Chestnut season in northern province

As it is the late season for chestnuts, famous chestnut fruits in Trung Khanh district of the northern province of Cao Bang have become more desirable and delicious.

While Nguyen Van Quang climbs on a tree and shakes it for the ripened fruits to fall down, his wife, Hoang Thi Minh collects the
fallen fruits from the ground. Raw fruits are full of thorns and can hurt anyone who touches them by chance.

After ten years, the couple has over 1.3 hectares of orchard with 200 chestnut trees, bringing them VND30-50 million each year.

Mr. Quang’s and Ms Minh’s 200-tree orchard

Mr. Quang often climbs up the trees to shake the fruits to fall onto the ground.

Each hard chestnut fruit contains three grains inside.

The shell of the fruit needs to be burnt to avoid hurting people.

The couple sell the chestnuts at a higher price in late season, often at VND70,000 per kilogram.

The chestnuts sell very well at Trung Khanh market.