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Manila Bulletin, Agri Plain Talk,
Thursday, Sept. 14, 2000
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A lot of
people getting interested in rambutan
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by Zac B. Sarian |
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After
featuring rambutan on the cover of August issue of
Agriculture Magazine, a lot of people from Central Luzon as
well as many other provinces all of a sudden have gotten
interested in this fruit tree. |
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We know because a lot of readers have contacted us
asking where they could buy certified grafted
planting materials, especially of the Rongrein
variety from Thailand. One of the new rambutan
enthusiasts is Mayor Efren Alvarez of Muñoz, Nueva
Ecija. Hue just bought an initial 500 grafted
seedlings of Rongrein for planting in his town. Dr.
Rodolfo C. Undan, president of the Central Luzon
State University, who has already started planting
big numbers of rambutan in the university's orchard. |
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At the
Magallanes Weekend Market in Makati,
Bernie Dizon is also
selling a lot of his double rootstock Rongrein rambutan
which grow much faster than those with single rootstock. His
double rootstock have been proven to be highly productive.
In fact, the very fruitful rambutan trees in the farm of
Atty. Victor Lazatin in Tiaong, Quezon, are mostly with
double rootstock. |
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When he mentioned in our column in Panorama magazine
the forthcoming rambutan festival in Atty. Lazatin's
farm, we were swamped with telephone calls telling
us that they would like to attend the fruitfest. One
caller is a school administrator who would like to
bring two busloads of student and faculty members.
They are excited to see a rambutan farm, according
to her. |
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By the
way, the rambutan festival which was originally scheduled
for Sept. 19 has bee reset to October 3. This will coincide
with the peak harvest from the Rongrein trees. The farm is
along the highway, Km 96.4, Tiaong. |
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