Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Fruits season is here!

Middle of the year is for fruits. Mangosteen, rambutans and durians! We bought mangosteen and rambutan recently. These fruits require a prolonged dry spell to ripen.

Such a taste.... year after year.


mangosteen
[buah manggis]

the hairy fruits
rambutan


6 comments:

gardenerprogress/Catherine said...

Those are really interesting fruits, I've never seen anything like them before. I wish I could try them.

J.C. said...

Oh, I love our local fruits. Got some mangosteen from our pasar malam for only RM10 for 3kg. Another mistake I made was to eat a whole bunch of rambutan on my own. I lost my voice the next day ~ most likely due to heatiness coz by too much of rambutans.

Now I am hoping to recover soon coz I have been eyeing the durians!!! Hope it won't take too long ~ yum, yum durian!!!

The Hip Homemaker said...

I have traveled in Vietnam and Cambodia a few times and they have a fruit like the Rambutan that I loved!

Michelle said...

Oh I'm so jealous! I spent some time in Southeast Asia a couple years ago and fell in love with these fruits. Rambutans are my favorite!

Joanne said...

It is so interesting to see what you grow.

Bangchik and Kakdah said...

> gardenerprogress/Catherine
> J.C.
> The Hip Homemaker
> Michelle
> Joanne

Middle of the year is about time fruits ready to be picked. They need prolonged dry spell. A friend was saying about though condition most plants and trees has been programmed to force flowering and fruiting...

When I was a kid, old folks did the unusual thing of slashing the trunk of large trees to induce flowering. They were 100 % right!!

These fruits are very nice, rambutan being sweet and watery, mangosteen being sweet with a touch of sour taste.

I havent tasted any durian yet so far... hmm

Thanks.
~ bangchik

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