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Visit to a durian farm in Kampong Cham province. Not sure if this is the right kind of durian for the OP, but at least they're fresh.

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Talking to the wife....yes she's heard of Montong and understands it to be good but says she doesn't know if she's eaten it as it's 'expensive and I don't know where to buy...".

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Barang chgout wrote: Sat Jun 24, 2017 7:17 am Talking to the wife....yes she's heard of Montong and understands it to be good but says she doesn't know if she's eaten it as it's 'expensive and I don't know where to buy...".

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90% of the Durians grown in Thailand are either Mon Thong or the Chanee Durians
in Cambodia the Durians are usually either Mon Thong or Chanee also
locally grown Mon Thongs are actually more expensive than Thai imported ones
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Mon Thong is a named Thai variety. They do no have named varieties here- all are seedlings, no grafted trees thus no named cultivars.
I used to grow this var along with D7 and D10 from Malaysia in North Queensland.
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frank lee bent wrote: Sun Jun 25, 2017 8:05 am Mon Thong is a named Thai variety. They do no have named varieties here- all are seedlings, no grafted trees thus no named cultivars.
I used to grow this var along with D7 and D10 from Malaysia in North Queensland.
yep mon thong translates to "golden pillow"
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Jamie_Lambo wrote:
frank lee bent wrote: Sun Jun 25, 2017 8:05 am Mon Thong is a named Thai variety. They do no have named varieties here- all are seedlings, no grafted trees thus no named cultivars.
I used to grow this var along with D7 and D10 from Malaysia in North Queensland.
yep mon thong translates to "golden pillow"
Golden, stinky, fucking spikey pillow!

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Sara wrote:For Durian lovers, Any suggestion of reputable Durian seller here in PP?
A Cambodian on our Facebook page gave us a quick guide to purchasing a lovely durian..

"Hi everyone, I guess I can suggest a more surer way to recognize durian rather than focusing on the shop location. That would be" the smaller size durian is less exposed to fertilizer and and chemicals than the larger ones during fruiting process" Durain from Kom Pot Provincial area is the local top pick". Also, the stronger the aroma of natural durian must be present in order to select the natural ripping process as a pose to chemical sprayed durian that has little aroma to none at all. Good luck and enjoy the most yummy durian in our country."

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General Mackevili wrote: Sun Jun 25, 2017 8:17 pm
Sara wrote:For Durian lovers, Any suggestion of reputable Durian seller here in PP?
A Cambodian on our Facebook page gave us a quick guide to purchasing a lovely durian..

"Hi everyone, I guess I can suggest a more surer way to recognize durian rather than focusing on the shop location. That would be" the smaller size durian is less exposed to fertilizer and and chemicals than the larger ones during fruiting process" Durain from Kom Pot Provincial area is the local top pick". Also, the stronger the aroma of natural durian must be present in order to select the natural ripping process as a pose to chemical sprayed durian that has little aroma to none at all. Good luck and enjoy the most yummy durian in our country."

Hope that helps.
Cool. That helps a lot. Stinky is good. If your durian doesn't smell like a good ripe French cheese left out in the sun, then it's a dud.
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Anchor Moy wrote: Sun Jun 25, 2017 8:37 pm
General Mackevili wrote: Sun Jun 25, 2017 8:17 pm
Sara wrote:For Durian lovers, Any suggestion of reputable Durian seller here in PP?
A Cambodian on our Facebook page gave us a quick guide to purchasing a lovely durian..

"Hi everyone, I guess I can suggest a more surer way to recognize durian rather than focusing on the shop location. That would be" the smaller size durian is less exposed to fertilizer and and chemicals than the larger ones during fruiting process" Durain from Kom Pot Provincial area is the local top pick". Also, the stronger the aroma of natural durian must be present in order to select the natural ripping process as a pose to chemical sprayed durian that has little aroma to none at all. Good luck and enjoy the most yummy durian in our country."

Hope that helps.
Cool. That helps a lot. Stinky is good. If your durian doesn't smell like a good ripe French cheese left out in the sun, then it's a dud.
it all depends on the specie though as some durians naturally have less odours than others and vary in size
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General Mackevili wrote: Sun Jun 25, 2017 8:17 pm
Sara wrote:For Durian lovers, Any suggestion of reputable Durian seller here in PP?
A Cambodian on our Facebook page gave us a quick guide to purchasing a lovely durian..

"Hi everyone, I guess I can suggest a more surer way to recognize durian rather than focusing on the shop location. That would be" the smaller size durian is less exposed to fertilizer and and chemicals than the larger ones during fruiting process" Durain from Kom Pot Provincial area is the local top pick". Also, the stronger the aroma of natural durian must be present in order to select the natural ripping process as a pose to chemical sprayed durian that has little aroma to none at all. Good luck and enjoy the most yummy durian in our country."

Hope that helps.

I'm guessing this gem of information came from Kampot?
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