Those who want to eat plums and cherries in winter will have to pay the price of a quarter gold coin.

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In Kayseri, where the air temperature drops to minus 10 degrees at night, summer fruits such as plums and cherries have found their place on the stalls upon demand. The price per kilogram of these off-season fruits, especially preferred by pregnant women, children, and the elderly, ranges from 5,000 to 5,500 TL.

Plums, cherries, apricots, watermelons, and peaches grown in greenhouses abroad are generally purchased by pregnant women. The price of plums, which is 5,000 TL per kilogram, and cherries sold for 5,500 TL, competes with the price of a quarter gold, which is traded at 5,000 TL during this period.

"IT IS IMPORTED FROM ABROAD"

Greengrocer Ekrem Kanarya stated, "Currently, there is no possibility of growing these fruits here. Therefore, they are grown abroad and exported here. We also sell them throughout the year. We sell our products in packages. The packages usually contain about 3 or 5 pieces. Plums are packaged and sold in sets of 3, while cherries are sold in sets of 5. Each plum weighs about 50 grams, and 6 cherries also weigh around 50 grams. The current selling price for 3 plums is 250 TL, and the selling price for 6 cherries is 300 TL," he said.

"WE OPEN OUR BUSINESS AT NIGHT IN EMERGENCIES"

Kanarya mentioned that pregnant women crave summer fruits a lot during the winter months, saying, "Generally, this fruit is requested by those who are pregnant and craving it during this season or by children. In the winter, these fruits are usually purchased by our customers who are craving them. There are times when we reopen our business after closing in the evening due to mandatory situations. Since those who are craving have urgency, they usually call us at night. They request products. We open our workplace to meet their demands.

Since the products come from abroad, they are expensive this year, just like every year. People can easily find these products in the summer. The important thing is to be able to procure them in the winter. Despite being expensive, people thank us because they fulfill their needs. Cherries are sold for more than a quarter of gold. Currently, the price of cherries is 5,500 TL per kilogram, and the price of plums is around 5,000 TL. We can say that our summer fruit packages are equivalent to a quarter of gold," he expressed.