- As an agrotourism area of 264 hectares, Mekarsari Fruit Park has a collection of 33,868 fruit plants consisting of 711 varieties, of which 145 types include rare Indonesian fruit plants.
Mekarsari Fruit Garden is also the center of preservation of the largest and most comprehensive tropical fruits in the world, especially the types of superior fruits collected from all regions in Indonesia.
"One of the tropical fruits that Mekarsari Fruit Park is cultivating is Salak.
It is unfortunate, most people are only familiar with Salak Pondoh which is a fruit that people often refer to as Sleman Super Salak. This is because the pondoh salak market is very wide and the lack of public knowledge about various types of barking", said Marketing Communication Mekarsari Fruit Garden, Firman Setiawan to reporters including Elshinta.com Reporter, Dody Handoko, Saturday (7/9).
He explained, Mekarsari Fruit Garden not only cultivates Pondoh Salak. As an agrotourism with the most complete collection of salak in the world, there are 31 types of salak that have been cultivated, including Pondoh Salak, Condet Salak, Bali Salak, Rose Salak, Salak Pasir Sugar to Rare Red Salak (Affinis).
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Not only harvesting zalacca, Mekarsari Fruit Garden will also enter the abundant harvest of Mango Chokanan. Visitors can enjoy the fruit as much as possible with the family.
Chokanan Mango is a mango variety that become a favorite of many people because of its fruit flavor. The fruit is dark yellow on the outer skin and soft yellow on the inside. "Like the nickname" The Honey Mango ", the Chokanan mango tastes very sweet like honey when harvested in the right ripe conditions or when the skin has yellowed. When eaten even if it is still green the taste is also not acidic," he said.
Chokanan Mango is a type of mango that is quite rare in the market, but the demand for mangoes is very high because of the sweet sensation and it is very delicious. "Therefore, you can be one of the lucky ones to enjoy the Chokanan mangoes to their heart's content, the fresh ripening of the garden is a privilege and the advantage of joining the Chokanan Mango Harvest Booking Program in Mekarsari Fruit Park," he said.
