March snowfall affects production, cherry prices remain high
source: Xinhua
business newspaper Ji'nan news yesterday, reporters visited the farmers' market to understand that many seasonal fruits entered the market in summer. Cantaloupe, peach, nectarine and litchi were the hottest fruit in the season, but last year prices Only one jin of apricot, this year has come to a big change of face, the price of 3 yuan per Jin, and the same period of 11 yuan in the same period of the big cherry, this year has also been in 17 yuan a jin of high.
in an interview, Ms. Liu told a reporter, "this is a snowfall at the beginning of the year in March. A lot of fruit seedlings have been damaged in the early March. When the fruit is listed, this amount has been significantly reduced. The apricot has been on high prices from the market. Two weeks ago, there has been no price drop. Now it is still 3 yuan. One kilo, if other fruit, with the increase in the number of listed, the price should be more and more cheap, and apricot because of the small amount, fruit growers also want to sell high prices, to make up for a part of the loss. Reporters learned that the snow affected not only apricot, but also cherry. "Last year, this time the price of big cherry is around 11 yuan, and now the price is still more than 17 yuan, more than 6 yuan per catty than the same period last year." Ms. Liu added. "Many people came to buy fruit, mostly in order to reduce the fire, and the sales volume of fruits increased significantly under the influence of weather."