Battle for the bin: how much potatoes "Scarb", cabbage and carrots, cranberries and "Antonovka" at the fair in Mogilev
In Mogilev, the season of autumn agricultural fairs opened. We studied the prices for potatoes, cabbage, onions, apples and seedlings at the "Mogilev Attractions".
The end of September traditionally makes Mohilev residents remember about strategic reserves for the winter. Last weekend, September 26 and 27, the regional center officially opened the season of large autumn purchases. The first agricultural fair unfolded on the usual place for Mogilev residents - an open area near OJSC "Mogilev Attractions" on Pushkin Avenue. We checked with what mood the farmers came, what varieties of vegetables and fruits brought and how much it costs to clog the home cellar with vitamins.
The excitement of the morning: nets, carts and “congestion” on Pushkin
Officially, the trade was announced from 10:00 in the morning, but experienced buyers began to pull up to Pushkin Avenue long before the opening. The best and most selective vegetables from farms always diverge in the first two or three hours. By noon, it was no longer possible to reach here. Mogilev residents walked in families, pulled folding carts behind them.
The range was pleasing. Large agricultural enterprises of the region, reputable farms and private gardeners brought their products. This year is especially productive, so in addition to the standard bags with potatoes on the shelves, you could find fresh greens, mountains of grapes of different varieties, forest cranberries, mushrooms - waves, black cargoes, hogs, foxes - all and not count!
We study price tags: from running varieties of "bulba" to hot pepper
Of course, most people were near the cars behind the main Belarusian strategic product. Potatoes this year offer mainly proven, favorite farm varieties. Huge nets grew right next to minibuses. The classic “Scarb” (for 0.90 kopecks per kilogram), the persistent “Vector”, the swirling “Queen Anna” were in high demand. Buyers took nets at once - and it is more convenient to transport, and sellers were more willing to drop pennies from a kilogram when wholesale. We even offered delivery to the house, if you buy from two nets of potatoes at once.
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Cabbage is another sales hit. At the fair, you could find both tight, crunchy noodles for fermentation, and soft varieties. The price is from 0.74 cents per kilogram.
Onions, carrots are also nets - prices from 1 ruble per kilogram.
Cauliflower and broccoli – 6.50 rubles per kilogram;
Tomatoes - from 2.50 rubles per kilogram.
Mushrooms. Black cargoes and waves - 12 rubles per kilogram, chanterelles - 12.50 rubles.
Fans of home rinders and sunsets also occupied the ranks. The choice of vegetables was impressive!
For a kilogram of eggplant asked quite adequate 4.50 rubles per kilogram, juicy pepper for 3.90 rubles, and for lovers of Caucasian cuisine and kernel adzhik brought selected hot pepper at 10.00 rubles per kilogram.
For those who missed summer treats, farmers rolled out boxes of fresh corn in the cobs for 3.90 rubles, and somewhere from 2 rubles. Nearby traded large sweet grapes: dark varieties gave 7.50 rubles per kilogram.
Fruit rows literally smelled fragrant: here the ball ruled, of course, apples - varieties were not counted. For example, “Putinka” and “Antonovka” was given for a ridiculous 0.98 kopecks per kilogram.
Farmers came to the fair not only from Mogilev region, but also from Brest. Young farmer Ivan brought home walnuts for 10 rubles per kilogram, dried apples and pears from his own garden, unpeeled dried seeds for 10 rubles for a 700-gram jar. The nuts are very fresh, delicious.
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How much carp and carp?
Mogilev hostesses stood in line for fresh fish - it was brought by specialized machines. The queue moved quickly, and the goods were taken directly from the tanks with water - the fish beat the tail, freshness is one hundred percent.
Fresh catch prices:
Carp "Elite" (both ordinary and mirror) will cost buyers 9.30 rubles per kilogram.
White Cup is kept in the price category - 9.30 rubles per kilogram.
Budget and large carp are given at a very pleasant price - only 6.80 rubles per kilogram.
For gourmets there is an option "to order": a large river catfish are ready to bring at a price of 15.00 rubles per kilogram.
Important: at specialized points with fish hangs a warning that there is no terminal, so it is better to stock up on cash in advance to buy carp.
Forest vitamins and honey
Particular attention was attracted by trays with dikoros. Beauty cranberries - prices from 7 rubles per kilogram to 9.00 rubles.
Beekeepers' tents were also deployed at the fair. The main feature of the season is fresh buckwheat honey right in the honeycombs. For those who are looking for a ready-made treat for tea, beekeepers prepared small glass jars with potions: honey with whole hazelnuts, almonds and walnuts 15.00 rubles apiece. Professionals can buy here pure perga, flower pollen and even 25% wax moth tincture to strengthen immunity before the cold season.
Seedlings, chrysanthemums and other flowers for the garden
A separate place on the site at the "Mogilev Attractions" took tents nurseries. The end of September is the ideal time for planting shrubs, autumn chrysanthemums, and summer residents storm the fair. Trade was brisk, each bush was carefully packed in white bags with soil for safe transportation.
Red currant seedlings - from 20 rubles, black (Selechenskaya) - 15.00 rubles. A bush of popular early strawberries of the Clary variety was given 3.50 rubles apiece. Buyers took several bushes at once to have time to root them before the first frost.
Chrysanthemum bush from 12.00 rubles.
Why is it profitable to take vegetables and fruits at fairs?
Freshness "right from the field" and from the reservoirs. All the produce is local, fresh.
- Opportunity of choice. You can personally choose a larger fish, feel each pitch and negotiate a discount on the wholesale.
- Direct contact. The money goes directly to those who have worked on land and apiaries all year, without the trade margins of intermediaries.
Where and when to wait for the next fairs?
The autumn marathon of agricultural fairs in Mogilev is only gaining momentum. Already this weekend, on October 3 and 4, the fair series will move to two locations: in the Solominka microdistrict (to the Forum shopping center on Krupskaya Street) and on the territory near the Savushkin Product branch on Altai Street.
So, prepare balconies and pleasant shopping!
Read also:
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