Vietnamese purple longan is hot-selling, more fragrant, sweeter and bigger

Recently, a purple-skinned longan has become popular in the Vietnamese market. It is twice as big as ordinary longan and has a stronger fragrance and sweetness. The retail price of purple-skinned longan is as high as 130,000 Vietnamese dong per kilogram, which is about 37 yuan per kilogram. According to merchants, the price of purple-skinned longan is about twice that of ordinary longan. Although the price has increased by 15-20% compared with the same period last year, it is still in short supply. The purple-skinned longan was bred by Nguyen Van Phuc, a farmer in Vinh Long Province, through hybridization. The peel is beautiful purple-red, the flesh is yellow, the core is small and the flesh is thick. It can bear fruit all year round, and the yield is comparable to that of ordinary longan. The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vinh Long Province said that the local purple-skinned longan planting ...