At 7 o'clock in the morning of August 6, in the peach forest of Xinyi Village, Fengjing Town, the fruit farmers drove the elevator to shuttle among the peach trees to harvest yellow peaches, and their clothes were already soaked with sweat. "The temperature is so high that a lot of the fruit is burned, and it also has a great impact on the fruit trees." Sun Xizhou, head of Fengjin Fruit and Vegetable Planting Cooperative, said.
Now is the critical period for the sales of Fengjing yellow peaches, and in the hot peach forest, the pace of harvesting of Fengjing fruit farmers has not stopped. In order to ensure that the flesh of the picked yellow peaches is firm and the taste is crisp and sweet, from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. every morning, the fruit farmers will harvest more than 230 acres of yellow peaches one after another.
It was originally the golden period for yellow peach sales, but it encountered high temperatures. In order to prevent the peach trees from being "burned to death" and "burned dry", Sun Xizhou on the one hand reduces the weeding work in the peach forest to achieve the purpose of moisturizing, and on the other hand, he continuously turns on drip irrigation every day to improve the moisture of the soil.
Due to the impact of continuous high temperatures, the size of yellow peaches has decreased by about one-third compared with previous years, but the quality and sweetness have been greatly improved compared with the past. "The accumulated sugars and other nutrients are more concentrated, the juice is rich and the flesh is firm, making it a great way to beat the heat in summer." Sun Xizhou said.
Since 2009, Sun Xizhou has been rooted in the field of Fengjing yellow peach planting. Through careful management and ecological cultivation, he has effectively ensured the quality of yellow peaches, and the "splendid" yellow peaches he planted have won the title of "Fengjing Peach King" for many times. In order to enrich the market supply and expand the sales period of yellow peaches, he introduced 10 varieties such as Jinxiang, Jinchun, Jinxiu, Jinfeng and Jinyuan, and extended the market time span of yellow peaches from June to October. Sun Xizhou said that if the rain increases in the later period, the fruit type can be better looking and the sales will be better.
Correspondent: Zhu Liyan
Photography: Tang Jiefeng Editor: Wang Liyu (intern) Editor-in-charge: Yu Luoyin, Gan Yuqiong Review: Chen Jianjun