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We at Dunia Dagang together with some friends (blogroll) + friends in KOKUAT are involved in growing/planting rock melons - jade dew, glamour, olympic, gordes etc...email us if you require melons for your stock --- (hmmm, melon senget sedappp <<--- orang Jepun cakap Melayu...)

Erman-san / ultimaweaponx, any advice?
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Prices crash for Japan's most expensive melons
By TOMOKO A. HOSAKA. TOKYO (AP) — The latest victim of Japan's recession is round, sweet and famous for being shockingly expensive.
The first two Yubari melons of the season were auctioned Friday in northern Japan and fetched 500,000 yen ($5,200). Pricey? Certainly. But it's practically a steal if you consider last year's winning bid — a record 2.5 million yen, or about $26,000. In 2007 they sold for 2 million yen.
It appears the world's swankiest melon is in a major deflationary slump.
Weighing about eight pounds, the premium cantaloupes were part of the season's initial harvest at Sapporo Central Wholesale Market. Every year buyers flock to the market for a shot at the prestige of winning the very first melons of the year.
The orange-fleshed melons are grown only in the city of Yubari, a small town on the northern island of Hokkaido. Valued for their perfect proportions and taste, they are typically given as gifts by Japanese during the summer.
The other melons at the first auction aren't quite as expensive, but even those tumbled in price this year. The average price Friday of 84 melons was about $400, down from $630 last year, according to the Sankei newspaper.
Department stores and high-end retailers sell the fruit to the public for $50 to $100, though prices can run much higher depending on quality.
Yubari official Kaoru Hirano says the dramatic drop in this year's winning bid is actually good for the financially strapped city, which needs its melon industry to buck the recession.
"I think last year was highly unusual," Hirano said. "Such a high price gave the melons a bit of an image problem. Everyone began to think that they were just too expensive, and this hurt the average retailer."
Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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The first two Yubari melons (pic) of the season are shown with a slip of paper written with the auctioned price of 500,000 yen ($5,200) in northern Japanese city of Sapporo, Hokkaido, Friday, May 15, 2009. Pricey? Certainly. But it's practically a steal if you consider last year's winning bid _ a record 2.5 million yen, or about $26,000. In 2007 they sold for 2 million yen. It appears the world's swankiest melon is in a major deflationary slump. Weighing about eight pounds, the premium cantaloupes were part of the season's initial harvest at Sapporo Central Wholesale Market. Every year buyers flock to the market for a shot at the prestige of winning the very first melons of the year. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

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For info, Dunia Dagang main business is in growing/planting and giving advice/consultation on fertigation project/program and to supply/set up items/system/greenhouse. In fertigation program, our focus mainly on non-organic fertigation ie. chemical pesticide/fertilizer/hormone etc. But, we are also committed to organic farming (due to increase in price for similar outputs - melon, brinjal, chilli etc).

Harga ladang Rock Melon @ Malaysia ranging from RM3.00 - RM4.50 per kilo depending on quality. But if you sell direct (on your own) to end-customer, the price may reach RM5-RM6 per kilo.

Try visit the nearest hypermart especially Cold Storage, search for rock melon...

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Rock Melon's varieties

Pokok/Buah melon tergantung/bersampul

RTM crew in action - AGROJURNAL - extreme friendly/kelakar !!!

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