Long Tri sugar tangerine

12/08/2024
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When mentioning Long My, it is impossible not to mention the land of Long Tri, this place is blessed by nature as it is located on the gentle Cai River filled with alluvium, accreting fertile Long Tri from which to produce specialties. Tangerine products. Not only that, the people here are also industrious and hard-working, thereby making the local economic and social life constantly develop.

Long Tri commune is located on the banks of Cai Lon river, with abundant alluvium, so it is very favorable for agricultural economic development, especially fruit trees. People here live mainly by gardening and it is unknown when the tangerine tree was planted by the people here and became a specialty tree of Long Tri in particular and Long My in general. Although sugar tangerines are not as brightly colored as Lai Vung pink tangerines, when ripe, they have a bright lemon yellow color that looks very eye-catching. The skin of the tangerine is shiny, the fruit has almost no blemishes, the taste is sweet, and is very enjoyable to eat. Having gone through many ups and downs, the sugar tangerine tree is now organized into spread-crop production by gardeners in Long Tri: processed to produce fruit in rotation, so Long Tri tangerines always have fruit for sale all year round, but the busiest time is still from August to October of the lunar calendar.

 Long Tri tangerine is one of the famous specialty fruits of Hau Giang province, but this fruit is not widely consumed in the market. Therefore, in early 2012, Long Tri commune established the Long Tri sugar tangerine cooperative with 21 members with more than 20 hectares of sugar tangerines, annually supplying the market with over 500 tons of sugar tangerines, reaching a value of more than 10 billion VND. copper. The establishment of a tangerine production cooperative according to VietGAP standards will help cooperative members improve the quality, output and safety of agricultural products, opening up new consumption directions when linking with businesses to cover consumption. , have the opportunity to widely promote this specialty fruit to consumers.

In particular, in early 2014, the collective trademark "Long Tri Tangerine" was granted a Certificate of collective trademark registration "Long Tri Sugar Tangerine" by the Department of Intellectual Property - Ministry of Science and Technology with its owner. owned by Long Tri Tangerine Cooperative. This event is truly an honor, because this intellectual property, specifically the collective brand, will make positive contributions to the effectiveness of socio-economic development without any product. Any locality can be issued, this is also considered a passport for Long Tri Tangerine products to meet the requirements of integration into the regional and national markets and can be exported abroad. , contributing to promoting the local name to a large number of domestic and foreign visitors and tourists.

Tangerine trees in this land of Long Tri are currently mainly grown using the grafting method, which only takes 3 years to bear fruit, but their lifespan is short. In addition, there are many gardens grown using the seed nursery method, although it takes 5-7 years. It just gives fruit, but in return, once it has given fruit, tangerine trees have a lifespan of 30 to 50 years. Currently, on average, one tangerine tree can harvest about 2.5 tons of fruit per year, with a selling price of 35,000 VND/kg. After deducting 30% of costs, tangerine growers still earn nearly 70 million VND, which is twice as high as growing rice. many times.

With the advantages of large fruit, thin skin, sweet juice and long shelf life, in recent years Long Tri tangerines have become known to many people and have become a specialty to welcome friends to visit and give to each other when they are sick. , illness; as gifts for guests near and far and is also an indispensable delicious fruit during the holidays and spring. And thanks to this specialty tree, Long Tri region has produced many famous tangerine billionaires from near and far.

Running around the tangerine growing area, I visited Mr. Nguyen Hoang Giang's family in hamlet 1. Looking at the 14,000m2 tangerine garden that was bearing fruit, the tangerines were about to be harvested, the fruits were plump as if filled with nurturing. the grower's care and the essence of heaven and earth. Mr. Giang said: "Each year the family supplies the market with about 40-50 tons of tangerines, bringing in an income of over 300 million VND/year."

 Mr. Nguyen Van Ut, Director of Long Tri Sugar Tangerine Cooperative, said that in early 2019, the project "Management and development of the collective brand "Long Tri Sugar Tangerine" for tangerine products of Hau Giang province" was implemented. currently aims to build management tools and develop the collective brand "Long Tri tangerine" to become increasingly strong, from which Long Tri tangerine has a much stronger consumer market than before. In particular, the selling price of tangerines in recent years has always been higher than that of other fruit products. Specifically, the selling price weighed by traders at the garden ranges from 35,000 - 50,000 VND/kg, bringing a stable source of income for gardeners here."

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