There is a new pumpkin option in southern Sinaloa

Sinaloa.- It took 90 days for businessman Rigoberto Armienta to harvest a fruit that is not normally produced in the Sinaloa region. It is no longer exclusive It is the hatter nut and acorn type pumpkin, which are not very commercialized in the region, since it is usually the public of the United States and Canada who like to consume it.  “It is a product very focused on the Canadian and American communities, since they are the ones who produce them for consumption in their country.” The two items, he said, are used by the foreign public to make creams or soups, very appealing to the palate. Read more: Coronavirus Sinaloa: latest news today January 23 on Covid-19One more option He recalled that it was during October of last year when he began the adventure to produce both fruits in agricultural fields in the south of the municipality. After three months of waiting, he commented that the first hatter nut and acorn pumpkins, whose seeds had been brought from the neighboring country to the north, began to have the right size, so he started cutting them. The businessman clarified it is necessary to leave the myths that you can not produce such and such fruits in the region, whose harvest can be realized as good if its planting was carried out in the correct time of growth. Possible export Rigoberto Armienta recognized the life span of both pumpkins, because after their cutting it can on shelf up to five months.” These fruits are part of a catalog of hard pumpkins that exist in the world, so it is not ruled out that their production continues to occur in southern Sinaloa.”  With the first proof of production of both plants, he said that he thinks big about a possible export to the United States or Canada.In the port, both types of pumpkin are marketed in establishments selling organic products, whose value is 60 pesos a piece, while in a U.S. supermarket it can be bought up to 1 dollar with 39 cents per pound.  He lamented that in Mexico there is still no market for this fruit, since they usually acquire it as an ornament, mainly when Halloween is celebrated.        The Data Its use Both the hutter nut pumpkin and the acorn are highly demanded by the public of the United States and Canada, who like to acquire it for the preparation of creams or soups, which are part of the gastronomy of the restaurants of both countries. Read more: Closes 2021 with 27 thousand 386 complaints of the common jurisdiction in SinaloaThe priceIn establishments of organic products, the piece of both pumpkins reaches a value of 60 pesos, while in foreign markets it is worth 1.39 dollars per pound. Video of the fall of a trapeze artist from the “wheel of death”

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