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Thanh Chuong's specialty fruit is expensive on hot days.

Annam • July 7, 2024 12:55

These days, people in Thanh Chuong district (Nghe An) are harvesting river fruit. This sour fruit is quite popular on hot days.

bna_1(2).jpg — Mangosteen trees are scattered in many districts in the province, but are concentrated in Thanh Chuong, such as Thanh My, Thanh Duc, Hanh Lam, Phong Thinh communes... This is a perennial woody plant that grows naturally in the forest or is planted by people in their gardens. From planting the tree until it bears fruit, it takes 7-9 years. The ripening season is from May to July. Photo: Huy Thu

bna_2..jpg — Harvesting sour river fruit is quite hard because the tree is tall and has a wide canopy. Fruit pickers have to use a bamboo pole (tie a bamboo stick to the river tree trunk) or use a ladder to climb the tree. Photo: Huy Thu

bna_3(2).jpg — On the tree, the fruit picker just has to climb from branch to branch, using a pole with a net attached to pull the fruit, picking the fruit and putting it in a bag hanging on the branch, when the bag is full, using a rope to gently lower the whole bag to the ground. Only those who know how to climb trees and are brave can do the job of picking fruit. Photo: Huy Thu

bna_4(2).jpg — River fruit has the shape of a guava, weighs from 0.3 kg to 1.2 kg, and is yellow when ripe. Picking river fruit with a racket has the advantage of being fast, strong, and does not cause scratches, bruises, or breaks the fruit. Photo: Huy Thu

bna_5(2).jpg — When the river season comes, households with fruit-bearing rivers will pick and sell them themselves or sell them to professional pickers. Each river tree usually produces 3-5 quintals of fruit, large trees produce 6-7 quintals, or even 1 ton. According to local people, this year the river crop is not as good as previous years. Photo: Huy Thu

bna_6..jpg — During the river season, river picking groups in the area are very active, they usually go in groups of 2-5 people. Each day, one person can pick 2-3 quintals of fruit. The river season also brings a good income to river pickers. Mr. Nguyen Van Dung (61 years old) in Thanh My commune (Thanh Chuong) said: This river season, he bought about 40 trees. Every day, he and his wife have to actively go pick, if the ripe yellow fruit is not picked in time, it will all fall and be crushed. Each river tree is usually picked many times, the last time will collect all the green and ripe fruit. Photo: Huy Thu

song 1 — After picking, the collectors will sort the fruit, good fruit to sell immediately, bad fruit (scratched, wormy) to slice, dry and sell as dry goods. Mrs. Tran Thi Tam (68 years old) in Thanh My commune shared: Her family has nearly 30 river fruit trees, of which 14 trees have been bearing fruit for many years. In the past, river fruit was cheap, no one bought it, but now the price is good, growing river fruit also brings income. Her family has few people and cannot pick it themselves, so she has to "sell" the whole garden. Photo: Huy Thu

On hot days, households with ripe mangoes are busy picking, cutting, and drying mangoes. Mr. Nguyen Huu Lien's family in Thanh My commune has 5 mango trees that bear fruit. Each season, they sell both the fruit and dried mangoes for an income of 7-8 million VND. Photo: Huy Thu

Ripe river fruit will split into many pieces with just a light touch as if cut. The flesh of the river fruit has a sweet and sour taste, and tastes as good as mangosteen. However, eating too much will make you drunk. The flesh of the river fruit has a sour taste, used as a spice, to cook sour soup, to soak in sugar and honey to make a beverage, good for health... Local people said that if the weather is sunny, thinly sliced river fruit will dry in 2-3 days. Photo: Huy Thu

According to locals, fresh river fruit costs from 4,000 to 5,000 VND/kg, sliced and dried river fruit costs about 50,000 VND/kg. At this time, families with rivers and groups that specialize in picking river fruit will send a car to buy as much as they can pick. River fruit is selling well during the hot days. Photo: Huy Thu

Harvesting river fish with a net. Video: Huy Thu

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