Dayaotown Daylilies

Dayatown Daylilies

　　  The daylily industry in Dayatown, Bazhou District, has become a leading source of income growth. Currently, the town's daylily association has signed 22 production and sales contracts totaling 903,000 kilograms with regions including Chongqing, Chengdu, Nanchong, and Hong Kong. Starting in 2000, Dayatown developed 2,000 acres of daylilies, yielding 502,000 kilograms, generating a value of 3.012 million yuan and creating profits and taxes of 2.1084 million yuan, accounting for 50.8% of the town’s total fiscal revenue. Encouraged by this success, the town expanded its daylily cultivation to 5,100 acres by 2002, producing 867,000 kilograms of daylilies, with a total output value of 5.202 million yuan and profits and taxes of 3.1212 million yuan, making up 80.3% of the fiscal revenue. In 2003, they planted an additional 2,000 acres of daylilies, and the town is expected to yield 1,204,000 kilograms, generating an income of 7.224 million yuan. After years of selection and cultivation by daylily experts from Sichuan Agricultural University, Dayatown has bred the premium-quality "Seven-Spine" daylily brand, providing farmers with a distinctive, high-end new variety. A specialized daylily-producing township has taken shape in Dayatown and gained fame both within and outside the province.