Durian fruit. Illustrative image (Source:thainews.prd.go.th) Bangkok, (NNT/VNA) - Fruit lovers are nowbeing celebrated with the season of mango and durian. We’ll take you to thedurian festival in Chanthaburi featuring free durian tasting at theconservation place for the most durian varieties in Thailand.
Officials, volunteers, and local farmers havebrought some 50 durian varieties as sample offers for visitors to the durianfestival in Chanthaburi as part of an exhibition on durian breed development byChanthaburi Horticultural Research Centre. The centre has been conservingdurian varieties for more than 60 years, collecting and categorizing some 600durian varieties from across the country and planting them on the centre’sfield for some 60 years. The durian festival is taking place from April 26 until28 April from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Now for mangolovers, farmers in Pak Tho district in Ratchaburi have brought out a variety ofmango fruits from their garden to sell at the 23rd Pak Tho Mango and LocalGoods Fair, featuring Grade A Okrong mango selling at 80-100 baht per kilogram,fallen Okrong mango at 40 baht per kilogram, Nam Dok Mai mango at 20-50 bahtper kilogram, Nang Klang Wan mango at 15-40 baht per kilogram, R2E2 mango at 50baht per kilogram, Rad mango at 20 baht per kilogram, mixed size Okrong mangoat 10 baht per bag, and mango jam at 20-75 baht.
A popular mango and sticky rice dessert is alsoavailable made from Okrong mango served with three kinds of sticky riceflavored with butterfly pea flowers and pandan leaves selling at 100 baht perkilogram.
The mango festival is taking place from now until27 April 2019 at Pak Tho district office, Ratchaburi.-NNT/VNA
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