The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and citrus oranges in many places have been listed "high-profile" to seize the market opportunity, and the popularity of high-quality varieties from Guizhou, Shaanxi and Sichuan has soared, and countless "fans" have increased.
Shawan District, Leshan, Sichuan
Bergamots become "golden fruits"
Walking into the Shujingyuan bergamot planting base, the fruit farmers are using sickles to pick the ripe fruits on the trees, put them in the back basket, and the fresh bergamot is transported to the production workshop of the base, after cleaning, cutting, drying and other processes, and finally made into bergamot slices required by major Chinese medicine enterprises.
At present, the area of Shujingyuan bergamot planting base is more than 8,300 mu, and the area officially put into production is more than 4,000 mu, due to the market supply and demand requirements this year, the price of bergamot has increased significantly compared with last year, and the total output value is expected to exceed 6 million yuan this year.
The "transformation" from fresh fruit to dried slices has also doubled the price of bergamot, which is currently priced at 100 yuan per kilogram, making bergamot a veritable "golden fruit" for getting rich.
Guizhou welcomes a bumper harvest of citrus from the river
Orange farmers are busy harvesting
The citrus orchard in Datang Village, Bingmei Town, Congjiang County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, is ripening one after another, and the villagers are busy picking, sorting, shipping and selling oranges.
In recent years, Datang Village, Bingmei Town, Congjiang County, has introduced high-quality citrus varieties for planting according to local conditions to promote farmers' income. At present, Datang Village grows 800 mu of citrus, with an annual output value of more than 3 million yuan.
Hanzhong, Shaanxi
Come and taste the northernmost citrus
Walking into the 10,000-acre orange orchard in Guojiashan Village, Orange Town, Chenggu County, Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province, the lush citrus forest rises and falls with the mountain, which is beautiful. Citrus, which are close to the size of a fist, are hung all over the branches, and in less than 1 month, they will usher in the harvest season.
Chenggu County, which has the reputation of "Orange Township", is located in the Qinba Mountain District, is the northernmost edge of the mainland and the highest altitude of citrus production area, and the citrus produced locally has been selected as the "2022 National Green Agriculture Top Ten Fruit Landmark Brands".
In 2022, the citrus planting area in the county will exceed 230,000 mu, with an annual output of more than 320,000 tons, an annual output value of 700 million yuan, and an annual export volume of more than 50,000 tons.