A grower picks saffron at a plantation in Zhoushan City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Nov. 22, 2013. Grower Lin Gaode has planted 10 mu (about 0.67 hectare) of saffron this year, which is a sort of rare medicinal herbs, expectedly providing 300,000 Yuan (about 49,000 U.S. dollars) in the coming harvest period. 

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