A farmer of a fruit cooperative picks apple in Yangsanyu Village in Yiyuan County, East China’s Shandong Province, on December 2, 2020.

To prolong the growth of the apple and raise the sugar degree, the cooperative deliberately postponed the harvest time to snow season, and farmers call these apples “snow apples.”

A farmer of a fruit cooperative picks apple in Yangsanyu Village in Yiyuan County, East China’s Shandong Province, on December 2, 2020.

A farmer of a fruit cooperative picks apple in Yangsanyu Village in Yiyuan County, East China’s Shandong Province, on December 2, 2020.

Farmers harvest apples in Yangsanyu Village in Yiyuan County, East China’s Shandong Province, on December 2, 2020.

Apples are covered with snow. (Photos: People's Daily online)