In the golden season of October, farmers in Sanmenxia, Central China’s Henan province, are not only busy harvesting sorghum, soybeans and peanuts in their fields, but also picking apples and producing dried persimmons from their orchards.
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Dong Yaoru, director of an orchard cooperative, picks apples in his orchard in Lingbao county, Sanmenxia, Central China’s Henan province. The apple production is expected to be 1.75 billion kg, up 5 percent from last year’s 1.66 billion kg. [Photo by Wang Lixia/Sanmenxia Daily]
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Villagers dry persimmons in Duancun village, Mianchi county, Sanmenxia, Central China’s Henan province, on Oct 20. With an accrued plantation area of 20,000 mu (1,333 hectares), Duancun is the largest production base of cynanchum persimmon in Western Henan. [Photo by Deng Zhiwei/Sanmenxia Daily]
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