How much is hawthorn per jin, and is it profitable to grow in 2019?

On the cold winter streets there are few pedestrians, and even the number of street vendors has dropped a lot. But the sweet-and-sour candied hawthorn (bingtanghulu) vendors have actually increased. So as the raw material for making candied hawthorn, how much is the hawthorn market price per jin this year? Is it profitable to grow in 2019? Friends who want to know may as well read on!

I. Basic introduction to hawthorn

1. The producing areas of hawthorn

Hawthorn is the ripe fruit of a deciduous tree in the Rosaceae family. It is also called shanliguo, shanlihong, suanlihong, shanlihongguo, suanzao, hongguo, hongguozi, shanlinguo and so on. It is a tree species unique to our country that is used both as medicine and as fruit, and it is distributed in Shandong, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Hebei and other places in our country. In addition, it is also distributed in Korea and Siberia.

2. The value of hawthorn

Hawthorn can be eaten fresh, processed, or made into hawthorn cakes, hawthorn jelly, hawthorn slices, hawthorn strips, hawthorn rolls, hawthorn jam, hawthorn juice, stir-fried hawthorn, fruit leather (guodanpi), hawthorn tea, sugar-coated hawthorn balls, canned hawthorn, candied hawthorn skewers and so on, and it can even be used as medicine to treat illnesses. It tastes sweet and sour, and enters the spleen, liver and stomach meridians. Eating it has the effect of eliminating food stagnation, dissipating blood stasis and expelling tapeworms, and it has a good auxiliary effect on treating symptoms such as gastric distention and fullness, diarrhea and abdominal pain, blood stasis and amenorrhea, postpartum blood stasis, stabbing pain in the heart and abdomen, hernia pain, and hyperlipidemia.

3. Precautions for eating hawthorn

People suffering from high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, heart weakness, obesity, scurvy (vitamin C deficiency), viral hepatitis, fatty liver, acute and chronic nephritis, tapeworm disease and other conditions are suitable for eating hawthorn, and it is somewhat helpful for the condition; however, children in the tooth-changing period and pregnant women should not eat it, and in addition hawthorn cannot be eaten together with pork liver, seafood and so on.

II. How much is the hawthorn market price per jin this year?

Prices differ by variety, region and quality, and prices fluctuate due to various factors, so some hawthorn prices are compiled below for reference:

1. In Linyi, Shandong, the price of first-grade sweet hongzi hawthorn with single fruits of more than 75 grams is 6.5 yuan/jin, with a minimum order of 20 jin;

2. In Shijiazhuang, Hebei, the price of first-grade big dajinxing hawthorn is 1.3 yuan/jin, with a minimum order of 1000 jin;

3. The table below is a reference table of fresh-eating hawthorn prices in some regions

4. For medicinal hawthorn at Hehuachi, Shandong machine-cut whole slices are mostly 6.5-7 yuan, handmade whole slices are around 10 yuan; Guangxi wild goods at the Yulin market are around 10 yuan/jin; at the Anguo market machine-cut slices are around 5.5 yuan/jin, and handmade slices are 8 yuan/jin.

III. Is it profitable to grow hawthorn in 2019?

To know whether hawthorn makes money, you need to understand clearly the market prospects of hawthorn and the situation of planting costs and profits.

1. Market prospects of hawthorn

Hawthorn is a fruit tree unique to our country. In recent years it has developed rapidly, and the cultivated area has reached 7 million mu, accounting for about 10% of our country's total fruit tree area. Moreover, hawthorn has effects such as strengthening the stomach and aiding digestion, and promoting qi and dissipating stasis. Whether it is deep-processed into various products or used as medicine, the profits can be considerable, so the market prospects of hawthorn are still quite good.

2. Planting costs and profits of hawthorn

Taking 10 mu of planted hawthorn as an example, the costs of land rental, seedlings, water and electricity, and chemical fertilizers and pesticides are about 70,000, the income per mu is about 150,000, and the profit after deducting costs is about 80,000 yuan.

The profit from selling hawthorn fresh is not very large. The main thing is still to carry out deep processing to increase the added value of the product, so when planting hawthorn trees everyone must grasp the market direction well and master the patterns, so as to obtain the greatest benefit.