In late spring, the 10,000 acres of cherries in the cherry ditch of Laozhuang Town, Zhenping County entered the full fruit period.
On April 22, walking into the cherry ditch, the rainbow highway spiraled up, the evening primrose pink and purple flowers on both sides swayed in the wind, and the red cherries in the orchard hung all over the branches, like stars, exuding crystal light, which made people salivate. Everywhere, fruit farmers can be seen picking ripe cherries from the trees to load baskets, and baskets of bright red cherries are placed on both sides of the road for tourists to choose and buy. There are also many buyers who come to buy them, and the scene is very lively.
Rather than buying cherries directly at the stalls, more tourists choose to go into the orchard and experience the fun of picking while checking in.
Tourist: I come from Nanyang, and every year at this time of year, I come with my friends to pick cherries and share them with friends and family when I return home.
It is understood that cherry cultivation in Laozhuang Town has a history of more than 200 years. Based on the location advantages and combined with the rural revitalization strategy, Laozhuang Town strives to build a characteristic industry of "one town, one product", launches the "characteristic brand" of economic forest fruits, and explores a new development path of "integration of three industries". In the past three years, a total of 18.63 million yuan has been invested in agricultural facilities, a glass greenhouse of more than 1,800 square meters, 10 solar greenhouses, nearly 40,000 square meters of rain-sheltered greenhouses, and two fresh-keeping warehouses, one cold storage, one drying room, and 1,000 square meters of fruit wine processing workshops have been built. Nowadays, Cherry Ditch has formed a new situation of integrated development of agriculture and tourism, which can attract tourists to enjoy flowers in spring and provide tourists with ecological picking experience in summer, driving more people to increase their income and get rich.
Jiang Zhe, deputy mayor of Laozhuang Town, said: Laozhuang Town has always taken industrial revitalization as the foundation and key to rural revitalization, relying on 10,000 acres of cherry orchards, actively guiding and supporting large planters, cultivating leaders to get rich, and focusing on the development goal of "one village, one product", leading the masses to plant big cherries, strawberries, rainbow watermelons and other fruits, promoting agricultural efficiency, farmers' income, rural beauty, and empowering rural revitalization.
Zhenpingrong Media Center reporter Li Xiaona Dang Qianqian Chen Qian
Editor: Wang Qing, Zhao Jianhong
Review: Zhang Bo