‘If you want to eat durians, better eat them now already,’ a seller says as supplies become less abundant
They believe the days of heavily discounted durians and free giveaways have come to an end.
“The supply is still there, but not much,” Alvin Teoh, owner of popular Geylang fruit shop Durian 36, said.
The recent flood of cheap durians was caused by what is known in agriculture as a bumper harvest – an unusually large harvest produced within a short period.
According to Kelvin Tan, owner of 99 Old Trees Durian, both Johor and Pahang experienced bumper harvests at almost exactly the same time this season.
“It was a wave,” Tan said. “Both the Pahang and Johor harvests happened at the same time.”
