The day the off-season disappears: the impact of a new longan variety where flowers and fruit coexist
On a single tree, flowers and fruit awaiting harvest hang at the same time. On a sandbar in Vietnam's Mekong Delta, such a new variety of longan has begun to bear fruit. Its name is "Long Phung Chau." It fruits about two years after planting, can be harvested almost year-round, and sells at 100,000 dong per kilo (about...