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Dong leaf of Trang Cat season

This year, the weather is favorable, the leaves are good season so the growers of Dong leaf Trang Cat have a Tet full of enthusiasm. Although it was too late, but Le Thi Thuy still cut the leaves. More than 2 sao of her family is considered one of the most beautiful gardens in the village. Today, she mobilized the whole family to harvest the leaves to deliver goods to guests. Adults take cuts, young children sit and sort the leaves. Ms. Thuy said: "This year, the price of dong has increased more than every year. Type 1 leaves have a wholesale price of VND120,000 per 100 leaves and VND80,000 - 100,000 per 100 leaves for medium-priced leaves, ranging from VND40,000 - VND60,000 per leaf.

According to Ms. Thuy, Dong is easy to grow, does not take too much care. Farmers only need to take root for planting once in February and the plant will provide long term yield. But to keep the leaves fresh, beautiful, still need certain techniques, requiring the plant to clean up the root leaves often to give more seeds, green leaves, wide. The Dong leaf of Trang Cat village are round, soft and long, the bottom surface is so green, that the cake (glutinous rice cake) wrapped in this leaf will be green and eye-catching.

After sorting, the leaves are washed with clean water and kept for a longer time. This will help reduce dirt and increase greenness. The next step is to divide and gather the leaves into large bunches, 50 or 100 leaves / 1 bunch. Leaves of the village are not only consumed in Hanoi market, but also taken to the provinces and cities and exported to countries such as Russia, Germany, Australia, US to serve overseas Vietnamese overseas for Tet. Therefore, the value of dong is also higher.

Chairman of Kim An Commune Doan Van Huynh said that Trang Cat village has 200 households planting a total area of ​​12ha. Normally people cut pruning leaves for sale all year round. The average income per hectare is 25-30 million VND / sao / year. Dong leaf contributes more income to people when Tet comes to Xuan. Compared with the past, the area of ​​cultivation has decreased significantly as people change to fruit trees such as oranges, grapefruit ... However, in every corner of the Trang Cat family has a small area to plant Dong leaf.

When asked whether in the future, if the Dong leaf is completely replaced by other valuable crops, most Trang Cat people affirmed that "the Vietnamese people still have traditional Tet, the Trang Cat I also plant the leaves. With good quality, Trang Cat Dong leaf promise to bring people high economic resources in this Lunar New Year.