which fruit is the cheapest in your place?
By sophialin
@sophialin (2677)
China
March 22, 2008 1:16am CST
i live in ningbo,zhejiang province,china. the cheapest fruit here is orange,it's about $1 changed to dollar for 20 oranges. quite cheap,isn't it? while the price of lime and lemon is much higher.
where do you live? what's the cheapest fruit in your place?
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20 responses
@sophialin (2677)
• China
30 Mar 08
yes,prices are rising everywhere in china.i wonder which price is rising largely in your palce?
@mhayelynna (363)
• Philippines
23 Mar 08
i live in the Philippines..........mango is in the season, but still bananas is the cheapest, you could buy it for 25 Philippine peso per kilo
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@sophialin (2677)
• China
30 Mar 08
i have a bit ignorant of philippine peso,what's the change rate beween it and dollar?
@sophialin (2677)
• China
23 Mar 08
at last,you haven't told me the price of mango
as i see,mandarin orange and fuji apple are expensive,at least dearer than that in chin.
as i see,mandarin orange and fuji apple are expensive,at least dearer than that in chin.1 person likes this
@sophialin (2677)
• China
25 Mar 08
$1 for 2 kilos,that's indeed cheap.the price of mango is almost double in china,and even thrice for some quality or special ones.
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@bubblyapple (2653)
• Philippines
24 Mar 08
chiyosan is right, mangoes here in the Philippines are cheap eapecially during summer. my mom bought mangoes the other day and it cost $1 for 2 kilos, would you believe that? its very cheap during summer but when mangoes is not in season, it will cost you $1 per kilos, not bad, it still cheap compared with other countries. :-)
@SHAMRACK (8576)
• India
22 Mar 08
Dear Sophialin,
In our place Southern State of India called Kerala at present banana is the cheapest. Here in many places one could see a banana plant. It depends also in price variations too in inner villages in cost only 50 paise and in cities it cost 1 rupee (Rupee value for one dollar is around 45 rupees. Other fruits like mango, jackfruit, pineapple are also available according to seasons.
@sophialin (2677)
• China
30 Mar 08
i hear banana is cheap in all places of africa,isn't it? it seems africa is rich of tropic fruit such as banana,pineapple and mango.
@gabrielle47 (1219)
• Philippines
25 Mar 08
I live here in the Philippines and since we cant grow oranges we get it from countries like yours. Here, the orange is much more expensive as it is around $4 or more to 20 oranges. But I love the Philippine mango and since its summer season and season of Mangoes, its the cheapest to be at this time.
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@sophialin (2677)
• China
30 Mar 08
amazing price od oringe.i didn't know that philippine is not suitable to plant oringe before.for what reason,water and soil? mango is a dear fruit in my place.
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@sophialin (2677)
• China
30 Mar 08
banana is always quite cheap in guangzhou.i guess oringe is cheaper than many other fruits in china.how do you think?
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@desertdarlene (8910)
• United States
23 Mar 08
Oranges are really cheap here, too. It's about 3lbs or so for a dollar at my local store. That's also about 20 to 25 oranges. It also depends on the season. I also get bananas at one store for about 40 cents a pound, too. I would say that those are the cheapest fruits in my area right now. Other fruits get cheaper as they come into season.
@sophialin (2677)
• China
30 Mar 08
oh really cheap,while i don't dare to eat orange much,coz i hear that it will make your skin colour yellow day by day if you have much every day.
@olivemai (4738)
• United States
30 Mar 08
Kiwi is a fruit from Australia, I think! It is small, green fruit covered by a light brown, fuzzy skin! The fruit has tiny seeds that you eat, they are black soft seeds that make the fruit especially beautiful when it is sliced in a certain way! The fruit is sweet and juicy when it is ripe, soft too!
@sophialin (2677)
• China
30 Mar 08
mm please forgive my ignorance,what is 'kiwi'.i have seen it a few times on mylot while still have no conception of it,would you be kindly to tell me?
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@sophialin (2677)
• China
22 Mar 08
oh,that's the same,an typical apple here is around rmb1.5 yuan,which changed to dollar is 5 apples one dollar.
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@austinbell (491)
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23 Mar 08
fruit is fairly pricey here in the UK even apples.pears and plums which grow very well here. I suppose at the moment bananas are the cheapest and I am paying around £1/$2 per kilo
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@austinbell (491)
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30 Mar 08
the cost of living is fairly high at the moment but don't forget that bananas are imported along with many of our fruit. I paid nearly £3/$6 the other week for a bag of apples admittedly they were quite large apples
@sophialin (2677)
• China
30 Mar 08
i'm sure prices are high in UK,coz banana only cost $0.8 per kilo in china,almost 25% of that in UK
@leeapollo (611)
• China
22 Mar 08
sophialin,I don't know what is the cheapest in my place ,maybe apple or orange .because that's the fruit are usually see in the market.But I don't concern about the price when I buy fruit,I just buy the thing I like to eat.haha.^_^
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@sophialin (2677)
• China
28 Mar 08
oh i guess you never worried about money coz i pay close attention to price every time i buy fruit.since i'm no difference in many fruits,i used to pick the cheappest one.i only have a dear fruit once in a while.mostly cheaper is priority.
coz i pay close attention to price every time i buy fruit.since i'm no difference in many fruits,i used to pick the cheappest one.i only have a dear fruit once in a while.mostly cheaper is priority.
@longsperes (64)
• China
22 Mar 08
Sophialin, I'm sorry. I responsed this topic in another discussion you posted.
@sophialin (2677)
• China
25 Mar 08
never mind,i have made a similar mistake.i posted a wrong comment to one of my response.
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@passionfalcon (84)
• Canada
24 Mar 08
The fruits here are probably more expensive then other places. A 5lb. bag of oranges is about 4.00 us. Banana's we get for .49 a lb. Lemon's have gone through the ceiling anywhere from .70 to 1.00 each!. It wasn't long ago you could buy 4-1.00. Limes are still cheap 4-1.00
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@passionfalcon (84)
• Canada
30 Mar 08
I'm in Canada and our lemons are now 1.00 each. 2 years ago it was 4-1.00. It's changing quickly.
@Modestah (11177)
• United States
25 Mar 08
it used to be bananas at about 25cents a pound you could get quite a few bananas for your dollar - but they have gone up quite a bit the last couple of months...
grapes can be had on sale for 99cents a pound
I bought strawberries on Saturday for $1.25 a pound and thought that was a great price.
Soon price per pound the best buy will be watermelons and tomatoes.
@sophialin (2677)
• China
30 Mar 08
yes watermelon is in the season soon,i love it very much and looking forward to it now.while do you eat tomatos directly or after cooking?
@sophialin (2677)
• China
30 Mar 08
that's almost the lowest price.i have been in guangzhou for two years thus familiar with the prices. banana is cheaper in guangzhou than other cities in china.
@brucekaushik (891)
• India
30 Mar 08
hey there i am an Indian and here we have oranges at 2 rupees per orange
that means approximately 20 oranges per $ it is cheap
and also here we get bananas and grapes cheap too.
@sophialin (2677)
• China
30 Mar 08
oh,how often do you go to fruit shop? i almost go there every day.i like to do one-off shopping.thus i'm sensitive to the price.
@janujennifer (664)
• Philippines
30 Mar 08
Here in the Philippines, bananas seem to be the cheapest fruit - only 0.50 USD per kilo of bananas. The foreign fruits like apples and grapefruit are considered expensive, but in some markets, you can buy a Fuji apple worth 0.25 USD a piece.
