To make papaya products printed with letters to sell during the upcoming Lunar New Year 2017, a group of farmers in the West must use many complicated techniques and spend a lot of time.
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| Ms. Nguyen Thi Uom - representative of the group of farmers producing papaya with printed letters in Phu Huu commune, Chau Thanh district, Hau Giang province informed that after 4 trials, her group has succeeded in printing letters on papaya. |
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| A papaya garden with printed letters belonging to a group of farmers in Phu Huu commune, Chau Thanh district, Hau Giang province. “Our group chose papaya to print letters on because this is an indispensable fruit in the Tet fruit tray. After being “decorated” by us, the ordinary papaya will become a “unique” and strange product,” said Ms. Uom. |
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According to Ms. Uom, to have a papaya product printed with the words "unique" like today, it is necessary to use many complicated techniques and take a lot of time and effort. “After the fruit is 3 months old, we will use fruit bags. This bag is the best on the market and has been improved by us to be able to create letters printed on the fruit through the rule of blocking sunlight” – Ms. Uom shared.After 1.5 months of being tightly tied with fruit bags, papayas with the words "one of a kind" printed on them will be "baked". |
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Ms. Uom also said that not every papaya tree or fruit is chosen to make it, but only those that grow well, have uniform fruit, and are not scratched. About 1.5 months after wrapping the fruit, the finished product will be produced, most of the fruit skin will change from green to yellow, the remaining small area will produce the desired letters. |
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Ms. Nguyen Thi Cam Nhung - a person who works with Ms. Uom to make printed papayas - said that during the fruit wrapping process, the worker must be very careful to avoid choosing the wrong fruit (which cannot develop and may be damaged in the future). When wrapping, pay attention to using a tight rope to avoid ants and insects from entering and damaging the skin of the fruit. |
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| After 10-15 days of harvest, the fruit color and letters remain normal and unchanged. |
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| As this is the first year of introducing the fruit to the market, the Phu Huu farmers group plans to produce only 1,200-1,400 fruits to sell during the Lunar New Year. Because they use fruit bags and do not spray chemicals, the product is very safe. |
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| The estimated selling price of the product is from 150,000-200,000 VND/fruit (depending on the size of the fruit and the success of the product). |
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