Super Orchard

Chapter 68 Buffona

The appearance of the research institute is very ordinary, but the inside is different. Various research rooms, reference rooms, and test fields are well arranged and the environment is pleasant.

Zhao Chunqiu personally received Shen Yangguang and took him around the experimental fields.

The countless varieties of fruit trees dazzled Shen Yangguang. If it weren't for the introduction sign in front of each field, Shen Yangguang would hardly know what these were.

There are preferred varieties and grafted varieties everywhere, as well as some little-known fruit trees. Fortunately, Zhao Chunqiu has been introducing them all the time, so that Shen Yangguang can understand more or less.

It's just that clusters of small apples grow like grapes on the apple tree, apricots grow on the plum tree, and the peach tree with a thickness of more than 20 centimeters is not as tall as a person, making people feel like an alien world.

In a corner of the experimental field, Shen Yangguang saw a fruit tree he had never heard of before. He knew the words on the introduction sign, but he just didn't know what it was.

I don't know if it was because Shen Yangguang bought the fruit tree before, or because of his niece, Zhao Chunqiu was very enthusiastic, and immediately introduced it carefully: "This is a kind of fruit native to the southwest of our country, called the black tiger, and the local people love it. Call it Bufuna, which means the fruit of beauty and longevity."

"These in front of us are new varieties that have been introduced and tested, and are selected and bred. They are a new type of fruit that integrates edible, medicinal, greening, and ornamental. "

Shen Yangguang had never heard of this fruit before, and asked, "Bufuna sounds so useful, why have I never seen it in the market?"

Zhao Chunqiu sighed and said: "This kind of native fruit was not taken seriously at the beginning, most of it grew in the primeval forest, and only some local ethnic minorities planted it. Now it is difficult to find Bufuna's outside. It has been traced. Our research institute also started to cultivate Bufuna with the support of the superior department, and planned to promote this fruit. But because this fruit tree is really not well-known, many consumers do not recognize it, so now no one Willing to plant."

Shen Yangguang likes to find some rare fruits to plant, and he immediately became interested, but he is very concerned about how the fruit tastes. If it tastes so-so, no matter how rare it is, it is not worth planting, so he asked: "The fruit of Bufuna What does it look like? How does it taste?"

Zhao Chunqiu took Shen Yangguang into the research room, opened the video data on the computer, and said while watching: "Actually, Bufuna is very delicious. The flesh is like grapes, the pulp is sweet, the fruit color is like lychee, and the milky white is delicate and sweet. Fragrant, fruity like apples, rich and pleasant, it can be said that the color and fragrance are good, looking at it makes people pleasing to the eye, smelling it makes people salivate, and eating it makes people appetite."

Shen Yangguang looked at the computer screen, which was playing the process of Bufona from flowering to fruiting. After the fruit matured, it turned into a bright red spherical shape similar to a pineapple. There were deep grooves on the skin, dividing the fruit surface into a small piece.

It's just that these ravines are much deeper than pineapples, and the flesh is not like a whole inside of pineapples, but is surrounded by rhombuses one by one, like a bunch of grapes tightly stuck together.

Just looking at the pictures in the video, Shen Yangguang became very interested in this kind of fruit, and wanted to buy it back to plant immediately, but he didn't know much about it, so he asked the doubt in his heart: "Since this kind of fruit is so Well, why don't consumers recognize it? Can't see the fruit growers planting it?"

"The main reason is that Bufona has been growing in the primeval forest, and the outside world doesn't even know about it. After the country discovered it a few years ago, it wanted to promote it, but Bufona has no reputation at all. In today's society, any thing, if there is no Fame, then it’s no different than not existing.”

For any new thing to be accepted by the public, it needs a gradual process. Hearing that it is not because of the fruit, Shen Yangguang is relieved. As long as the fruit is delicious, it will be accepted by people sooner or later.

So far, Shen Yangguang has decided to buy Bufuna and go back to plant, and then asked: "Uncle Zhao, how much is Bufuna's seedlings? How much is the yield per mu? How much is the market price of the fruit per catty?"

The promotion of Bufuna is a task issued by the superiors, and it is also what Zhao Chunqiu wants to do. After all, this is a domestically produced fruit, and there is no foreign country at present, and the market prospect of Bufuna is very good. Seeing Shen Yangguang Interested in this, Zhao Chunqiu is very happy.

