A farmer shoulders two baskets of lychee fruit and heads to the market in the orchard in Beiliu on June 6, 2012.
In June, workers in Beilu, Guangxi province, which is known as China’s hometown of lychee, will harvest 20,000 mu (1,200 hectares) of a high-quality type of the fruit called “feizixiao”. This type of lychee is attracting merchants from all over China after the price dropped since last year to 8 yuan (about $1.25) per kilogram.
There are 560,000 mu of lychee in Beiliu, which is the main source of income for local farmers.[Photo/CFP]