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Jianghua Gantang Village: Citrus masters try to breed and select multiple varieties of citrus

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Jianghua Gantang Village: Citrus masters try to breed and select multiple varieties of citrus

Red Net Moment, October 31 (Correspondent Wang Hui Pan Jiacheng) Citrus is a popular fruit in the market, but there are many kinds, different varieties of citrus have different requirements for the growing environment, and the quality of the seeds is also very different. Deng Weiquan, who has been dealing with fruits for many years, began to introduce different high-quality citrus varieties for trial planting in 2018, and is ready to find suitable varieties to promote and promote the development of rural industries.

Jianghua Gantang Village: Citrus masters try to breed and select multiple varieties of citrus

Deng Weiquan displayed the citrus variety "Ehime No. 38" imported from abroad, because the flesh is soft and tender, also known as "jelly orange", which can now be picked and sold, and can achieve the best taste by mid-November. This variety is easy to peel, sugar 15 °, acid content of 0.5 ° or less, storage resistance, strong cold resistance, excellent yield, the market retail price of more than 5 yuan 1 catty, is a very promising early ripening citrus variety. This year is the first time to hang fruit, as far as the current growth situation is concerned, it is more suitable for the climatic and soil conditions of Jianghua.

A few years ago, Deng Weiquan contracted more than 200 acres of mountainous land in Gantang Village, Tuojiang Town, planted five or six kinds of citrus varieties, in addition to "Ehime No. 38", there are also "Oriental Red", Golden Autumn Sugar Orange, etc., according to the characteristics of different varieties to take different management and protection measures, each variety is smoothly hanging fruit, and the growth is good.

Most of the citrus varieties that Deng Weiquan chooses to try to plant have a common characteristic, that is, they are generally early maturing varieties, which can avoid the peak period of citrus gathering and listing, and can avoid the invasion of possible cold winters, and can mature and market before the frost falls. At the beginning of this month, the golden autumn sugar oranges promoted and planted after his trial planting have achieved a bumper harvest in Daxu Town, which has strengthened his confidence, in addition to expanding the orchard area to more than 400 mu, he also plans to use his trial planting experience to further promote to more farmers, drive farmers to increase their income and become rich, and help rural revitalization and industrial development.

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