Super Orchard

Chapter 101

When the wild grapes are fruiting, the branches and leaves will continue to grow, and the new shoots must be cut off every now and then to prevent the nutrients of the wild grapes from being used to grow branches, which cannot meet the needs of the fruit.

After thinning the flowers and fruits, the fruit clusters on each wild grape are reduced from the previous [-] to [-] clusters to about ten clusters, and some fruit grains should be removed from each cluster of wild grapes to ensure that the whole cluster of fruits is even and fruity. The fullness of the grains.

With such a large number of fruits, the general grapes can only reach the fruiting period after three years of planting, but the wild grapes in Jinquan Orchard are already like this in the second year.

At this time last year, each wild grape plant only produced a few fruit clusters, and in the end only one cluster was left for each plant. According to the situation of last year, this year's wild grape production has increased tenfold, reaching 20 jin!
This was completely beyond Shen Yangguang's expectations. He originally thought that it would be good to produce [-] catties this year. Now it seems that this year's wild grapes can still be sold to Zhou Jianguo in addition to making wine.

When the time came to the end of July, bunches of wild grapes grew up every day, and the color changed from blue to purple until they were fully ripe.

Zhou Jianguo was very excited after receiving the call from Shen Yangguang. He originally thought that from now on he would lose his share in the wild grape business, but he didn't expect that Shen Yangyang's harvest of wild grapes was so abundant that he could go to wholesale purchases.

In the wild vineyard, dense purple-red fruits hang among the green branches and leaves. The wild grapes in the whole greenhouse are full of fruity aroma. Just standing there for a while makes people salivate.

Zhou Jianguo watched dozens of employees picking wild grapes, rubbed his hands and asked, "Brother Shen, I see that there are quite a lot of wild grapes here, how much can you sell to me?"

Shen Yangguang was also full of joy, and said with a smile: "Wouldn't you know after picking and weighing? Boss Zhou is always very calm, why is he a little impatient today?"

From Zhou Jianguo's point of view, how could he fail to predict the production of wild grapes?The reason why he asked this question was because he was too happy. After all, if you buy the wild grapes here and sell them, you can earn the price of ten catties of ordinary grapes for one catty. The profit here is not simply increased by ten times!
"According to last year's situation, each bunch of wild grapes in your place weighs about two catties, and ten bunches of fruit hang on a fruit tree, which is twenty catties. As far as I know, you have fifteen acres of land and ten thousand wild grapes. The total output should be 20 catties?"

This number is basically the same as Shen Yangguang's estimate, but he stayed in the orchard for a long time, and Zhou Jianguo could calculate it with just a few glances, Shen Yangguang suddenly felt admiration.

Although the production of wild grapes has increased significantly this year, and the workload of picking has also risen sharply, but a new employee has been recruited in the orchard, and a new batch of electric tricycles has been equipped, and the picking efficiency has also improved a lot compared to last year.

After all the wild grapes were picked, the total output reached 22 catties, which was about the same as the two estimated. Shen Yangguang sold 12 catties of it to Zhou Jianguo, earning a total of 360 million yuan, and the balance of the account was less than 200 yuan. 550 yuan became [-] million yuan.

The remaining [-] catties of wild grapes were all transported into the newly built fruit winery, which is the beginning of mass production of wild wine.

With so many wild grapes to make wine, usually Guo Fugui and ten staff members would definitely not be able to keep busy, but the equipment in this small winery is the most advanced automatic machines, and there are several other workers in the orchard. Ten employees helped out, so it was able to handle it.

The brewing process of fruit winery is similar to that of manual brewing, but due to the role of large-scale machinery and equipment, the process is more convenient and quicker.

The first step is to remove the wild grapes and remove the stems, and then pour them into the washing machine for cleaning to remove dust, broken leaves and other debris.

Then there is crushing. This process is the most laborious when brewing by hand. Last year, Shen Yangguang drank a thousand catties of wild wine from Zheng Hao and almost died of exhaustion. This year's [-] catties of wild grapes is a lot more One hundred times! If the crushing is done by manpower, the first broken fruit will be corrupted before the processing is finished.

