Strangely, the early ripening lychee is sweet and less sour, the shocking price is still crowded with customers

Early ripening lychees are being sold a lot on online markets, traditional markets in the South, and in Dak Lak and Dak Nong regions… is the type of lychee grown mainly in the Central Highlands. This year, the price of fabric increased, even doubled and tripled compared to last year.

Early ripening lychee, also known as pink lychee, is harvested from April to June every year. Lychee has a sweet taste with a bit of sourness, not as sweet as Northern lychee. Currently, fruit shops sell for 100,000-130,000 VND per kilogram, double the same period last year.

The pink fabric has a sharper tip than the lychee

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According to a survey by VnExpress, at traditional shops and markets in Ho Chi Minh City, early ripening lychees cost between 100,000 and 120,000 VND, double last year. On the contrary, on the online market, the price is cheaper, only from 45,000 – 70,000 VND/kg.

The small traders here said that the early ripening litchi being sold originates from Dak Lak, harvested from the end of April to June. This year, the price of lychee rose sharply due to an increase of 40 percent in transportation and storage costs. %. Moreover, litchi is at the beginning of the crop, so the quantity supplied to the market is still limited.

In high-end fruit stores, early ripening lychees are also sold on the shelves for up to 130,000 VND per kilogram. According to shop owners, prices here are higher than in traditional markets because the fruit is carefully selected.

“This year, the price of lychee has increased sharply to 130,000 VND per kilogram but still attracts customers,” said Ms. Hoa, the owner of a fruit shop on Thong Nhat Street (Go Vap District). She has been selling pink lychee for 2 days now and imports about 10kg per day because of the limited quantity at the top of the crop.

On the online market, pink lychee is quite cheap at only 45,000 VND/kg. Screenshots

At gardeners, the price of this product is at 40,000-45,000 VND per kg, an increase of 10,000-20,000 VND over the same period. Growers said that the price increased because of the high cost and labor of taking care of this year’s litchi season. On the other hand, litchi is at the beginning of the crop, so the quantity supplied to the market is low.

At a garden house in Buon Ma Thuot, Dak Lak, the gardener said that U Hong lychee is quite attractive this year. At the beginning of the season litchi costs 60,000 VND/kg, and is expected to increase in the near future. The owner of the garden said: “Customers everywhere such as Saigon, Da Nang, and Hanoi placed orders that could not be delivered in time, and each order also ordered a box of cloth”.

Enterprises specializing in purchasing fabrics in Tay Nguyen explained that last year, it was difficult for goods to be sold to other localities due to isolation activities, but now the situation seems to be more stable, so consumption is good, helping to increase prices.

Data from the report of Dak Lak Department of Agriculture and Rural Development information, the province’s lychee growing area is over 1,313 hectares, an increase of more than 5 times compared to 2015, accounting for 3.6% of the total tree area. fruit trees (36,300 ha).

Most of the lychee area is concentrated in Ea Kar, M’Drak, Krong Pac, Krong Ana, Buon Ho and Krong Nang. This province is actively opening training courses, transferring science and technology; actively oriented production according to VietGAP process to help litchi grow sustainably.

Close-up of a lychee garden in the Central Highlands. Source: Hana Ban Me

The red litchi variety is characterized by sparse growth and showing off fruit. Belonging to the group of varieties with medium-sized fruits, the weight is 30-35 fruits/kg. When ripe, the fruit skin is thin, the shoulder is bright red pink, the end of the fruit is yellow or bright green. The fruit is slightly sour when green, medium sweet when ripe.

The percentage of edible pulp accounted for 55-60%. The average yield of the same age is usually 2/3 of that of the main crop variety, the yield is quite stable and less affected by cold weather.

Dak Lak in particular and the Central Highlands in general is known as the capital of coffee and pepper, in recent years, the prices of these key agricultural products have continuously decreased, so people are tending to switch to coffee and pepper. change crops.

Along with Huong chi longan, Mien T2 and T6 longan, litchi is becoming a conversion option of farmers, taking care of litchi is not too difficult compared to other crops.

According to the Fatherland