On july 31, the xinhua daily telegraph was published by xinhua news, "the great orchard in shanghai"! In the air, watermelon, water twigs, and cryogenic dragon nuts are all reported to be “honored”。
It's hot and hot, and ice-cold watermelons are the best. In shanghai, when it comes to watermelons, it has to be said that “8424 on the south”, which is the “ceiling” in the hearts of shanghains. On the boxed horse platform, the price of watermelon “8424” on the southern side is almost twice as high as that of other watermelons of the same size。
In shanghai, there are many similar fruits, and nine major farming areas have their own “headings”, which are prominent business cards for shanghai-specific agricultural products. They have common features, such as improved varieties, green growing, and personality, such as north-south migration of the south fruit and the extension of the industrial chain. To untangle their “sweet passwords”, you have to go to the fields and find answers。
Watermelons grow intelligently
In 2024, shanghai produced 4. 32 million acres of watermelons, mainly in pudong, chongming, kinshan and gardin. Among the varieties, “early 8424” cultivation accounts for about 90 per cent of the total watermelon area in shanghai。
In 1989, with the help of experts from the then shanghai city department of agriculture, the south cai (the evacuation zone was allocated to the pagoda region in 2009) introduced the “early 8424” species from the hamiga institute of the xinjiang agricultural institute. Through more than a decade of efforts, the technical difficulties of managing temperature, humidity, soil, fat water, pests and pests continued, allowing it to take root on this salinous land on the eastern coast of the sea and to successfully register the public brand of “south cay 8424”, which was followed by the designation of the country's geographical marker product, the country's top-quality new produce, etc。
In mid-july, the head was about to come out of the market, and there were still a number of famous “food items” in the “8424 south shore” watermelon brand centre in huenan. Here, one can learn from the life of the “8424 south shore” world, and buy the most important, of course, in the field, in the form of guavas, watermelon cups, etc。
A special brand house for watermelons is worth the "southway 8424". As early as 2012, ipa led a consortium of 12 market-based and market-friendly guaco cooperatives to form the “8424 south-coast” watermelon branding association, which implemented the “six unified” production management, i. E., unified technology, uniform standards, uniform quality, uniform trademarks, uniform packaging labels and harmonized retail guidance。
Cultivation requirements on the “southern ride 8424” are stringent: each water melon has to grow at least five years of rice before it can grow for a year. How is it not “luxury” in shanghai, where people are pollinating, applying organic fertilizers, a melon of tungstens, naturally currying... In the inch of the earth, in a tight, efficient way
Despite the fact that the “southwards 842” have taken an absolute advantage in shanghai, the “back-to-back show” in the melon sector has also begun to “kick up”: a small, cucumber-flooded gold-mounted “crown” watermelon, starting with a demonstration in 2005, has so far reached half of the cumsan-gua area, reaching 1,500 acres; and the “cague-sweet” watermelon is not growing in the ground but crawls halfway along the rise, so that the watermelon is more evenly luminous, less susceptible to disease, with higher acreage and more suitable for urban viewing。
Branding is an important sign of agricultural modernization and the key to the growth of niche industries and the wealthiest farmers. According to the survey of the industrial technology system of watermelon in shanghai city, in 2024 the branding rate of watermelon production in shanghai reached 44. 4 per cent, with a value of 433 million yuan, contributing 66. 4 per cent of the city's total watermelon production。
Tropical fruit "breeding"
This summer, it's the movie chang-ann's twig. In the past, the twigs could not carry thousands of miles of water. Today, cold-chain transport is well developed and the flow of national and even global agricultural products has become relatively easy, but costs remain a problem。
The open waters of the open country's ecological farm, located in the town of the golden mountains, are marked by a blue sky cloud, and the breezes are soothing. But as soon as we entered the water under the plastic shed, the hot, wet air covered the surface of the water, the plume came out of the forehead, making it unclear whether it was water or sweat。
The water plume gardens, using a two-bedroom greenhouse structure, grow gill branches through a water-column pipe, and the water plant shrimp crabs, creating a three-dimensional, efficient green ecological breeding model. At the beginning of july and at the end of august, the gills matured, with fresh red and round fruit hanging over the water. Tourists can travel in small boats between branches and experience the pleasure of picking。
