South Korea: Full-scale shipment of Jeongseon Snow Plum amounting to 520 tons this year

Published 2021년 8월 17일

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A ceremony was held to mark the first shipment of Jeongseon Snow Plums, with 500 boxes (2.5 tons) being sent out. The cultivation of this crop, an alternative for high-altitude vegetables, has expanded to 73 hectares across 71 farms in Jeongseon-gun, Gangwon-do. The current production forecast for this year is 520 tons, a increase of 100 tons from the previous year. The snow plums, grown at specific altitudes, have a sugar content of at least 13 Brix.

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(Jeongseon = Yonhap News) Reporter Bae Yeon-ho = Jeongseon Snow Plum's first shipment ceremony was held on the 17th at the selection center of Jeongseon Nonghyup Jungbu branch in Gangwon-do. The Jeongseon Snow Plums shipped that day are 500 boxes (5 kg per box). Jeongseon-gun started cultivating plums as an alternative crop for high-altitude vegetables in 2015, and the current cultivation scale has increased to 73 ha in 71 farms. This year's production is expected to be 520 tons, up 100 tons from last year. An official from Jeongseon-gun said, "The sugar content of ...

Source: Yna