Durian for Rp 250?

Durian for Rp 250?

BENGKULU, Bengkulu: Anyone craving durian, who missed out during the recent season in Jakarta, is advised to take a hike to Bengkulu.

Local farmers are having such a grand harvest of the smelly exotic fruit that the price has slumped to as low as Rp 250 each, compared to the Rp 10,000 one would have to pay in Jakarta, according to an Antara report.

The chief of the Bengkulu Plantation Office Oetomo Haryoko said the province is also having bumper harvests of rambutan, avocado and watermelon.

Durian connoisseurs here say the local fruit is far meatier than the ones normally grown in Java. (emb)