Apricots hang from the branches. Photo by Li Jinghai
Urumqi, May 18 (Xinhua) -- At present, in Toxun County, Xinjiang, known as the "hometown of China's early apricots," the apricots in the 10,000-mu apricot orchard have matured into the picking period, and merchants from all over the country have come here to buy them.
Sharpiddin Yasheng is a villager in Nanhu Village, Toxun County, who grows nearly 10 acres of apricots at home, and 4 years ago he saw that many merchants from all over the country came to them to buy apricots, and he also began to buy them. Now he buys about 20 tons of apricots every year, mainly to Gansu Province, as well as Urumqi, Hami, Korla and other places in Xinjiang, and can earn a net income of more than 20,000 yuan per year only by purchasing apricots.
Merchants around the world are sorting and packing apricots. Photo by Li Jinghai
Like Charpitin Yasheng, many local villagers not only grow apricots, but also engage in the business of buying, so that the local apricots continue to be sold throughout the country.
At present, Toxun County has more than 100,000 mu of apricot trees, with a result area of more than 60,000 mu, and 13 varieties include Suletan, Small White Apricot, Fengyuan Red, Kate Apricot, Golden Sun and so on.
Aerial photography of the sorting site, a busy scene. Photo by Li Jinghai
In 2020, the county's apricot output value reached 160 million yuan, which is one of the earliest, best and most characteristic apricot producing areas in the country's land cultivation apricot ripening period, especially the early suletan apricot has become a beautiful business card of Toxon County, selling well in major cities across the country.
Toxon County is rich in heat resources, with an annual effective accumulated temperature of 6400 degrees And an annual sunshine length of more than 3233 hours. Unique geographical and climatic resources, convenient transportation conditions, etc., make Toxun County very suitable for the large-scale, commercialization and integrated development of early ripening apricots. In mid-March every year, the apricot blossoms in Toxun County are in full bloom, which is the first place in Xinjiang to usher in spring, and the apricots gradually ripen in early May. (End)
Source: China News Network