Mulberry harvest has started in Ankara's Ayaş district of Turkey

The harvest of ripe mulberry fruits in the mulberry gardens in Ayaş district of Ankara has started. Mulberry harvest has started in Ayaş district of Ankara, which is famous for its mulberry fruit. Producers who grow mulberries in villages and vineyards in the district work hard to collect the ripe mulberries in June every year. Producers who come to the mulberry garden early in the morning harvest the mulberries according to their ripening process. It is also of great importance to collect the mulberries, which become more difficult to collect in hot weather, at sunrise in the morning. Ersin Kaya, who lives in Ilıca village of Ayaş district, explained the harvest process of his 20-year-old mulberry garden to the İHA reporter. Stating that the mulberry season starts in the first week of June, Kaya said, “Since the daylight hours are between 04.30 and 05.00 in the first week of June, we can start when the sun shines. We have to deliver the mulberries at 08:00. Because we have very ...