2023-07-20 00:43:20
Watermelon is the “protagonist” in the fruit section of major supermarkets.Photo by Chen Xinran
As the weather enters the “barbecue” mode, citizens are becoming more and more enthusiastic about eating “melon”, and the sales volume of watermelon is soaring. Some watermelon wholesalers sell as much as 100,000 catties a day. According to statistics from Wenzhou Fruit Wholesale Trading Market, Wenzhou citizens eat 470 tons of watermelon every day.
Compared with the high price in early June, with the concentrated listing of watermelons in various places, the price of watermelons has become more and more “friendly” recently, attracting a large number of citizens to feast on them.
Watermelon becomes the “top stream” of summer fruit with daily sales of 470 tons
Qilin Melon, Hainan Meidu, Ice Cream Watermelon, 8424, Te Xiaofeng… In small street shops, supermarkets, and e-commerce platforms, watermelons of all colors compete to appear. squinted. In terms of sales, watermelon is the best among many fruits. According to statistics from Wenzhou Fruit Wholesale Trading Market, the daily sales of watermelon in the current market is 470 tons, ranking first in the list of fruits. Among the several hot-selling watermelon varieties, 8424 watermelon has the highest sales volume because of its medium size, juicy thin skin, sweet and refreshing taste, which is loved by the public. The watermelons currently sold in the market vary in quality, with wholesale transaction prices ranging from 1.25 to 2.8 yuan per catty.
“Recently the business has been quite good, and now we can sell about 100,000 catties a day.” As one of the largest watermelon wholesalers in Wenzhou’s fruit wholesale trading market, Lin Kejie, who has been specializing in watermelons for more than 20 years, is nicknamed “Watermelon Jie”. Talking about the quality of this year’s watermelons, he told reporters that the main varieties of watermelons he sells are Meidu watermelons in Jiangsu Yancheng. Sweet and refreshing, high-quality, but the recent hot weather has affected the sitting rate of watermelons, and the production of watermelons in the second harvest has decreased, and the sweetness has also decreased. He said that most of the melons he sells are first crop melons, so the prices are relatively high.
As Yancheng watermelons enter the last season of sales, Gansu and Ningxia watermelons are now on the market. Market practitioners told reporters that the watermelons we eat in different seasons come from different origins: from January to March every year, watermelons from Hainan, Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places basically contract the supply of winter watermelons across the country; , Early Spring Hongyu, Chunguang and other varieties have entered the sales period, and watermelons in major melon-producing provinces such as Henan and Shandong have also been listed in batches, officially entering the golden season of “eating melons”; from June to September, Gansu, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and other Watermelons from Shanxi and the three northeastern provinces are on the market one after another.
“Watermelon likes a warm and sunny climate. Now with greenhouse technology, citizens can eat sweet watermelon all year round.” Lin Kejie said.
There will be more and more 1 yuan melons in the middle and late July
“Watermelon used to cost a few cents a catty, but it has become more and more expensive in the past few years. It costs 20 to 30 yuan to buy half a watermelon, and I feel that I can’t afford it.” Ms. Qin was very puzzled.
The reporter visited and found that in many fruit boutiques in the urban area, the price of watermelons is basically around 2 yuan per catty, and 1 yuan melons are hard to find. In a boutique fruit shop in Chashan, the price of Kirin watermelon is 3.88 yuan/catties, Meidu watermelon is 2.58 yuan/catties, A-grade Kirin melon is 4.58 yuan/catties, and ice cream watermelon is as high as 9.8 yuan/catties. In major supermarkets, the prices of different varieties of watermelons range from 1.5 yuan/catties to 5 yuan/catties.
At the truck fruit stand on the side of the road, most watermelons are priced at about 1.5 yuan/catties to 1.8 yuan/catties. According to the reporter’s observation, the price of a watermelon of the same weight may vary by nearly 10 times due to differences in varieties and sales places.
Boss Qiu, who has been engaged in fruit sales in Xialupu for more than 10 years, told reporters that the price of watermelons has indeed risen in recent years. He said that with the improvement of the consumption level of citizens, higher requirements are put forward for the origin and taste of fruits, which forces the planters to continuously develop new varieties, and the cost of planting also increases accordingly. Standardization, etc., the cost of watermelons has increased year by year. Regarding the price difference of several times of watermelons, he explained that due to the sales positioning of each retailer, the varieties of watermelons on the shelves are also different. At present, fruit shops are showing a trend of mid-to-high-end. Boutique fruit shops often prefer the more profitable, better-flavored, and higher-quality varieties such as Meidu watermelon and ice cream watermelon, while fruit stands like trucks focus on low-priced brands. I prefer cheap 8284 watermelons, Northeast melons, etc.
“With the arrival of mid-to-late July, there will be more and more 1 yuan melons.” Boss Qiu revealed that the price of watermelons was once high in early June, but with the successive listing of local watermelons in Wenzhou, the price dropped for a while. Watermelons in Gansu, Henan, Anhui, the three northeastern provinces, and Inner Mongolia are coming to the market one after another, and the price of watermelons will usher in another wave of price cuts.
Local open-air watermelon sales period is coming to an end
Walking into the melon field of Baimayuan, Hongqiao Town, Yueqing City, the eyes are full of greenery. The green watermelon among the melon vines is very gratifying, and the air is filled with sweet smell. Pan Xiuming, a grower in the melon field, and a group of workers are busy. Pan Xiuming said that this year he planted 60 acres of 8424 watermelons, with a total output of about 130,000 catties.
“This year can be said to be a big year for watermelons, and the output has doubled compared with last year.” Pan Xiuming said proudly that the watermelons in the field this year are more “heavy” than each other, and melons of 15 catties, 20 catties, and 22 catties are emerging in endlessly. “The largest melon we picked weighs as much as a 3-year-old child, which is very rare for organic melons.” Pan Xiuming revealed that in the past few days, 10,000 to 20,000 catties of watermelons can be harvested every day.
“The most worrying thing now is the sale.” The abundant watermelon has also become his sweet worry now. “Those who want to eat local open-air watermelons have to hurry up, and it’s only been a few weeks.” Pan Xiuming said that the Baima Garden is relatively high-lying, and it is considered to be a relatively late ripening local outdoor watermelon. After eating this wave, the next estimate of Wenzhou local production They are all greenhouse melons.
Reminder
Iced watermelon in summer can be called an “artifact for cooling off the heat”, but citizens should also pay attention to it when eating it:
If you put the cut watermelon directly into the refrigerator, after a period of time, the watermelon will turn into a “poisonous” watermelon that breeds a lot of bacteria, which can easily cause diarrhea and other diseases. Therefore, experts suggest that the storage time of watermelon should generally not be too long, preferably not more than 12 hours, and the part of the surface about 1 cm should be cut off before eating. In addition, when cutting watermelon, be sure to clean the watermelon, knives and chopping board in advance, and it is best to cut and eat it now.
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