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Believed to be an aphrodisiac fruit, this became the
Chinese's favorite. Like
lychee, longan seeds also
produce 70% male that will never bear fruits. In the
Bernie Dizon's hometown in Bongabon, N.E., a
Taiwanese company established a plantation of lychee
and longan with the purpose of exporting the fruits
to Taiwan.
But they found out that Manila is more lucrative
marker for longan and lychee fruits |
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so what we are buying now are
locally grown imported lychee and longan. The secret is
using growth regulator (cultar) and spraying of flower
inducer (potassium chlorate), which is not locally
available.
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Manila Bulletin, Agriculture, Thurs., June 24,
1999 |
| THAI
LONGAN |
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Zac B. Sarian |
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| Bernie Dizon will
be making available a limited number of grafted
longan from Thailand at the Magallanes Weekend
Market. This is a variety which has fruited in
the Philippines, producing fleshy fruits with
small seeds. Also to be available in limited
number are grafted mangosteen, Centennial
Carabao mango, and Pearly Longkong from Dr.
Pablito Pamplona. |
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Manila Bulletin, Home & Garden Talk |
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THAI LONGAN |
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One of
best-selling fruit tree at the Magallanes
Weekend Market is the grafted Thai Longan
variety propagated by Bernie Dizon. This has
small seeds and has been fruiting in the
Philippines. Also a hot seller is the grafted
mangosteen which can also be grown in Luzon.
This fruit tree will do best under partial
shade, such as under coconuts and other trees.
Grafted mangosteen are very low growing. Even
those two feet tall are already fruiting.
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