The approaching cold wave of the weekend caught Lin'an's largest "Red Beauty" base off guard.
Red Beauty, known as the "Hermes" of the citrus industry, tastes like jelly, delicate and sweet, and the price is expensive. But it is also very delicate, not only intolerant to drought and flood, but also particularly afraid of cold, once the temperature drops below -5 °C, the whole plant and the whole area will freeze to death.
This is sad for the employees and villagers of Hangzhou Ehime Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd., located in Yanli Village, Qingshanhu Street, who have planted 182 acres of citrus in the village, mainly "Red Beauty", as well as some Yuanhong and Ganping, which are first-class citrus varieties with a first-class taste and special delicateness.
The "Red Beauty" base in Yanli Village is surrounded by mountains, and the temperature is 2 °C lower than the surrounding area, and in the face of the low temperature weather below -5 °C for more than 10 consecutive days from this Saturday, the "Red Beauty" on the tree is about to "be wiped out".
To this end, the base not only mobilized all employees to grab it, but also sent a request for help to the Lin'an District Agriculture and Rural Bureau. After the latter learned of the difficulties of the base, he hurriedly sent party members and cadres and the three rural gangs to help grab it, and purchase it from docking units, supermarkets and e-commerce platforms to help the base solve the urgent need, but in the face of this year's output of 270,000 catties, it is still a drop in the bucket.
Yesterday at noon, I came to the greenhouses of the Ehime Agricultural Base and saw that in most of the greenhouses, the yellow and clear "red beauties" were hanging on the branches, and the best fruits were already bigger than the fists of adults......
Ying Taiyang, the base's chief agricultural technical director, said that all the fruits should be harvested before the cold wave arrives on Saturday. "Originally, the fruit before the Spring Festival was the best, the sweetness could be above 17, and the price was also sellable, but now I have to pick it in advance, and the sweetness is about 14. ”
He picked one and handed it to me. A peel, the peel is as thin as paper, the orange flesh inside is crystal clear like jelly, take a bite, nine points sweet and one point sour, both orange flavor and orange flavor are tender and sweet, juicy and no residue, tender and sweet, I want to have another one after eating......
"These fruits picked in advance will be transported to the cold storage for preservation, and we hope to sell them all within half a month, so that the taste of 'Red Beauty' is still in the best condition. Ying Taiyang said frankly that there was a lot of pressure to sell in a hurry, and less than one-third of it was sold at present, and there were nearly 200,000 catties of unsalable.
At around 7 o'clock last night, I called Hu Qingqing, the person in charge of Hangzhou Ehime Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd., again, and she said that she would send another truckload of goods.
"This year, we have reduced the price across the board, and the high-quality fruit is only sold for 25 yuan/catty, and the ordinary fruit is only 10 yuan/catty...... And last year, the 'Red Beauty' was sold for 30 yuan per catty. On the other end of the phone, she was a little tired, saying that she would be busy until half past eight in the evening when she went out to deliver goods at 8 o'clock in the morning, and she only sold more than 2,000 catties.
Do you want to help farmers share their worries, and at the same time realize the freedom of sweet and juicy "red beauty"? Contact: Hu Qingqing 18857876200, WeChat account aiyuan6200.