Residents of Daishi town, Lin'an district, Hangzhou in East China's Zhejiang province started picking hickory nuts, a local specialty, on Sept 7. The nuts must undergo a dozen steps before appearing on the market. Normally, the first shipments are available to consumers by mid-September.
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