In the days leading up to the Lunar New Year, peach gardens in Luong Van Tri ward, Lang Son province are bustling from early morning to late at night.
Peach trees are uprooted, wrapped in soil, tied tightly onto cars, continuously leaving the garden, bringing the colors of spring spreading throughout the border roads.
According to PV's records, this year, ancient peach trees, ornamental peach trees, and huyền peach trees were hunted by customers early and fell into a state of "sold out" many days before Tet.
The buying and selling atmosphere at peach gardens is always bustling, people watching peach blossoms, closing prices, and marking trees take place continuously.
Going back from Hanoi to Lang Son to buy peach blossoms, Mr. Nguyen Van Hung (Long Bien ward) said that he had to go to the fourth garden in the day to choose a satisfactory tree.
“As soon as I see a beautiful tree shape and reasonable price, the garden owner reports that there have been pre-orders. By the end of the afternoon, I had only bought 3 trees at Mr. Hoang Van Tien's garden.
My family has been playing Lang Son peach blossoms for many years, if we are used to it, it is difficult to play peach blossoms elsewhere, because the flowers are large, bloom evenly, and the color is very bright," Mr. Hung shared.
According to Mr. Hoang Van Tien - owner of a large peach garden in Luong Van Tri ward, about 400 peach trees in the family's main garden have been almost all ordered by customers.
“Riêng đào huyền năm nay đã cháy hàng hoàn toàn. Hiện chỉ còn lại vài cây nhỏ, khoảng chục cây đào bạch và một ít đào thất thốn, nhưng từ nay đến Tết chắc cũng bán hết”, anh Tiền nói.
At Mr. Vi Van Theo's garden (Luong Van Tri ward), the atmosphere in the days leading up to Tet is also always busy.
This year, Mr. Theo's family planted nearly 1,000 peach trees of all kinds. Up to now, the garden has sold about 600-700 trees, mainly peach branches, with prices ranging from a few hundred thousand to several million VND per tree, depending on shape and age.
According to Mr. Theo, to be able to cut and sell a beautiful peach branch to serve the Tet market, growers must take care of it for at least two years.
Especially for bonsai peach trees and ancient peach trees, the time and effort spent are much greater. However, this year production faces many difficulties due to erratic weather, and many peach areas bloom early.
Although technical measures have been applied to slow down the flowering, peach trees still depend greatly on the weather, so the quality and output are not as stable as last year," Mr. Theo shared.
In the chilly weather at the end of the year, the pink color of Bich peach blossoms, phai peach blossoms, dotted with the white color of white peach blossoms covers the hillsides and village paths of Lang Son.
Cars carrying peach blossoms queuing to the streets not only signal that the Tet season is very near, but also carry hope for a full peach crop for growers in remote border areas.
According to Luong Van Tri Ward People's Committee, this locality has favorable natural conditions for the development of peach blossom trees, with suitable soil and climate. In recent years, the peach growing area in the area has been increasingly expanded.
Currently, the whole ward has about 80 peach growing households, with a total area of over 100 hectares. Many peach varieties with high economic and aesthetic value are chosen by people to develop such as phai peach, bích peach, thất thốn peach... serving the Tet market inside and outside the province.
