For the first time, pepino was cultivated in Demirci.

In Çanakçı Mahallesi, a neighborhood of Demirci district in Manisa, 66-year-old Halise Demiröz became the first farmer in the district to produce a crop from seedlings she planted three years ago. Farmer Halise Demiröz, who lives in Çanakçı Mahallesi of Demirci district in Manisa, made a first in the district by growing pepino fruit. Known as "Aunt Halise" in the Demirci Market, 66-year-old Demiröz stated that she first saw the pepino fruit on a television program, saying, "Three years ago, I went to the center of Manisa and got information about pepino. I brought the seedlings and planted them in my village. This year, they produced fruit for the first time. The soil of our village is very suitable for pepino." Emphasizing that the pepinos she grew were larger and of higher quality than those in the western provinces, Demiröz said she was selling her pepinos at 20 TL each in the Demirci market. "Our villages should be directed towards such products" Halise Demiröz stated that ...