The beginning of the harvest of ruby grapes from the gardens of Qasr Shirin
Harvesting of ruby grapes began in more than 4800 hectares of fruitful orchards in Qasr Shirin city.
Engineer Kiomars Shahbazi – Director of Jihad Keshavarzi of Qasr shirin city said:
the area under cultivation of ruby grapes in Qasr shirin is 976 hectares,
of which 486 hectares are fertile and 490 hectares are seedlings that have not yet yielded.
He predicted:
this year, considering the yield of eight tons per hectare,
more than four thousand tons of ruby grapes will be harvested from the orchards of this city and sent to markets inside and outside the province,
which will have a 30% growth compared to last year.
Shahbazi said:
Due to the special climatic and geographical conditions of the city,
every year we see the growth of early and modern ruby grape production in this city,
which has caused a lot of interest and interest of gardeners in the development of ruby vineyards.
The director of Qasr Shirin agricultural jihad added:
In this regard, the management of Qasr Shirin agricultural jihad also encourages gardeners by granting long-term low interest facilities and also providing subsidized seedlings.