During the school holidays in June, I had the chance to visit Vietnam. I was waiting to that date because this is the time to see dragon fruits in Vietnam. The weather was sunny and dry, the temperature is around 37 C. We drove to the Bethan Street where most Malaysian do their shoppings. this street is very popular with many hotels too. Of course I saw a lot of tropical fruits such as mangoes, mangoesteen, ciku,guava, durians, jackfruits, DRAGON FRUITS, etc.
Vietnam is the main producer of dragon fruits in the world. I always wonder how this crop had become a major contributor to Vietnam's economy besides rice and other goods. The secret is always the weather: hot dry. To my analysis dragon fruits like hot and dry weather meaning that less disease occurrence. Unlike Malaysia, the weather is hot but humid.
There were two varieties of dragon fruits i.e red and white flesh. It could be easily noticed from its 'scales' where short scales are red and long scales are white. The shape between each other also differs.
To me Vietnam is still a young nation. They had a lot opportunities if their people work hard.
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| Dragon fruits, guava, mangoes and mangoesteen sold in markets |
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| Red dragon fruits 'Longdo' |
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| Durians, jacfruits, ciku sold in market |
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| White variety dragon fruits |
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| Mangoesteen sold in pieces. |
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| Dragon fruits grown in one of the orchard. |
Really a great blog about the Fruits. The Dragon Fruits are looking so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteDragon Fruit is from Hylocereus species and from the cacti family is shaped like the dragon also known as the pitahaya or pitaya. The pulp of this fruit contains many small and black seeds
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