It is different now that there is a machine. Guo Fugui instructed all employees to pour the cleaned wild grapes on the conveyor belt and directly pass them into the crusher. After a while, the broken pulp, peel, seeds and juice will flow out.

At this time, the peel and seeds cannot be removed, because they will play a role in the later fermentation process, such as the purple peel, which is the source of the color of the red wine, and a small amount of astringency in the wine comes from the seeds.

The next step is fermentation, which is different from handmade wild wine. A certain amount of yeast and pectinase must be added to ensure the effect of fermentation. Because this is a mass production, the ratio of yeast must be accurate , if the natural yeast like the white mist on the surface of the peel is used like a handmade one, the proportion cannot be accurately grasped.

In this process, sugar and some chemical substances are also added to prevent the reproduction of miscellaneous bacteria and wild yeast, and to ensure the pure fermentation of wild wine yeast.

The fermentation process is also very simple. The silver-white metal fermentation tanks are much easier to use than the large ancestral jars at home. Not only are the capacity larger and the process is safer, but there is also a small display on the outside, which contains various data and can be fed back to the inside at any time. Condition of fermentation.

At the same time, the fermentation tank also has a temperature control effect, and the fermentation temperature is controlled between [-] and [-] degrees, because wild grapes will generate heat during the fermentation process, which may not be obvious in small jars, but in this large jar It is very prominent in the fermenter, so the fermenter comes with a cooling system.

The next step is the daily management of the fermenter, which is the responsibility of the staff of the fruit wine department. Because there are a series of professional operations, and the data of various ingredients must be checked at any time, the staff of other departments cannot help, so they return to their posts. continue working.

The above is the main fermentation process, which is also the fermentation process for yeast to convert sugar into alcohol.

A week later, the main fermentation of the wild wine was completed, and Guo Fugui led his staff to separate the skins. The artesian juice in this process was stored in a subsequent fermentation tank, and the separated skins were pressed again to flow out. The pressed juice is put into jars individually.

The next step is to carry out the process of fermentation and filtration again. This process is relatively long, ranging from a month to a year or two. Although the wild wine is ready to drink after more than a month, the taste will be a bit jerky. It will be fully cooked.

But Shen Yangguang can't control so much anymore, he is in urgent need of money now, how can he wait a year or two before selling wine?Anyway, the taste and drinking efficacy of this kind of wild wine are so strong that they don't care about the difference in taste, so they decided to bottle it for sale in a month or two.

After staying in the fruit winery for more than a week, Shen Yangguang did not leave the winery until all the wild wine was put into barrels and continued to ferment, and continued wandering in the orchard.

These wine barrels are all made of metal, so what? Sunshine didn't follow the trend of using oak barrels, with a capacity of [-] catties. [-] catties of wild grapes are enough to make [-] catties of wild wine, which is filled with [-] barrels.

In the orchard at this time, except for the apples that are bearing fruit, other fruits only need daily management.

In the early and late stages of apple fruiting, the fruit grows slowly, but in the middle stage, the growth rate increases significantly, and the fruit is also different every day.

After wandering around the apple orchard contentedly for a while, Shen Yangguang remembered the hare farm to the west. He hadn't been there for many days since the fruit wine factory started.

Walking into the gate of the farm, he saw Xiong San and a few people looking for something in the bushes. Shen Yangguang asked curiously, "Where are you?"

Wearing a big straw hat, Xiong San wiped off the sweat on his face and said, "We are recording and observing the health status of wild rabbits, and we all learned from that breeding manual." After speaking, he raised the small notebook in his hand.

He was very satisfied with Xiong San and Shen Yangguang. He didn't expect that this little bastard who was originally out of tune would be so serious when he was working, and then asked: "How are the hares doing these days? Have there been any problems?"

Xiong San was a little excited and said strangely: "Not only is there no problem, but the growth condition is not only much better than the farmed hares, but also better than the wild ones. The key is that there has never been any disease during this period of time. It's really strange. Strange."

Shen Yangguang couldn't help thinking that this might also be the reason for the golden airflow, but he couldn't say such words, he just smiled and didn't explain.

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