Fruits and berries must be on the table, especially in the summer, when the counters are littered with fresh apricots, cherries, plums and peaches. All this is not so expensive (when compared with the same sweets), but very tasty and healthy.
However, everything in this world is relative. These are ordinary bananas or apples, you can buy no more than 100 rubles. But if you want to try the exotic, you have to fork out.
The most expensive fruits in the world are not available to people with average earnings. What is so special about them that people are ready to pay such a huge amount of money? Let's get it right.
10. Banana Gokusen
They are made by the Japanese company Dole. Gokusen Bananas are the most fragrant and delicious. They were grown by crossing hundreds of varieties, so it is much more aromatic, sweeter and more tender.
For each banana you have to pay $ 6. But it's worth it because It will be packed in a special box and equipped with a serial number. It can be found on the peel.
In addition, an ordinary banana weighs about 100 g, while this one is 2 times more. The company is trying to adhere to established standards, so all fruits have certain parameters, their unique weight and size.
This variety is grown in the Philippines. Why do they have such a name? The first part of the word is “goku”, it can be translated as “extreme”. Or there is a second translation option - “climax”. And "sen" means "compilation."
The first time a batch of these bananas went on sale on May 9, i.e. 9th of 5th month. In Japanese, 5 is “go,” and 9 is “ku.” So we get goku. And now these traditions are being observed, exclusive bananas are sold in limited quantities.
9. Pear in the form of Buddha
In China, “live” sculptures are in great demand now. Vegetables and fruits are grown in the form of a figurine of a famous person or an interesting subject. For this, special plastic molds are used.
At the very beginning, when the fetus is just forming, it is placed in a plastic container. He, growing up, takes the same form. People are willing to buy these unusual fruits, as souvenirs or decorations of the festive table.
Buddha shaped pears Gao Xinjiang began to grow Chinese. To develop his technology, he experimented for 6 years. For each pear, the farmer picks his own shape.
He cares for trees using special technology. But this effort and money pays off. His pears are willingly taken, despite the fact that they cost $ 9 apiece. The sign according to which pears in the form of Buddha brings good luck to everyone also helps him.
8. Dekopon
It is considered the most delicious citrus fruit in the world: very juicy, sweet (with a slight acidity), the partitions between the slices are as thin as possible. He was taken out in Japan, in Nagasaki.
This is a hybrid of mandarin and punkan. Ponkan is also a mandarin, popular in Asia. It is large in size. And in the title decopona there is this word, “pon” - it is from “ponkan”. And "deco" means uneven. Why it was so named is easy to understand if you look at this citrus: it has a small ledge at the top.
First decopon not very popular because of its plain appearance. But by the 90s, everyone appreciated its taste, now one fruit costs about $ 13. And this is no coincidence. It has to be grown in greenhouses, and then pick the fruits and pack them by hand.
After collection, they are left to ripen for 20-40 days at a certain temperature. Only after that, the amount of sugar in them increases and the level of citric acid decreases. To taste and smell resembles ordinary mandarin. He is very fond of the people of Japan.
7. Apples Sekai Ichi
This variety was bred in Japan in 1974. If you translate their name, you get "number one in the world."
To obtain apples Sekai Ichi, breeders crossed the Red Delicious and Golden Delicious. One such apple, whose weight can reach up to 1 kg, costs $ 21. And this price is justified, because apple trees are pollinated by hand with the help of special sticks.
When the fruits begin to ripen, they are watered with water and honey. During the harvest, each apple is carefully checked. If there is no damage or stains, it is packaged in a separate net and placed in a box.
They are soft, very sweet in taste (but with sourness), covered with beautiful peels. In Japan, these apples are bought for the holidays, and a dish with sliced slices is placed in the center of the table.
6. Strawberries from a fruit boutique
Tokyo has its own fruit salon Sembikiya. It can be compared with a jewelry store, as everything is very expensive there. But instead of gold and diamonds, fruits are sold here. Their cost is so high, because for this store are selected fruits of the ideal form, with the strongest aroma and taste. Such fruits are usually bought for formal events, weddings.
So, boutique strawberry starts at $ 69 per pack. It has only 12 berries. Despite the cost, these fruits are popular, the number of Sembikiya salons is increasing, because buying them is the whole event. Here you will not only be sold berries or other fruits, but they will also tell you how best to store and consume fruits.
5. Square watermelon
For the first time such watermelons were raised by Japanese farmers from the island of Shikoku. It was assumed that it would be easier to store in the refrigerator and transport from place to place. But to grow square watermelonIt takes a lot of effort.
They acquire an unusual shape for them after they are placed in cubic containers of glass or plastic.
Another significant minus is the taste. Unusual watermelon remains unripe. Therefore, they do not buy for the sake of taste, but as an element of decor or an unusual surprise gift. In Japan, it can be purchased at fruit shops for $ 200, and abroad, it can cost up to $ 800.
4. Mango "Egg of the Sun"
In Japan, they love expensive berries and fruits. Claimed there and mango "Egg of the Sun" or "Taiyo no Tamago".
Each fruit put up for sale should weigh exactly 350 g, it should have a bright red skin and a high sugar content.
Mangoes of this variety are very rare, therefore they are highly valued. Each year, these fruits are sold at auction, where their price reaches record levels: up to 300 thousand yen. This is almost 3 thousand dollars.
3. Ruby Roman grapes
This dining room grape "Roman ruby" was bred by Roman breeders residing in Japan in 1994. It is grown in Ishikawa Prefecture.
Distinctive feature grape ruby roman - red color (hence the name) and size. Each grape grows to the size of a ping-pong ball, weighs up to 20 g, and if it is a “premium class” - 30 g.
It is very sweet (over 18% sugar). The first time a 700-gram bunch of this grape was sold for $ 910, i.e. about 26 dollars for 1 grape. In 2016, $ 10,900 was paid at an auction for a brush weighing 700 g. But 2017 was a record year, when for a bunch with 30 berries they gave 11 thousand dollars, i.e. 360 dollars per berry. About 16 thousand of such brushes can be realized per year; they are sold only by the piece.
2. Black Densuke Watermelon
If you want to try the most expensive berry in the world, then this black watermelon densoque. It is grown only on the island of Hokkaido. It all began in 1980, when the rice crop fell sharply.
About 10 thousand watermelons are produced here a year, in which they have a black glossy peel without spots and stripes. It weighs about 5-7 kg, but some berries grow to 11 kg.
Watermelons are very juicy and sweet, their flesh is red. On average, you will have to pay $ 250 for such a watermelon. The first ripened fruit is sold at auction. The cost of such a watermelon can be a record: in 2008 - 6300 dollars, in 2009 - 6100 dollars.
1. Melon Yubari
This variety of the most expensive melon was also bred by Japanese breeders in 1961. The fruit is small - about 600 g, maximum weight - 1.5 kg. Melon Yubari very juicy and sweet, with orange flesh. They grow it on the island of Hokkaido, near the city of Yubari (hence the name).
Ideal conditions are created for it, but it is believed that the secret of unusual taste is soil in which there is a lot of volcanic ash.
In supermarkets, it can be purchased at a price of 50 to 200 dollars. But at auctions that sell the earliest and highest quality fruits, the price can be huge. So, in 2007, the melon was sold for $ 23. 500, and in 2016 - for $ 27.200.