China: Expensive red bayberries to enter the market in mid-May - FreshPlaza

Red bayberry production began in Zhejiang, but production areas are now evenly distributed over eastern China, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Guizhou. There are cultivated red bayberry trees and wild trees. There are white, red, black (purple), and stone red bayberries. The size of the berry and its flavor are intimately connected to the growing environment.

Dongkui red bayberries the size of ping pong balls

The Dongkui red bayberry is a late-season variety. The average fruit weighs 20 grams, and the largest weigh 42 grams. They are about as big as ping pong balls. Apart from fruit shape, the Dongkui variety also excels in flavor. The high sugar content of 15-20 degrees is popular with consumers. Under regular weather conditions, the production season of Dongkui red bayberries begins in most production areas in June.

Dongkui red bayberries

The Dongkui variety in Shiping, Yunnan, can be harvested 3 weeks earlier than Dongkui bayberries in production areas in Fujian and Zhejiang. Harvest begins as early as mid-May every year. The main reasons for this early harvest is the natural environment in Shiping. The production area is situated on a tropical plateau with a monsoon climate. All four seasons are like spring, and sunshine is abundant. The production season of this year will officially begin in about one month. Currently, the sales price is higher than in previous years. Market demand exceeds supply.

The red bayberry plantation of Honghe Jia Orchard Organic Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd.

Honghe Jia Orchard Organic Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. owns 33 hectares of bayberry plantation in Shiping, Yunnan. The plantations are organic and the bayberries are mainly sold in wholesale markets, supermarkets, and fruit chain stores in first and second tier cities throughout the country.

Yang Xiaomei

Company name: Honghe Jia Orchard Organic Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd.

Company telephone: +86 180 6052 5888

WeChat account: Yunnan Shiping Bayberry

Publication date: 5/4/2018

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