Locally grown red-fleshed kiwifruit hits the market, woman translator succeeds in introducing the crop

Previously, due to factors such as climate and environment, locally grown kiwifruit was rarely seen on the Wuxi market. In the past two days, the largest patch of red-fleshed kiwifruit in Wuxi, introduced by the Hongxiang Family Farm in Xishan, has entered its ripening period and quietly gone on sale. Although the product is priced high, it is quite popular.

Yesterday, the reporter arrived at the Hongxiang Kiwifruit Family Farm in Xishan. The orchard was covered with kiwifruits the size of a baby's fist. "This year is the first year of fruiting, and the taste and yield of the fruit are not bad. Because the delivery system was set up well in advance, there is no worry about sales." Farm manager Lu Fengmei told the reporter that a total of 100 mu of land here is planted with red-fleshed kiwifruit, with seedlings from Sichuan, and technical support is now provided by the School of Agricultural Engineering of Jiangsu University. "We post notices on WeChat Moments and deliver to customers who place orders, and sales are good." She told the reporter that after graduating from Xi'an International Studies University, she had always worked as a translator, an English translator, and several years ago, while attending a farm-stay in Zhejiang, she came up with the idea of growing kiwifruit. "Modern planting agriculture is truly not easy," Lu Fengmei said. In order to grow kiwifruit in Wuxi that suits local residents' tastes, she had already invested more than 3.5 million yuan in the early stage within three years, and she herself moved her home from the city to the orchard. Even so, she will not be able to recover her costs in the first six years.