Taiwan fruit development history (11) _ Lin Chih-hung

Lin Chih-hung-Wen/Taiwan wax Apple's origins traces the history of agricultural products, Taiwan famous "wax" like many other fruit, is actually a foreign name. This looks like pretty small wind chime fruit native to the Malay Peninsula and the South Pacific Islands, and in the Dutch era (about 300 years ago) the Netherlands people from Taiwan introduced in Java. At first only courtyard of the farm and orchard planted in isolated cases, after Taiwan agricultural research efforts improved units, from cutting, immersion, shaved bald, cover Black mesh forced induction of hibernation, the tree early flower bud differentiation that confinement to adjust to the winter and spring; the accumulation of years of cultivation of wisdom, making Taiwan wax apple during the extended and good taste, Taiwan's beautiful title wax apple cultivation. I have been studying to Indonesia friends, they said, "wax" Indonesia dialect called "Jam-bu", is indeed very close to the largest Taiwanese pronunciation. Taiwan historical materials in the fog "infected" or "silhouette fog", "mist" and other ancient cut names are "Jam-bu" transliteration. In Taiwan, Black Pearl, black diamond, Emerald Heijingang, black ... Wax played in various parts of the name, is known as pressing. In each by the experts for the evaluation of the quality of wax, literally meaning the Township Reeve box from the top of wax, gathered in this mutual don't sign, each one is carefully selected in-need for Black Pearl. Good what characteristics of wax? uniformity, weight, color, taste, Brix, each sample has to stand out. For example, to color this term, in addition to red, and Red uniform nor dead red, shiny red is beautiful. This door wax identification of learning, in no way inferior to the jewelry appraisal skills. Taiwan agricultural association "wax" brand, go is the temperament routes, like the "Eve a Rosa" and "qiluo aroma" and "beautiful woman", see red one than a romantic. Even the booklet "wax", these two words is elegant too, as was the Angel from heaven. Early wax apple fruit little sour, planted in the Garden only sporadic, because grow tall, shoot, so the functions can also shade. Until 1970, has the largest economic culture in Taiwan is still very limited, even today the Earth wax apple tree in Pingtung plain, was not the paddy's banana plantation, wax Apple only insignificant small supporting role. Previous wax apples are red, white, white, transparent blue, the wax is hongdefazi, purple is the hair off.