Currently, at some traditional markets in Hai Duong, the price of 1 kilo of large eggplant is up to more than half a million dong.
According to traders at some traditional markets such as Dong Ngo Quyen and Thanh Binh (Hai Duong City), currently, large female eggplants are being sold at 550,000-560,000 VND/kg (about 5-6 eggs), male eggplants are from 340,000-350,000 VND/kg.
Eggplant is more expensive because it is firm, has more meat and roe.
Meanwhile, small eggplants are sold for 150,000-160,000 VND/kg.
Eggplant is also known as hairy crab, eggplant usually lives in brackish water, its meat has a characteristic sweet taste. Some fishermen catch eggplant in Kinh Thay, Thai Binh, Luoc rivers...
Currently, in addition to natural exploitation and fishing, Hai Duong has a number of commercial eggplant farming facilities in the communes of Hung Dao (Chi Linh), Van To, Ha Thanh (Tu Ky)... The supply of eggplant on the market also comes from many other places, helping this specialty no longer be as scarce as in previous years.
Eggplant season usually starts from August to October of the lunar calendar.
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