"The seedlings are five yuan a piece, and they will bear fruit in the second year after planting. After stabilization, the yield per mu will be about four to five thousand catties. The average price in the market is around ten yuan per catty."

Shen Yangguang was very satisfied with these data, and asked again: "Is there any point to pay attention to in Bufuna's planting management?"

"Bufona is very simple to grow. I saw wild grapes in your orchard last time. The routine management of Bufona is very similar to that of grapes, and it is simpler and more extensive than grapes, with few pests and diseases."

"Bufuna also needs to build a shelf for climbing. In order to ensure a stable and high yield, pay attention to pollination during the flowering period. It is best to have birds or bees. If not, artificial pollination can be carried out."

"It's because it's not easy to rely on self-pollination, so Bufona is very rare in the wild, and it has only been discovered by outsiders today. Of course, this is also the only shortcoming of Bufona. Besides, this Growing fruits is almost an advantage.”

"As for the choice of soil garden, Bufona is very adaptable, and the requirements for soil are not strict, and it can be planted on ordinary land."

"In addition, there is another advantage, that is, Bufuna has super adaptability to temperature, and can survive in the environment of minus ten degrees to more than minus 40 degrees. Although the winter in our Northeast can reach minus twenty or thirty degrees, but you The greenhouse is guaranteed to be above minus ten degrees, right?"

Shen Yangguang said confidently: "This is no problem at all. With the new-style greenhouse you introduced earlier, Uncle Zhao, let alone ten degrees below zero, even in the coldest time, the temperature in my place can be guaranteed to be more than ten degrees above zero." !"

Zhao Chunqiu nodded, took out a book and continued: "There are also some specific planting methods, daily management, pruning branches and leaves, etc., all in this book, take it back and read it slowly, if you encounter any problems , you can call me anytime."

After understanding the economic benefits of Bufuna and the fact that planting is not difficult, Shen Yangguang immediately made a decision, thinking that the greenhouse he planned to build would also be 50 meters wide, but the length would be expanded to 400 meters, with a total area of ​​[-] mu. He said: "Uncle Zhao, I want to plant [-] acres of Bufuna, how many seedlings do I need to buy?"

Zhao Chunqiu thought for a while and said, "Bufuna, like wild grapes, needs to be planted on a shelf. The specific planting density depends on what kind of shelf you use, is it a trellis or a hedge?"

"Does it make any difference?"

"Bufona's vine branches are thicker and taller than wild grapes, and can reach a height of three meters. If a trellis is used, it needs to be three meters high. The advantage is that the planting density is higher. If a trellis is used, Bufona's climbing It will grow horizontally after reaching the roof of the shed, and it only needs a height of less than two meters, which is convenient for management and picking, but the planting density is lower."

At present, mango orchards and strawberry orchards are all greenhouses of the same size. Although the height in the middle is sufficient, the outermost perimeter is only two meters high, which is obviously not suitable for the use of fences, and the scaffolds also have the advantages of easy management and picking, Shen Guangguang said. : "I want to adopt the scaffolding method."

"If you use a trellis, because the upper part of the branches grows horizontally, in order not to affect the sunlight received by the plants, the distance between the rows of plants is generally between two meters by two meters and two meters by three meters. One mu of land can be planted with 120 beads, and [-] mu of land can be planted. Plant [-] trees."

Shen Yangguang couldn't help sighing secretly in his heart, Zhao Chunqiu was worthy of being a brick family, he knew the cultivation techniques of each fruit tree by heart, and he didn't hesitate to buy fruit trees without admiring them.

Zhao Chunqiu shook his head and said: "Although our experimental field here is large, there are not many fruit trees allocated to each kind of fruit tree, so now there are only two thousand trees, but if you are not in a hurry, I can help you contact research institutes in other provinces. So, send a batch of fruit trees here, but you have to bear the freight."

At this time, the road construction in the orchard has not yet finished, and the greenhouse will be built later. Of course, Shen Yangguang is not in a hurry. As for the shipping fee, Shen Yangguang doesn't care. The Grand Cherokee returns to Golden Springs.

(End of this chapter)