Workers are busy pruning the branches, and when the leaves of the fruit trees fall off in the fall, the peak sales season will be here.

Another time was in early spring, when the seedlings were planted at both times to survive.

There are traces of grafting at the bottom of the peach fruit tree, and the branches are about the thickness of the index finger.

Hearing Harris ask why grafting, Nelson, the old black man, laughed: "Because many fruit trees bear heterozygous seeds, and sowing them with seeds does not retain their characteristics."

Grafting can shorten the time it takes for them to bear fruit, and these shoots are generally collected from adult mother trees, which already have the ability to bloom and grow more quickly.

These peaches will still bear fruit if they are not grafted, but the fruit will definitely be late, and the fruit must be as good as the original, and the mother tree has been cultivated by experts for many generations before selecting the best taste and appearance of the fruit tree, if it depends on the seed, they will gradually degenerate.

Peach seedlings can grow one meter a year, these are two-year seedlings, go back and plant them for two or three years to start bearing fruit, six or seven years will have the most consequence yield, and they will not age until twenty years later, and then cut down and replant.

The fruit averages 200 grams each, and the maximum can grow to 300, do you want it?"

Father Han nodded and asked, "How much is each fruit seedling?"

"$1.5, more than 2,000 trees are discounted. ”

"What if I buy 10,000 trees?"

Nelson's face stiffened, and he smiled bitterly: "There are only more than 8,000 trees in our base now, and some of them have been set by others, and we will come to buy them next month."

I think I should be able to give you 5,000 trees, and there should be more at this time next year, and then I will buy them again, and the price will be 1.2 dollars each, what do you think?"

Father Han doesn't understand this, and no one in the entire ranch understands.

Lewis knows something. But he went to California to buy black truffle mushroom nuggets and called and said he could buy whatever he wanted, and see which fruit was needed more in the market.

These large-scale wholesale merchants generally value credibility, and their reputation is ruined, and they will not cheat people at will, so a few of them dare to come and buy alone.

"Then it's better to buy so much first. When can I come and pick it up?"

"As long as the amount is over $30,000, I will ask the car to send it to you in a few days, and all the leaves will have to be cut, otherwise it will affect the survival rate and it will take more time to cut. ”

Nelson said, pointing to the low bushes in front of him, "Those are blueberry seedlings, artificially cultivated and can grow to more than two meters tall." It also bears more fruit.

We have several varieties here, divided into dwarf bushes, semi-tall bushes and tall bushes, there are also some wild blueberry varieties, they are quite easy to sell, basically do not have to worry about the market, I recommend the Lanfeng blueberries over there, the taste is good, and the shelf life is also long. Able to maintain high yields for several years in a row. ”

"What's the difference between artificially cultivated and wild blueberries?" Han Xuan looked at the sign labeled wild blueberries, and the bushes were only forty or fifty centimeters high.

"Wild blueberries taste good. And the nutrient content is ten times higher than that of artificial blueberries, but the yield is too small, only a fraction of that of artificially cultivated blueberry varieties.

If you want to eat it yourself, you can grow some wild blueberries, which are good for health and not very cost-effective to sell. The price is too high to sell. ”

Father Han nodded, and then said, "You can help me choose some varieties suitable for sale, it is best to store them for a long time, and there are hundreds of wild ones." That's about 1,000 acres of land. ”

Nelson was silent, and opened the book to find the number, "Wild blueberries are no problem, I'll go to other orchards to help you get the rest, 1,500 trees per acre, and I'll give you $1.7 for the price." ”

The corners of his mouth twitched, how could Father Han know that these blueberry saplings alone would cost more than two and a half million US dollars, "So expensive?"

"Well, blueberries are the most expensive fruit trees, these are three-year-old seedlings, they will ripen and bear fruit next year, and they are also expensive, and it only takes a year to pay for themselves.

If it weren't for the lack of space in the base, I would have planned to keep it for myself, don't worry, the bank can handle the loan procedures, the interest rate is very low, and I will help you discount if you buy more. ”

Thinking he was worried about the money, Nelson explained, noting down the number of dollars needed, "Let's take a look at the cherries, they are the best fruit to sell, there are not enough in Canada, Montana is high, and the peak sales in June can be staggered, and the price will go up a lot by August."

Mr. Han, I can help you contact the buyer, as long as you do a good job of pest management, you can definitely make money. ”

Han Xuan's mother likes to eat cherries, but those picked in advance from Montana taste are not as good as natural ripeness, if the supporting transportation refrigerated trucks can keep up, with the huge consumer base of Grandpa's company, the sales of cherries is not a problem.

interjected: "This variety of points will be used in convenience stores in the future, at least half of the area, and other saplings with cranberries, apples, grapes and pears." ”

"Half?" said Nelson, gasping for cherry seedlings and blueberry seedlings for about the same price, eight hundred to nine hundred for an acre, and more than seven million for that business alone.

The entire Tom Cat Nursery covers an area of 20,000 acres, and all the cherry seedlings are sold to him.

"Sorry, please wait a minute, I'll call my son and ask if anyone has been booked. ”

"Feel free. ”

Looking at Nelson's back, Han's father grabbed the boy's ear: "I plan to plant some fruit trees at will, and the other grow grass, do you know how much it will cost? More than 10 million! Your grandfather said that you spend a lot of money, and now you can see it!"

"It's not that you can't earn it back, the vegetable garden can earn millions every year, and the profits of high-end fruits are much higher than those of vegetables, and when these saplings grow up, they can all return to their original costs in a year or two!

Everything else is pure profit, just spend a little labor cost, 60,000 acres of wasteland, think about how big the output is, besides, isn't it possible to apply for a loan?"

Han Xuan turned his head sideways and saw Harris snickering, glared at him, pulled back his ears and covered his exclaim.

The boy's father was mainly worried about money, bought Smith Ranch to spend money, invested in the establishment of a vegetable plantation and invested a huge amount, almost emptied his small treasury, heard his son's words, snorted: "If you can't earn it back in the future, I will ask you, how many people will be hired to take care of it." ”

"Recruit again, usually don't use much, and hire them temporarily during the picking season"

Nelson walked briskly over and said, "I asked him, I can go elsewhere, apples, pears and grapes are cheap, and the cranberries will probably be delayed for a few months, and there is only enough for fifty acres here." ”

"Fifty is enough, and the rest is apples and grapes, and blueberries will be added by another 500 acres, so let's count it up to more than 13 million dollars, how much is the discount?"

Han Xuan said with a smile: "Helena also has a large nursery base, and my dad plans to go and see it." ”

“…… I've never encountered this kind of business, so I'll call again. (To be continued.) )