Thursday, September 11, 2008

A fruit that smells like hell but taste like heaven


There is a native fruit that a Davaoeno is very proud of. The "Durian", a fruit that most of the people tell outside of davao says the It smells like hell but it taste like heaven." Durian fruit is a native of Davao. When I was still in my elementary years where Durian is not that much popular, we bought Durian fruit in just one place in Calinan or in Tugbuk area. This is the only stall where you can buy Durian fruit at a cheaper price. The stall owners usually owns the Durian tree and since there area was located along the road they have decided to make a stall on the road shoulders. On 1980's, Davao city created a festival named ApoDuWaling, a name that derives from Mt' Apo-the tallest mountain in the Philippines that is located in Davao, Durian-the native fruit of Davao and Waling-waling, a native wild orchid that grows in the mountainous areas in Davao. That's the time where Durian became so famous. Durian right now is so popular, that's why the price got so high due to the increase in demand. The present price of Durian Fruit right now is 60 per kilo and one Durian fruit weighs 5 to 7 kilos so this means that a single fruit of Durian could cost 300 to 420 pesos a fruit. As a result, a lot of Farmers convert their land into a Durian fruit farm because they knew that growing Durian can be very profitable.

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