Rose cabbages, cultivated by Nanjing Agricultural University, are sold as holiday gifts. Photo provided to China Daily Tang Jing sells yellow roses, wrapping them in bunches in green paper and colorful ribbons. If you don't look closely, you may not notice that they are actually cabbages. Such cabbages have been popular gifts in Jiangsu province since they appeared on the market before Spring Festival, which began shortly after Valentine's Day this year. Each cabbage sells for 8 to 10 yuan ($1.30-1.60). Tang, the manager of Kunshan Yuye Vegetable Planting Base, which is supervised by Nanjing Agricultural University, said the roses can be purchased only in winter because they take on their beautiful bright yellow color only during cold days. Her base is producing more cabbage roses for the upcoming Lantern Festival, which falls on March 2 this year. It takes four months for the cabbage to grow and show its color, Tang said. Due to limitations of transportation, most of our customers are from Jiangsu province. Hou Xilin, a professor of gardening at Nanjing Agricultural University, has spent 13 years researching the cabbage with his team. Unlike other yellow cabbages, our cabbage has the exact color and shape of yellow rose petals. The cabbage is not genetically modified, but gained its characteristics through generations of hybridization and self-pollination. The 'roses' are very nutritious, Hou said. They have three times more vitamin C than common cabbages. About 100 grams of the 'roses' contains 156 mg of vitamin C. He said the cabbage can resist low temperatures and its vitamin C content rises and yellow color becomes brighter as the temperature drops. We are now researching equipment that will allow people to grow the 'roses' on their balconies. An experiment on my own balcony has proved fruitful. About 100 such sets of equipment will be tried out for feedback. He said that the fibrous organic material used to grow the cabbage contains no pesticides or worm eggs. After harvesting the cabbage, that material is recycled by his team. Kang Hai, 23, a resident of Kunshan, Jiangsu, bought a bunch of the cabbages for his girlfriend. He said: If she doesn't like them, I can eat them up. wristbands canadacustom silicone bracelets canadarubber bracelets canadasilicone bracelets canadasilicone wristbands canadacustom wristbands canadacanadian wristbandswristbands canada
HAIKOU -- Hainan, an island province in southern China, established its first marine animal rescue and breeding center on Thursday.The blue ocean conservation and rescue center is located at Hainan Ocean Paradise in Li'an Port, Lingshui County.With a total investment of 40 million yuan ($6 million), the center has a quarantine area, a breeding team as well as a veterinary hospital equipped with advanced medical equipment. It will undertake inspection and quarantine of imported animals and rescue of offshore marine life.Hainan has seen a growing number of incidents in which marine animals become stranded in recent years. In 2016, a whale found on a beach eventually died, due in part to a lack of rescue experience and medical facilities.China lags behind in urgent rescue of stranded marine animals, and the center hopes to narrow the gap, according to Zhu Jialin, chairman of Hainan Ocean Paradise.A blue ocean conservation fund will also be launched at the center to focus on the rescue, rehabilitation and reintroduction of wild marine animals.
