Photos taken on July 10 show that villagers pick fragrant peaches at a peach garden in Zhaihou Village, Jinping Town, Jiahe County.
In the midsummer, the 220 mu (about 14.7 hectares) of fragrant peaches in the village’s ecological agriculture park are ripening successively. The villagers are busy picking, packing and selling them on the market.
In recent years, the village has made full use of its excellent ecological environment in the mountainous area, established comprehensive agricultural cooperatives, vigorously developed featured, excellent and new agricultural forestry and fruit industries. It has also planted more than 2,000 mu (about 133 hectares) of peach, high-quality rice, tangerine and bayberry to help farmers increase their income.