Source: People's Daily - Anhui Channel Original draft
Known as the "Pear Capital", Zhongshan County is famous for its abundant crispy pears.
Zhongshan crisp pear has a long history of cultivation, not only crisp and refreshing, melt in the mouth, nutritional value and health value is also very high, every year around the Mid-Autumn Festival is the time when the crisp pear is ripe. However, the late market time formed a huge market gap, in order to enrich the planting varieties, while filling the market gap, the natural "early ripening pear" came into being.
Natural "early ripening pears" are not artificially ripening pears, but varieties with relatively early ripening dates. From early July to late August every year, about 10 varieties of "early ripening pears" are listed one after another, mainly crowns, jadeite and autumn moons.
Zhang Lifeng, who lives in Houkou Village, Tangzhai Town, Yanshan County, usually works as a physics teacher at Daonan Junior High School ten miles away. At this time of year, he can take advantage of the summer vacation to go home and help his parents harvest the fruits. "Unlike ordinary Zhongshan crispy pears, the two varieties planted by the family mature early. In the morning, the market price is definitely higher, and one mu can sell for nearly 10,000 yuan. Zhang Lifeng said with a smile.
"The ripening cycle of 'early ripening pears' is shorter, growers have half a year of agricultural leisure time can increase their income by going out to work, and the annual comprehensive income of 'early ripening pear' growers in our village exceeds that of simple pear growers by more than 50%." Wang Fasong, secretary of the party branch of Houkou Village, said.
It is understood that "early ripening pears" not only have an early listing time, but also a relatively high price. Today, the planting area of "early ripening pears" of various varieties has reached 150,000 mu, and the total annual output is about 330,000 tons. in Li Xi meng