BEIJING (The Straits Times/ANN): Zhang Mingming, 35, will soon be harvesting some 1,000 durians from his orchard in Hainan island’s leafy Baoting county, a haven for tropical fruit.
They spell a windfall for the businessman-turned-farmer: His durians, of the Thai Ganyao variety, are priced at 200 yuan (S$37) per kilogram. If all goes well, Zhang will be around 700,000 yuan richer by the end of the durian season in September.
