CCTV News:Early-maturing apple is an improved apple variety. At present, it is the season of early-maturing apples. These days, fruit farmers in Linfen, Shanxi Province are busy picking apples and packing them for sale.
In Baidong Village, Hukou Town, Jixian County, Linfen, more than 2,700 mu of apples are planted in the whole village, of which more than 300 mu are early-maturing apples, and the fruit farmer Wang Yongxiang’s 5 mu of early-maturing apples ushered in a bumper harvest.
Foreign merchants have come to the orchard early to order apples, and packed them with workers, hoping to sell them to the market as soon as possible.
During the apple harvest season, many surrounding villagers also come to pick them, and they can find opportunities to work and earn money at their doorstep.
It is understood that the area planted with apples in Jixian County is about 280,000 mu, including about 15,000 mu of early-maturing apples. In recent years, the local government has taken advantage of the time difference between the listing of apples to develop early-maturing apples, go public at the wrong peak and seize the market, which has also brought considerable economic benefits to fruit farmers. The apple industry has become the leading industry for local villagers to increase their income and get rich.