Red cherries bring prosperous days, and small fruits become a new engine for getting rich.

CCTV News:Since May, more than 80,000 mu of big cherries in Qinzhou District, Tianshui City, Gansu Province have ushered in a bumper harvest. Now, the cherry picking here has entered the middle and late stage, and the villagers are busy picking and selling, from morning till night. Look at the report sent back by Wang Yan, a reporter from the reception desk, from a local big cherry orchard.

Headquarters reporter Wang Wei:It is another year of cherry harvest season. I am now in a big cherry orchard in Yanpu Village, Yuquan Town, Qin Zhou District, Tianshui City. You can see that the cherry trees around me are flourishing and growing gratifying. Most of the big cherries on the tree are wearing a white paper bag "coat". Don’t underestimate these white paper bags. The local fruit farmers told me that these paper bags guarantee the quality of big cherries. They are like the protective shells of cherries, which have three advantages: first, they can resist the wind and rain outside and prevent the fruits from cracking. Second, are you afraid of eating insects when you usually eat cherries? Bagging big cherries can effectively prevent insects with little or no pesticides. Thirdly, bagging can prolong the growth cycle of big cherry and give it enough time to grow to the best color and taste.

These days are the middle and late stage of cherry picking, and it is also the best time to eat. Most of the cherry picking is carried out in the early morning. Many local fruit farmers are busy in the park at dawn at 5: 00 in the morning for freshness. At this moment, fruit farmers are racing against time to finish the last round of picking before the high temperature hits at noon. I don’t know if everyone is as curious as I am. Since the cherry is covered with fruit bags, how can we judge whether it is ripe or not? Is picking cherries the same as drawing a blind box? There is a secret in this. The local fruit farmer taught me a way to twist the branches like this to see the color through the sun. If the color is black, it is our picking object.

Tianshui, Gansu Province is located in the middle reaches of the Weihe River and the western part of the Qinling Mountains. It is very suitable for planting cherries because of its abundant sunlight and large temperature difference between day and night. The local area is also constantly introducing new varieties and adjusting planting methods. At present, more than 30 varieties of cherries are planted here. For example, it is commonly known as Meizao, which has a large skin and is the most resistant to transportation. The lighter color is Brooks, whose skin and pulp are beautiful big red, and its taste is crisp, which is liked by consumers for its high sugar content. This, don’t think it’s immature, don’t look at its inconspicuous color, it tastes different, and it’s called Huangmi. Different varieties of cherries have different ripening time, so they can be listed at the wrong peak. The sales time of Tianshui Big Cherry is from the middle and late May to the end of June.

I also found such a sorting table in cherry orchard, which is now a "standard" in many picking gardens. Workers pick cherries and send them here, and the sorter sorts them according to the size of standard calipers. If the diameter exceeds 30 mm like this, it belongs to big fruit, and if it is between 26 mm and 28 mm, it is medium fruit. This caliper is only suitable for beginners like me, and it is rarely used by sorters here. A pair of hands with many years of rich experience is a ruler, which can be distinguished by touching gloves and paper bags. This also minimizes contact with fresh fruit. The express car is on the edge of the field, picking, sorting, packing and getting on the bus, one-stop completion.

How to get the delicate big cherry out of the mountains has always been the key to the development of the big cherry industry. In recent years, the local area has also made great efforts in Unicom’s production area and market, with more than 400 postal outlets spread all over the countryside, realizing the one-stop service of "picking and shipping". At the same time, the big cherry trading market built at the entrance of the village will be busy from 5 am to 10 pm, and merchants from all over the country will come in droves and the transactions will continue. The small cherry market has become a new engine for local prosperity, and the fiery cherries bring prosperous days, which makes the life of fruit farmers sweet and more exciting.