Unknown things about 'Con Cuong oranges'

(Baonghean) -Con Cuong oranges, when ripe, with their characteristic sweet and fragrant taste, have become famous among diners inside and outside the district.

Oranges are named after the district, but the actual survey area is not much, only concentrated in Yen Khe commune and a few in 4 neighboring communes where the limestone cliffs stand, thanks to the natural process that has created the soil, the land is typical for delicious orange products that few places have.

Secretary of the village Party cell, Yen Khe commune - Mr. Pha Tang Ngoc Son (standing in the middle) discussed with leaders of Con Cuong district about experience in growing oranges for high productivity and quality.

To obtain this specialty variety, Con Cuong has soon built and implemented the project "Restoring Con Cuong orange trees", accordingly, the current orange area in the district includes 187 hectares, of which 67 hectares are for business, with an output of over 800 tons.

With just that much output, Con Cuong orange trees after being restored according to the project have really spread because of the unique quality of the product and also because of the very high value obtained from growing oranges (each hectare of oranges in the business phase brings in revenue from 500 - 800 million VND), so Con Cuong orange trees have also created attraction for people in the project planning area.

Following the gentle slopes into Huoi Noi stream, Pha village, Yen Khe commune, the barren lands of a few years ago have now been basically replaced by newly planted orange plots that are carefully cared for and protected. We visited Mr. Nguyen Dinh Cung's orange garden, 2 hectares of green oranges, with beautiful roots and canopies.

From a barren, deserted land, Mr. Cung joined with Mr. Thai Ba Trung, rented land for 15 years from Mr. Luong Van Sang's family to grow Xa Doai oranges. Some contributed labor, some contributed money, in just a short time 650 orange trees of the first crop bore fruit, 150 trees 1 year old were green and healthy, the total amount of money the two men jointly invested was over 400 million VND.

Leaving Mr. Cung's orange garden, we visited the orange garden of the village Party Secretary, Mr. Pha Tang Ngoc Son.

The story of orange trees growing with high economic efficiency on difficult land in Truong Cong area right from the first fruit crop made him passionate about his family's choice to grow oranges and mobilize other households in the village to grow them together.

Harvesting oranges in the main season in Yen Khe commune (Con Cuong).

The land is difficult, but under his hard-working hands and economic thinking, an area of ​​1.4 hectares, more than 500 Van Du orange trees, and 200 late-ripening V2 orange trees ensure the correct technical process, develop well, the first harvest of Van Du oranges has a revenue of 500 million VND.

Mr. Son said: Orange trees have proven effective in this area, so we feel secure investing in planting them. The Party cell also encourages people to apply the method of association or independent planting depending on specific conditions.

Thanks to the Party cell's efforts, Pha village now has 22 households growing oranges on an area of ​​50 hectares (of which 20 hectares are under the joint model). The wish of the orange growers here is that the State is interested in investing in an electricity system to ensure irrigation pumping and safe pesticide services for the orange area.

It is known that Con Cuong district is implementing a project to survey land areas suitable for each type of fruit tree and set up planning markers. This is a very necessary move to both manage the area and have a development orientation for this specialty orange tree.

Hong Son