Today Xiaobian and everyone are nagging about apples,
Don't get me wrong, I want to talk about not the mobile phone that will make people "kidney pain" when mentioned.
But in Dalian has a long history,
Known as "one apple a day, the disease is far away from me" nutrition coffee ~
Although apples have many benefits,
Recently, Dalian's apples are probably difficult to think of...
Dalian"fruit powder" that loves to eat apples may wish to hoard more and catch more.
Tangled "export orders"
Dalian apple total output of 800,000 tons to 900,000 tons, under normal years, more than 10% of Dalian apples can enter the international market, but this year, this proportion or will shrink. According to Liu Shizuo, chairman of Brilliant Century Agricultural Development (Dalian) Co., Ltd., the profit of Dalian apple exports to the high-end market this year is 50% to 70% lower than last year.
"According to preliminary estimates, about 30% of apple export companies in Dalian currently have no orders to do." Ci Zhaoxing, general manager of Dalian Hongyuan Fruit and Vegetable Co., Ltd., one of the leading apple export enterprises in Dalian, said that similar to the domestic market, the demand in some foreign markets is also relatively weak, in this case, the export orders are few, and it is not easy to take, because the importer will take the opportunity to raise the standard and add some quite harsh conditions.
And this year, apple prices fell, in mid-October when it was just listed, the first-class red Fuji land price was 2.3 yuan to 2.7 yuan per kilogram, at that time, some apple export companies acquired a large number of warehouses, reserved for future exports. However, now, the price of Red Fuji has dropped to 2 yuan to 2.1 yuan per kilogram, and for those export companies that hoard apples in large quantities, they have lost money without waiting for exports.
Will "exports" really become crushing the price of apples in Dalian this year?
The huge pressure on apple exports also indicates the severe market that Dalian apples must face this year. However, on the one hand, there is the grim and cold status quo of the market, and on the other hand, the wishful thinking of fruit growers. "Now, there are still some domestic reluctance to sell. When the apples were first picked this year, the price of first-class red Fuji was about 2.6 yuan per catty; by the beginning of November, it had dropped to 2 yuan; since the end of November, it had dropped to 1.5 yuan to 1.9 yuan. Mr. Qu, a senior apple agent in Dalian, said that in the reluctance of some fruit farmers to sell, the price of Dalian apples this year has gradually moved from a low point to a lower point.
"I think in the short term, apple prices are difficult to improve. Next, it depends on the performance of the two peak sales seasons before New Year's Day and the Spring Festival. If during these two peak sales seasons, Apple sales are huge, it will reverse the apple market; if it continues to weaken, it is difficult to reverse the plot. The above-mentioned industry insiders analyzed.
Apple PK battle, the rock sugar heart that has sprung up
In addition to export orders, ice candy heart apples also seem to be tearing off the label of "niche" and pouring into Dalian. For the native Dalian apple, it poses no small challenge.
According to preliminary analysis, local apples in the Dalian market account for about 50% to 60% of the share, and foreign apples in Shandong, Shaanxi and Xinjiang account for 40% to 50% of the share. Among them, Xinjiang's ice candy heart apple has increased from a negligible market share in previous years to a rough estimate to 5% to 10% of the market share today.
"In the past two years, rock sugar heart apples have sold really well in Dalian, as an apple wholesaler, if you don't even have a rock sugar heart, customers may think that you are too outdated." Li Junping, a senior wholesaler of Dalian apples, said helplessly that he began to try to sell ice candy hearts before the Spring Festival in 2014, following the "popular trend", and sold more than 500 boxes of ice candy hearts around the Spring Festival of that year, and more than 1,000 boxes were sold around the Spring Festival this year.
Industry insiders said that Xinjiang ice sugar heart apples entered Dalian in small quantities around 2010, when they were mainly sold in some high-end food stores, facing an absolutely niche market. After two or three years of market cultivation, the ice candy heart apple has become quite well-known in Dalian, and at the end of 2013, it ushered in a sales boom. Suddenly, morning night markets, farmers' markets, supermarkets, etc. are full of ice candy hearts, and Dalian people have also chosen this apple for gifts and winter storage.
From 15-25 yuan per kilogram in 2010 to the mainstream price of 7-10 yuan now, the price of ice candy hearts in the Dalian market has dropped rapidly, and Dalian apples have a certain competitiveness in price.
This winter apples are hoarded
So it seems that the recent Dalian apple wants to increase the price is indeed quite difficult, which also gives us a good opportunity to stock up on some delicious and durable big apples for a healthy winter.
How to buy Apple?
At present, there are more than 20 varieties of apples in our city.
Early maturing varieties include Red King General, Red Star, Wang Lin, Mutsu, etc.
Medium-ripe varieties include Marshal Huang, Jonajin, etc.
Late maturing varieties include Fuji, Hanfu, Guoguang, Anderson.
Relatively speaking, late maturing varieties are more resistant to storage than medium and early maturing varieties.
The most storage-resistant apples are medium-ripe varieties such as Marshal Huang and Jonajin, and Hanfu is also the most storage-resistant apple in late maturing varieties.
Experts suggest that the public store apples at home, and it is best to choose late-ripening varieties such as Fuji, Guoguang, and Chicken Crown.
When buying apples, you should choose a moderate, smooth peel, bright color, moderate soft and hard, no insect eyes and damage, aromatic smell.
The peel is smooth and scarless, brightly colored (indicating that it is more mature),
Use your hand to try the hard and soft situation of the apple, too hard to indicate that it is not ripe, too soft is too ripe, soft and hard moderate is better,
Weighed by hand, if the weight is light, the meat is loose and loose, and the general quality is not good.
Apples that are not bagged when grown are not good-looking, but they are high in sugar.
Storing apples at home works better using a water tank
Relevant experts introduced that apple winter storage, conditions allow, the use of water tank storage apple effect will be better, not only long storage time but also crisp and sweet.
Before storing the apples, fill the jar with water to ensure that the apples do not lose moisture, and then put a wooden frame at the bottom of the cylinder above the water surface, and then put the apples on it.
The best apples to be stored are apples that have just fallen off the tree, and the quality has not changed much, so that the storage time will be longer, and the longest can be put in May of the following year.
When the temperature is from zero to minus 5 degrees Celsius, the water tank is simply closed, if it is lower than minus seven or eight degrees Celsius for a long time, it is necessary to cover the water tank with a slightly thicker quilt.
In addition, the water tank must not be placed in the place where the solar energy shines.