(HBO) - The beginning of August was when the harvest of On Chau tangerines in Cao Phong started, opening up the harvest season of citrus fruit across the district. Local farmers said their tangerine trees produced a high yield this year and the fruit fetched higher prices against last year, at 24,000 – 25,000 VND per kg if bought right at the orchards. On Chau tangerines sell well both in and outside the province.
Customers select On Chau tangerine at a fruit store
in Cao Phong town.
In Cao Phong town, Tay Phong, Dung Phong, and Bac Phong
communes, tangerine is intercropped among different orange varieties. Its
harvest season often last for two months, with each ha of the fruit tree
earning between 500 and 600 million VND (21,582 – 25,911 USD) on average. The
tangerine is thin-skinned, succulent, and seedless. Demand for the fruit has
been on the rise in recent years.
Vendors in Cao Phong and Hoa Binh city said even when the
tangerines are yet to be fully ripen, the harvest season has ended.
Nguyen Thi Tu, a vendor in Cao Phong town’s Bop market said
despite its sour taste, the tangerine is very popular among consumers, adding
that she sold hundreds of kg of the fruit per day in retail and wholesale.
Bui Van Dan, head of the district’s office for agriculture
and rural development said the quality of On Chau tangerine has been improved
thank to the application of sci-technological advances in cultivation. The fruit’s yield, quality and price were stable in recent
years, he said. According to the official, local farmers are striving for
their citrus fruit to meet the VietGap and organic standards./.
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