China News Service, Quzhou, November 9th (Dong Yixin, Li Lingqian, Yu Guowen, Zhang Zhao) "The total area of ​​Changshan Huyou pomelo planted this year is about 105,000 mu. The picking starts on November 8 and ends in early December. The total output is expected to be 120,000. Tons." said Yang Xingliang, member of the Party Committee and Deputy Director of the Agricultural and Rural Bureau of Changshan County, Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province.

　　Changshan is the mountainous county in the westernmost part of Zhejiang Province, and Changshan Huyou is one of the county's traditional agricultural leading industries.

After the Lidong solar term, Changshan Huyou is crisp and sweet, easy to peel, and enters the mature and picking period.

　　"The whole Huyou picking will last about 20 days. This year, the base will have an output of 1.6 million to 2 million jin. The purchase price varies according to the quality of the huyou. Among them, high-quality huyou can sell for 3 to 4 yuan each. It is estimated that the total sales will be higher than last year.” said Li Hongying, the person in charge of Dabaoshan Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. in Zhonghe Village, Tonggong Township, Changshan County.

　　In recent years, Changshan has continued to promote the sugar-increasing and acid-reducing technologies such as adding special fertilizers and laying reflective films for Huyou grapefruit, which will increase the sweetness of Huyou grapefruit by 1 to 2 degrees compared with previous years. It is expected that the price of Huyou grapefruit will increase this year An increase of 30% to 50% over the previous year.

Changshan Huyou has a good harvest.

Photo by Zhang Zhao

　　Li Hongying said that despite the impact of freezing damage in 2020, with the guidance and help of agricultural technicians from the Changshan County Agriculture and Rural Bureau, the output of huyou planted by the company is roughly the same as the previous year, and the sugar content has increased.

　　"The varieties we selected are very good and have technical blessings. This year, the sugar content of Huyou is above 12 degrees." said Zheng Yaoliang, the head of agricultural technology of the company's planting base. At present, they have been published in the "Online Agriculture Expo" and "Three Qu Wei". Wait for the online platform to receive a lot of orders.

Soon, these fresh huyou fruits will be sent to all parts of the country.

　　Many local farmers are also mining recently.

In Gedi Village, Qingshi Town, Changshan County, pomelo farmer Zheng Guoxuan and his daughter and son-in-law are very busy.

Zheng Guoxuan said that the 2 acres of Huyou Lin planted by his family this year is expected to yield 20,000 catties.

　　"I planted more than 200 Huyou trees this year, which can pick more than 10,000 catties of fruit, and the water and sweetness of the fruit this year are better than last year." said Rao Shitu, a pomelo farmer in Yuxikou Village, Zhaoxian Town, Changshan County.

　　Since the reform and opening up, Changshan County has made Huyou as a local advantageous and enriching industry with the “14 secretaries of the county party committee and grabbing a fruit.” There are 100,000 local people involved in the cultivation, production and sales of Huyou.

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