The Taedonggang Combined Fruit Farm has had a very good crop of fruits this year, too. The farm that aims to become a nationwide model in fruit farming has exceeded the peak production year level by positively introducing scientific farming methods and conducting a vigorous innovation drive relying on the creative ability and wisdom of the employees. It arranged technical study based on the sci-tech learning space every day, enrolled over 200 farmers at the online college course and produced and used highly effective organic compound fertilizer. It applied a new nutritive germicide to provide itself with agrochemicals needed in farming by relying on locally available raw materials. It ensured the rate of rooting of fruit trees at 90 percent by producing nano corrective water and carbonated nano fertilizer and spread hukposan fertilizer and biologically active compost of good quality on orchards to increase the rate of fructification and weight of each fruit. The farm also directs big efforts on breeding high grade fruit saplings at its apple seed farm in order to supply them to the combined fruit farm and other fruit farms across the country. The seed farm secured over 90 hectares of land for growing saplings and built 20 sapling greenhouses. It also makes the substrate needed for the production of saplings by tissue culture using locally available materials. It has applied advanced technologies in order to produce virusless stock apple tree saplings in an industrial way. “Presently, our seed farm turns out nearly a million saplings a year and they are supplied not only to the combined fruit farm but also to other fruit farms in the country,” said Kim Ju Yong, manager of the seed farm. “The main target of our farm is to make new kinds of tissue culture saplings for fruit trees that are suitable for the climatic and soil conditions of the country and that bear delicious and highly nutritive fruits.” Workteam No. 3 of the Todok branch of the combined fruit farm contrived a jib-type germicide sprayer that is mounted on a vehicle and a ridge weeder to prevent the damage from harmful insects, increase per hectare yield and realize the mechanization of all farm operations at a high level. “An immediate task facing our farm is to introduce comprehensive mechanization as early as possible in conformity with the actual conditions of our country. Then, we will be able to double or treble the present per hectare yield,” said workteam leader Ri Myong Ho. By Kim Il Jin PT