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Turbocharged
2 minutes ago, Tohto said:

That's why now I only buy durian when those good store declare season started. This is the time that good quality durian start to roll to the street.

 

 

yup. Now most of the "reputable" stores have not started.

Only one I know of but they facing a high % of rejected durians. Seems they jumped the gun this time round.

Usually the Ramadan month is a good time to buy durian (when in season) due to lower demand.

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18 minutes ago, Shibadog said:

 

yup. Now most of the "reputable" stores have not started.

Only one I know of but they facing a high % of rejected durians. Seems they jumped the gun this time round.

Usually the Ramadan month is a good time to buy durian (when in season) due to lower demand.

The few stores that I bought from currently all post durian season will start early June.

I will wait till mid June for the price to stabilise and quality get better.

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2 minutes ago, Tohto said:

The few stores that I bought from currently all post durian season will start early June.

I will wait till mid June for the price to stabilise and quality get better.

sounds like June will be Pahang farms

Penang season already started but can't go there now  [:(]

 

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41 minutes ago, Tohto said:

The few stores that I bought from currently all post durian season will start early June.

I will wait till mid June for the price to stabilise and quality get better.

My usual vendor, Ah Teck, told me to call him in mid Jun for best MSW.  Ah Seng has limited MSW and expensive.

Most places selling Chanee and Thunder King now. Are these kampong or Thai durians with newly invented fanciful names so that they can command higher pricing ?  

Who do you usually buy from?  

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35 minutes ago, Voodooman said:

My usual vendor, Ah Teck, told me to call him in mid Jun for best MSW.  Ah Seng has limited MSW and expensive.

Most places selling Chanee and Thunder King now. Are these kampong or Thai durians with newly invented fanciful names so that they can command higher pricing ?  

Who do you usually buy from?  


Chanee is a registered thai cultivar. Often passed off as MSW or similar here.

i'm not familiar with Thunder king.

 

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48 minutes ago, Voodooman said:

My usual vendor, Ah Teck, told me to call him in mid Jun for best MSW.  Ah Seng has limited MSW and expensive.

Most places selling Chanee and Thunder King now. Are these kampong or Thai durians with newly invented fanciful names so that they can command higher pricing ?  

Who do you usually buy from?  

Not sure about those new fancy name.

Normally I buy from Katong 227, Spike Empire Durian and 128 durian.

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22 hours ago, Tohto said:

Don't look little WZW, it should be more brighter yellow.

Besides this was selling MSW at $18/kg🙄. This was a newly opened stall so wasn't sure of the quality so just bought some to try first and didn't want to buy the more expensive one yet. All those I bought had between ~12 seeds per durian.

Not durian expert, main thing this was worth it for the price and quality to me.

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Was at Chong Pang just now, and got 2 durians for $10.

Size isnt great and they certainly dont look that appealing (was quite worried that I would end up with 2 stinking paperweights) , but taste is amazing for early durian.

Look at the slight blue black of the white durian...slurps.

The white one is quite bitter, while the reddish one, which I reckon is a D168 (or D101) is sweet.

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56 minutes ago, Brass said:

Was at Chong Pang just now, and got 2 durians for $10.

Size isnt great and they certainly dont look that appealing (was quite worried that I would end up with 2 stinking paperweights) , but taste is amazing for early durian.

Look at the slight blue black of the white durian...slurps.

The white one is quite bitter, while the reddish one, which I reckon is a D168 (or D101) is sweet.

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Slight blue black is supposed to b good? 

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55 minutes ago, Scholesy said:

Slight blue black is supposed to b good? 

That would be the best. That is the colour of what good durian is about.

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On 5/17/2020 at 11:07 AM, Voodooman said:

My usual vendor, Ah Teck, told me to call him in mid Jun for best MSW.  Ah Seng has limited MSW and expensive.

Most places selling Chanee and Thunder King now. Are these kampong or Thai durians with newly invented fanciful names so that they can command higher pricing ?  

Who do you usually buy from?  

Ah Seng I stopped patronising since 2 year ago..his MSW durian I find so-so and further most time it is like 85% ripe.

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On 5/26/2020 at 12:12 AM, Hamburger said:

That would be the best. That is the colour of what good durian is about.

黑青黑青!!! 你看它的肉!!! 你看它的肉!!!! [:p][laugh][laugh]

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1 hour ago, Busker888 said:

Ah Seng I stopped patronising since 2 year ago..his MSW durian I find so-so and further most time it is like 85% ripe.

My experience with Ah Seng is ok.

Usually I don't buy during off season. I will text first, tell them my preference (including highlighting I am fussy buyer) and ask ho bo?  Usually they are quite upfront. 

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D13 Durians from 99 Old Trees. 👍moist and bitter.

But the level of bitterness no fight with MSW or S17. Free one cannot hiam🤪😋

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Looking forward to more durians mid to end June. 

Have a good night's rest. 

Cheers 

 

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1 minute ago, PSP415 said:

D13 Durians from 99 Old Trees. 👍moist and bitter.

But the level of bitterness no fight with MSW or S17. Free one cannot hiam🤪😋

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Looking forward to more durians mid to end June. 

Have a good night's rest. 

Cheers 

 

D13 has never be bitter. For bitter as you mention,  msw, s17 or get the D24. 

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Just now, Tohto said:

D13 has never be bitter. For bitter as you mention,  msw, s17 or get the D24. 

There is bitterness but not so obvious or intense. I was surprised that there's a hint of xo on palette but again its mildly so. 

Am looking forward to a good harvest of really bitter ones from mid June onwards. 

Do share if hv nice lobangs.

Cheers

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