Driving along Provincial Highway 9 to Ruisui, Hualien, tourists are easily attracted to the elevated “Hegang Pomelo” decoration at the side of the road. The large …
Introduction
Driving along Provincial Highway 9 to Ruisui, Hualien, tourists are easily attracted to the elevated “Hegang Pomelo” decoration at the side of the road. The large Mu Ri Guang Pomelo Farm is actually a freight yard for one of the Ruisui Pomelo Production and Marketing Groups. It is used only one month a year during harvest season, so during the non-harvest season, leader Yang Ru-huang turns the freight yard into a pomelo farm, managed by his daughter, Yang Shu-Hui. Named after his father, the farm familiarizes people with the features of pomelos in each season of the year through guided tours around the fields and activities.
The pomelo trees grown here are the same kind as those in Madou, Tainan. In between two montains, the insolation duration in Ruisui is shorter than that in Madou. The pomelos grow ripe two weeks later. Before Hegang pomelos became famous, the pomelos here would be sold in boxes as Madou pomelos. In recent years, Hegang pomelos have gained more and more attention, and traveling to Eastern Taiwan has also become much more common. Furthermore, as they’re grown in the region, Hegang pomelos attract many tourists and serve as a specialty after tourists give them a try.
Features of Agricultural Tourism
Fruits
The farm has many “experience activities”, such as DIY grapefruit painting, grapefruit flower salt, grapefruit sauce and detergent, as well as a special grapefruit picnic, which allows visitors to not only pick and wash vegetables by themselves, but also prepares fires to roast meals. The meat slices are fried and roasted and spread with grapefruit sauce, the sweet and sour taste neutralizing the greasy taste. The hot pot soup is mixed into the grapefruit pulp, and the aroma is highly praised.
For large fruits or fruits that look less pleasing, MU RI GUANG develops various processed products. The pulp is processed into raw material for jam, which can be used to make juice and ice products; pomelo peel can be made into snacks, or dried to make mosquito coils. Through the education of food farmers and production of processed products, the value of the fruit trees are maximised, and a deeper connection between people and the land is formed.
For large fruits or fruits that look less pleasing, MU RI GUANG develops various processed products. The pulp is processed into raw material for jam, which can be used to make juice and ice products; pomelo peel can be made into snacks, or dried to make mosquito coils. Through the education of food farmers and production of processed products, the value of the fruit trees are maximised, and a deeper connection between people and the land is formed.
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