It's raining durian!

SEGAMAT: The people of the village were able to say "it's raining men" but here it's raining durian. This is not literally, but it was an extraordinary season for the king of fruits in this district.

The fruiting is heavy according to an orchard owner in Batu 8 Jementah, Arman Ishak who said he had to tie the tree branches and he put nets so that the fruits did not fall to the ground.

The 60-year-old said with other fruit collectors, they had to take these extra measures as fruits falling on the ground would crack spoil the flesh and affect its price.

"My orchard is only 1.2 hectares, but fortunately this year's harvest is extraordinary until we have had to tie the branches of the durians to the trunk and put in more nets than before. "There are more than 20 durian trees here between 10 and 20 years old and they give more fruit than before," he said, explaining that lower fruit in earlier years could have been caused by factors such as strong winds, animals as well as dry and h "My orchard is only about 1.2 hectare but, fortunately, this year's harvest is extraordinary until that that we have to tie the branches of the durians to the trunk and put in place more nets than we had before, "said owner of an orchard in Batu 8 Jementah, Arman Ishak. Pix by Ahmad Ismail

"Among the types of durians that have a lot of fruit this season are durian kampung, D24, D13, Musang King, Tembaga, Duri Hitam and Udang Merah," adds -t it. to more than 100 RM per kilogram

Arman stated that nets and wires should be set up in order to strengthen the branches of durian trees in order to make sure that he could bear the weight of all the fruits before they become ripe. According to Arman, the cost of laying wires and nets could reach RM 150 per tree

Meanwhile, a Segamat duramas dealer, Yow Qian Huat, 72, said that a good durian season would not guarantee lower prices as the durian Segamat has its own "fans" of Singapore, Thailand, Melaka, Selangor and Pahang. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd