Farmers welcome the apple harvest season in Yantai, Shandong province. Apples in city's main apple production areas ripen in October. [Photo/VCG]

Farmers sort apples at an apple trading market in Chaoshui town of the Yantai Economic and Technological Development Zone, East China's Shandong province on Oct 13. [Photo/VCG]

Growers send the apples they harvest to the apple trading market in Chaoshui town of the Yantai Economic and Technological Development Zone, East China's Shandong province on Oct 13. [Photo/VCG]

A farmer sorts apples at an apple trading market in Chaoshui town, Yantai, Shandong province. [Photo/VCG]

Yantai apples are popular for their bright color and sweet and succulent taste. [Photo/VCG]