High temperature set off about 800 tons of "eating melon tide" Urumqi daily watermelon

Tianshan News (Reporter Zhao Yue reported) On June 13, Urumqi and the whole Xinjiang have entered the hottest day since this year. In high temperature, watermelon is the most sought -after "Summer Artifact" on the streets of Urumqi and the major markets, with a daily sales of about 800 tons.

On June 13, at the watermelon stall on the side of the Urotic Sun Moon Starlight Container Night Market, the most common and most popular is the Turpan Great Watermelon. Pomegranate cloud/Xinjiang Daily reporter Zhao Yue, Zhao Yue

At 10 o'clock in the morning, at the various vegetables and food stores in Yueguang District, Urumqi City, the merchants put the entire or several petals into the most conspicuous position in front of the store. Many residents stopped buying melon.

Fruit and vegetable owner Liu Xiangfu is moving the big watermelon on the car into the store one by one. "In the past few days, I have to enter the two car melons from the wholesale market every day. The off -road vehicles can pull 1 ton at a time. The watermelon is crispy and keeps fresh every day. The melon is sold quickly. This car can be sold at 4 pm. I have to pull another car at noon. "He said that today's watermelon wholesale price has risen by 0.2 yuan. Since the store is an old customer of the owner of the community, the retail price has not changed, the profit has dropped, but the sales volume is a lot. Looking at this day, the price of the melon may increase after the Ming Dynasty.

At noon, in the Xinjiang Jiuding Agricultural Products Wholesale Market, the merchants wholesale watermelon are the busiest. Under the black sunshlor, merchant Liu Weifeng was busy putting melon and weighing to the weaving bags, and Douda's sweat kept dripping from the black face.

"Today, more than 20 tons of melons have been wholesale, all of which are Turpan melon. The weather is too hot, and the price of sweet potatoes rises slightly. The wholesale price of the market is between 1.7 yuan and 2 yuan. . "Liu Weifeng said.

It is reported that the watermelon in Xinjiang's watermelon has been listed in large quantities in the near future. The watermelon supplied to Urumqi is from Turpan, and the price has gradually declined with the increase in output. The average daily watermelon trading volume of Jiuding Market is about 300 tons. The watermelon transaction volume of the new agricultural and sideline products in Urumqi, located in the north of the city, is about 80 tons. The sales of watermelon in these two markets alone are close to 400 tons. The current watermelon price is 0.2-0.3 yuan lower than the same period last year. From the beginning of July to mid -August, with the ripening of watermelon production in the north, Urumqi watermelon supply will enter the peak period.

Analysis of a professionals of Xinjiang Jiuding Agricultural Products Wholesale Market analyzed that only half of watermelon currently enters the major farmers' markets in Urumqi, and half of the watermelon from melon farmers or vendors is pulled directly from the place of origin to the city and sold in the streets. At about 800 tons.

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