Pingyu County, Henan Province: sweet and sour mulberry fruit has a "rich taste"

At present, it is the season of mulberry ripening. The reporter came to the ecological garden of Liuzhuang Village, Qinghe Street, Pingyu County, and saw a bumper harvest of mulberry trees. Villager Liu Hongguang picked purple-black mulberry fruit. He got a bumper harvest the first time he tried to plant mulberry.

Walking into the orchard, the mulberry trees with hanging fruit are lush and luxuriant, and the branches are bent under the pressure of a string of mulberries that are red and black in the green leaves. According to villager Liu Fengguang, nearly ten varieties of fruit trees have been planted in his ecological garden. Last year, he visited other places and came up with the idea of planting mulberries.

Mulberry is the fruit of mulberry, a perennial woody plant of mulberry family. It is oval in shape, 1m in length and not smooth in surface. Green when immature, gradually growing into white, red, fuchsia or purplish black after maturity, sour and sweet taste, very nutritious value.

According to Liu Hongguang, since the beginning of this year, due to suitable temperature, abundant precipitation and sufficient light, especially conducive to mulberry growth, the current market prospect is considerable, with a market price of 35 yuan per jin, that is, 10,000 yuan per mu of land. This fruit will be on the market on May 10th.

Talking about the next step, Liu Hongguang is full of confidence. "by planting more than 100 trees this year, the output is good and the benefit is considerable," he said. "I want to have more next year."