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“And, in addition to the above factors, I also wanted to land them in a distant-from-NY state where there was a relatively high percentage of the population that was from Southeast Asia, thus CA. I always assumed that the standing demand from the people who were most familiar with the fruit, the natives of Southeast Asia and anyone who had traveled there, would guarantee a sell-out for this fruit even if Americans were late to the party. Of course, the people who are driven to try things they are unfamiliar with always carries the day, as well. This is, after all, how the farm came to be in the first place.
“I do realize that these criteria could be used to describe many cities, especially and including Chicago which we lived outside of for 5 years. And loved, except that one winter when…
Incidentally, Crown also grows longan and bacuri on his 100-acre farm. Check out this San Juan radio interview where he talks all about it.
