Sour weather, sweet mangoes

Picking the best: Rosedi (left) helping customers choose Harumanis mangoes that he brings from Perlis inside his vehicle and sells near markets during the season in Pulau Tikus, Penang. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: The much-anti­cipated Harumanis mangoes are back but this year’s harvest has been affected by erratic weather, which slashed yields by more than half in some orchards.

Grown only in Perlis, the Haru­manis fruits once a year between April and June.