Bring your family and pick yangmei in Fumin! 

May is the season of yangmei (Chinese bayberry). Currently, nearly 30,000 mu of yangmei in Fumin County, Kunming City have gradually ripened and hit the market. What can be more refreshing than tasting some sweet yangmei in the scorching summer? So do not hesitate! Bring your family and pick yangmei in Fumin!

Yangmei has ripened in Fumin. 

Pickers plucked yangmei in Fumin. 

In Xinshi Orchard of Fumin County, over 100 mu of yangmei have ripened one after another, and pickers plucked these sweet fruits and packed them in baskets. Currently, the yangmei from this orchard is being sold through both online and offline channels. Online sales are mainly retail orders, while offline sales mainly involve on-site picking. The price for picking and taking away the fruit on-site is 20 yuan per kilogram.

Fumin Yangmei Festival attracted a large number of tourists. 

It is reported that the 2023 China Fumin Yangmei Tourism and Culture Festival and the "Tasting Fumin" promotion event will be held from May 19th to May 25th. During this period, a series of exciting activities will be launched, including experiencing characteristic product markets, cultural activities, live broadcasts of agricultural and sideline products to promote consumption, designated places for yangmei sales and exhibitions. Since the first Fumin Yangmei Festival was held in 2006, there have been series of yangmei fruit picking activities during the harvest season every year, attracting a large number of tourists and merchants, and becoming a sightseeing in Fumin. Now, the Fumin yangmei fruit picking activity has developed into a well-known rural tourism brand in Kunming.

Yangmei has ripened in Fumin. 

Yangmei has ripened in Fumin. 

As of 2022, the planting area of yangmei in Fumin County is 29,500 mu, with 4,015 households engaged in cultivation. The annual output has reached 14,800 tons, with a total output value of 44.4 million yuan. It is estimated that the output in 2023 will reach 16,000 tons, with a total output value of 50 million yuan. Among them, yangmei is grown in all seven sub-districts (towns) in the county, with Yongding, Luomian, and Chijiu towns (sub-districts) having more planting areas. The main varieties of yangmei planted are Biqi, Dongkui, some Zaoqimi, Wanqimi, and a small amount of Wandaomei, Shuijingmei, Heijinmei, Wangzianhai, and Dingaomei. 

Yangmei packed in baskets. 

The yangmei from Fumin is known for superior quality and early ripening. As the early-maturing varieties of yangmei can be picked as early as the beginning of May. The harvest period is long, and due to the adjustment of varieties and planting altitude, the supply period can be extended to mid-June at the latest. Therefore, it is deeply favored by a large number of consumers and marketers. In addition to being sold within the province, a considerable amount of yangmei are exported to Zhejiang, Shanghai, Chongqing, and other places every year. This not only drives the catering and accommodation industries in Fumin, extends the industrial chain, but also makes Fumin a veritable hometown of yangmei.

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(Editors: Amy, Rachel)