Among more common names, you can also find red-fleshed dragon fruit, space-bred strawberry, black tomato, blowfish fruit, and carrot fern, an orchid species native to Fujian used in traditional Chinese medicine.

These exciting new products have played an important role in helping local farmers increase their incomes. The introduction of the new varieties of broccoli, for example, has allowed growers to continue charging high prices even while prices for other broccoli varieties declined significantly in 2016.

Succulent plants grow in a planting area in Ningde, a city in Fujian province. [Photo/fjsen.com]

The new varieties of broccoli are already being sold by stores in Hong Kong and neighboring Shenzhen, and a supermarket in Fujian province is also planning to introduce it in small amounts.

Fruit farmers at the park, meanwhile, said that their milk-flavored strawberries sell at 25 yuan per kilogram, which means a strawberry plantation of 670 square meters will bring in 20,000 yuan of revenue.

An executive of a supermarket brand inspects the purple broccolis in a planting area in Ningde, a city in Fujian province. [Photo/fjsen.com]

The park has also made great efforts to draw rural residents back to agriculture by reforming land transfer procedures and strengthening the management of cooperative farms, according to Zhang Weiguang, former vice-president of the Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

The park is also encouraging farmers to try new entrepreneurial methods to raise their incomes, exploring ways to integrate agricultural production with sightseeing, for example. With such an unusual array of products in the fields, this approach could have some potential.