Arriving at a Longan Orchard from the Coconut Candy Factory using the ferry boat that guides through the Mekong River.
This is the "Longan" fruit that appears in commercial can of the fruit with syrup.
The Longan Orchard that we walk through to the village where we have our lunch.
The Longan Orchard
The flowering and some young fruits appearing on the trees.
The Longan fruits on the tree waiting for picking when ripe.
More branches of Longan fruits.
The Longan fruits
The Longan fruits
More close-up of the Longan fruits.
The farmers normally harvest the ripe Longan fruits and de-seed the fruits. They put the seedless Longan on a smoke house to dry the fruits into dried Longan for export.
The dried Longan fetch better price overseas especially in Taiwan according to the farmers.
Friday, May 2, 2008
Visit to a LONGAN orchard in Mekong Delta, Ho CHi Minh City, Vietnam
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