DC. wrote:
> "Nathan Lau" > wrote in message
> t...
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>>"Durian King"? More like "blur king"...
>
> you're too modest.
>
>>I think the height of the durian season has passed, so I don't know about
>>getting a D24. We'll see. (No, I will _not_ participate in the above
>>stunts.)
>
> i think you can get durians anytime of the year now, it's big business in
> Thailand & that's where most of them seem to come from regardless of what
> time of the year it is. they must have commercial farms there that grow them
> & cross bred variants & be able to get some type of durians all year round.
> D24 is one of the most popular variant, others that i have heard of are D99.
> There's even a Thai durian centre open all year round here in London!

From what I understand from further research, the Malaysian varieties
(D24, D99, etc) have two seasons: June-Aug and Nov-Dec while the Thai
varieties (Chanee, Monthong, etc) have peak seasons in Apr-Jul or
Jul-Sept depending on the province.

The difference between the Malaysian and Thai varieties is that the
Malaysian ones are bred to have the best flavor when they are fully ripe
and fall off the tree. The Thai varietie on the other hand are bred to
have the best flavor while still on the tree. If you wait until a Thai
variety durian falls off, it will be past its peak flavor.

There is a friendly rivalry between Thais and Malaysians over the
quality of their respective durians. Malaysians think Thai durians
don't taste as good because the Thais cut them down early instead of
waiting for them to fall off. Thais think Malaysian durians don't taste
as good *because* they've waited too long. If only they understood that
they're really talking about different varieties of durian whose peak
flavors come at different times.

In any case, I'll probably be having D24 and D99 durian while I'm in
Malaysia. I'll take pictures but if you think D24 durian would last an
/hour/ after we brought it home from the shop, you'd be sorely mistaken!

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Aloha,

Nathan Lau
San Jose, CA

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