley yellow 4 varieties sold to about 15 yuan per catty. At present, there are more than 10 varieties of red apricots planted in the community, such as zuoshi, large wheat yellow, Shaoshan No. 2, Guan Ye face, and Shaoshan red.

Fruit farmers told reporters that the public can choose different times to pick according to their own tastes, such as this weekend is suitable for picking barley yellow, next weekend is Shaoshan No. 2, Shaoshan Red and Guan Ye face. The harvest period for red apricots is more than 1 week per variety. The reference price for picking is 30 yuan per person.

Xiazhuang Shaoshan community planted more than 3,000 acres of red apricots, as many as more than 100,000 trees, is the main production area of local apricots. The unique geographical location, soil conditions and pleasant climatic environment of the Shaoshan community have created the unique quality of red apricots, which have a history of 600 years of red apricot cultivation. As early as the Ming Dynasty, the villagers here began to plant red apricots, and up to now, there are hundreds of trees that are more than a hundred years old, and many old trees are still high-yielding. Among them, barley yellow, Shaoshan No. 2, Shaoshan red and Guan Ye face are the four local specialties. According to legend, during the Wanli Period of the Ming Dynasty, Huang Jiashan, the official of the Huang clan of the Mowang clan, paid homage to prince Taibao and Bingbu Shangshu, and returned to beijing with red apricots to the Wanli Emperor when he returned to beijing. After tasting it, the Wanli Emperor looked at its shape and color, and gave it "Guan Ye Face Apricot", which has been passed down through the world ever since. In recent years, the "two committees" of Shaoshan Community have explored the path of rural revitalization, and united community residents to establish Qingdao Shaoshan Red Apricot Professional Cooperative to integrate resources and develop in groups. After more than ten years of development, "Shaoshan Red Apricot" has become a well-known brand of local fruits, and has been approved as the "Geographical Indication Agricultural Products", "Famous And Excellent Agricultural Products" and "SCO Summit Exclusive Supply Base" of the Ministry of Agriculture.

With the fame of Shaoshan Red Apricot, the community also actively carries the Internet platform to let "Shaoshan Red Apricot" go out of the mountain village. Modern logistics express delivery is convenient, providing a strong basic guarantee for red apricots to enter all parts of the country. At present, "Shaoshan Red Apricot" has cooperated with a number of e-commerce platforms, net red live broadcasts and a number of logistics and express delivery companies, and opened the cooperative's own WeChat platform to sell through multiple channels, and its influence has been further expanded. In the next step, the community will build the "Shaoshan Red Apricot" demonstration base into a local model garden through the application of facility construction, new technologies and standardized management technology systems, highlighting the key points of high quality, high efficiency, ecology and safety; at the same time, taking advantage of the demonstration base's proximity to Qingdao City, the community will implement the development mode of combining "Shaoshan Red Apricot" with leisure tourism picking.

Nowadays, "Shaoshan Red Apricot" has become a golden business card for gathering popularity and creating income. The Shaoshan community not only let the red apricots walk on the table of the people of the whole country, but also entered the fields in more areas. In recent years, the Shaoshan community has actively promoted the "going out" of red apricots, interacted with other provinces, helped support qualified areas to plant apricot trees, developed related industries, and promoted the development and growth of the local collective economy. In 2018, the Shaoshan community has carried out demonstration planting in seven provinces such as Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, providing more than 10,000 catties of scion for the local area free of charge, and arranging special technicians to come to the door for guidance. The successful "marriage" of Shaoshan red apricot and Liangjiahe wild apricot in Yan'an has not only extended the industrial chain, but also vigorously developed the tourism industry, promoted rural revitalization, and let the "Shaoshan red apricot" go out of Qingdao and go to the whole country, driving residents to increase their income and become rich.

Friendly reminder: Because the epidemic prevention and control work has not yet ended, there is an epidemic prevention and control checkpoint on the main road in and out of the community, and citizens and friends who go into the mountains to pick and play should wear masks in accordance with relevant regulations, show the health code, and take the initiative to cooperate with the community to do a good job in personnel vehicle registration and protective measures.

Bus lines: 372, 111, 109 source station get off and go east for 300 meters

Self-driving route: Heilongjiang Middle Road - Wangsha Road - Shaoshan Community