The “northern migration” breaks geographic limits, from “roads ripe” to “tree ripening” and people can eat fresher fruits. Mango, lotus mist, cloves, flamingos ... An increasing number of tropical fruits have settled in shanghai, which is not dependent on the upgrading of agricultural technologies and facilities。
“how can it be possible to plant flaming nuts in shanghai against temperatures below zero degrees celsius in the winter, a continuous rainy rain, and a roaring typhoon season without a sophisticated management of farming facilities?” the manager of the market for the pupdong chongqing dragon garden, kong fong, said to the students who had come to take their pick。
Technical teams receive low-temperature-resistant varieties, such as the qinhong-1 red crystal, through variety screening and low-temperature domestication, using micro-organisms for soil improvement and the construction of a series of automated greenhouses. Smart moist control, rainwater purification, ozone-water fungicide, etc. Provide a comfortable environment for the flamingo. A fruit-bearing “breeding” ensures that each fruit receives the most nutritional supply。
Everybody knows bubble gum. You ever heard of bubble nuts? It is a small tropical fruit that can be grown under strict conditions and naturally mature before it can be harvested, and is now home to be grown on a scale of nearly 400 acres. Bubbles have a long growth cycle and the domestic market is rare, usually selling at $80 apiece. Growing market demand and the rapid growth of modern facilities agriculture have enabled more small quantities of fruit to take root in shanghai and farmers to gain new revenue。
"sweet road" is wide
Where are the fruits of the land? Every year of harvest season, the shanghai agricultural sector organizes “chambers” by operators. At the shanghai high-quality peaches fair, 26 cooperatives across the city competed for "peach king" in size, fruit, colour, sugar and aromatics. At the shanghai watermelon contest, two new varieties of "creaming sweet six" and "changing yellow" were unanimously received by technical experts, growers and contract holders。
As they say, it is not only about pulling cars, but also about looking up. This is particularly true for agriculture, which is prone to traditional experience and intuition. An experiential quality assessment exercise has provided practitioners with a platform for exchanging good practices and learning and has accelerated the transformation of scientific and technological results. At the same time, the results of the official certification exercise are the best purchase guide for the population, and the market visibility and influence of new varieties have been further enhanced to help build regional brands。
Ho mingfan, head of the shanghai peach and peach industry professional cooperative, said that her “new phoenix” peaches had won gold awards among 60 cooperatives. She was even more pleased that the new town had, for the first time this year, invested in the automated separation of water lines for peaches. The same 500 pounds of peaches, which used to be divided between two people for three hours, now four people are done in 10 minutes. From eyes to data recognition, fast and accurate。
Knowledge of production also requires understanding of markets, which is a self-proclaimed requirement of the shanghai “new farmers”. On july 18th, the troupe festival was celebrated with the round of peaches, peach and pick fairs, lawn concerts, hand-carrying, and so forth — a transition from “selling fresh fruit” to “selling creative” “selling scenes”, so that one or two or three of the productions achieved the “foundation of dreams” and the grouping of the “golden group” brand。
To ensure that the “six-uniform” land is landed, the pudong farmer association has set up a branding professional committee with experts to track and monitor the whole-industry chain of “8424” on the southern route from the pre-natal, mid-natal and post-natal stages; the golden mountain rural commission has strengthened the whole-process management of “small crown” seeds, from the establishment of seeding bases to supply management and supervision, with strict control of each chain, and has put in place a mechanism for the monitoring and appraisal of growers。
Last year's offline “sinnon chain” gave agricultural products a retroactive “life cycle” by providing consumers with greater food safety and security and greater transparency in food information through the unmovable nature of block chain technology. As the first chained agricultural products of the “shin farming chain”, “8424” watermelons on the south and “small crowns” on the gold mountain achieved one size and one heart. The increasing impact of it-enabled rural economic development also ensures the overall quality and brand value of agricultural products produced in haiti。
