PENELEH
FRUIT MARKET
(The Traditional Fruit Market of Peneleh
Since 19th Century)
Peneleh
Fruit Market is other fruit market genesis in Surabaya like
Widodaren market, Pawiyatan Fruit Market, Dupak Fruit Market.
At first, member of Bali had visit to Surabaya to try to look
for better life. Because at that moment many buses from Bali
which its passenger is downwards around Peneleh Street Surabaya,
loading and unloading at elbow Bali Hotel, Singaraja Hotel.
Initially
they bring fruit in a few numbers to be sold. But because the
request of fruit increasingly, hence they always fulfill the
request. Because the fruit production was too much in Bali hence
it sent to Yogya, Solo, Surabaya, Jakarta. Balinese believer
often applies fruit as part of religious ceremony and holiday
of Galungan and also Kuningan. It is a mother named Made Prami
as the existence pioneer of Peneleh Fruit Market.
Grape, be first commodity that commercialized and make Penenleh
market known as Grape Fruit Market. Grape and Rambutan delivered
from Singaraja regency and, Salak (fruit of palm) from Sibetan-Karangasem.
Till now, the merchants of fruit feel love to trade here because
it is strategic location. Sharing holder or commission is a
system that used by trading off the effect of the farmers or
Bali fruit collector. Besides Grape, there are also Salak Pondoh,
Stone Apple, Palembang and Banjarnegara Hamlet. Along the Length
of Peneleh and Achmad Jais Street, there is merchant who has
shop or large building to sell fruit of import.
Around
35 booths inhabit through Peneleh Street. They also release
electrical garbage fee 15 thousand rupiahs per day. The area
in Indonesia that known as the center of Oranges that is Ujung
Pandang, Bali, Jember, Banyuwangi, Lumajang. According to the
merchants, now, the quality of best orange comes from Jember.
The price of fruit is depends of the season. If it had the season,
meant abundance result while the request tend to stable hence
price will leap, so also on the contrary. The price of orange
is determined based on the quality of fruit and classified in
5 categories that is Grade A Rp 4500 - Rp 7000, Grade B Rp 3500
- Rp 4500, Grade C Rp 2500 - Rp 3500, while last Grade 4 around
Rp 1000 per kg. Purchasing minimize for oranges per crate or
party. Out of job one packaging cases 5, 10, 20, 40 kg.
The origin merchants outside of Surabaya like Gresik, Sidoarjo,
Lamongan, Bojonegoro, Blora, Gresik, Yogya, Pemalang look for
fruit in term is "kulakan" to be sold again in their
area.
The
constraint of trade fruit here is the transportation fee, which
too height and the biggest existence of collection alongside
journey. As information 1 truck measure charges Trenton reach
Rp 21 million containing approximately 22 tons. We very lag
with China, Vietnam, Thailand, because besides the production
always increase with good quality and supported with policy
of government that very support.
The
farmers in Indonesia become refuse to cultivation because its
result is unmatched with the production cost that had released
by farmer. Like its production cost orange reaching Rp 1500,
- per kg, but after crop only be esteemed Rp 500,- per kg. Nearing
night the merchants from outside town coming for "kulakan"
and morning of the small traders in Surabaya. Now the dominant
fruit that had sold is orange. Therefore, Pegirian Market is
Rambutan.
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