Strawberries grown in Hsinchu grows to huge sizes

CLIMATE RELATED NEWS

Feb 22, 2006
Weather factors have impacted the strawberry crop in the Hsinchu area this year, resulting in the fruit growing to sizes rarely seen. Many strawberry farms in the area have produced not only huge fruit, but fruit that has grown in forms not typical of strawberries. A farmer in the township of Kuanhsi, which is located in Hsinchu County, began cultivating strawberry plants a while back that yielded fruit that was the size of one's fist. In recent days, people have come to notice that the plants grown in Kuanhsi, Chiunglin and other areas are producing fruit that has grown in strange forms. The weird-looking fruit is rarely seen anyplace else. However, farmers said that only the second crop of the season exhibited the strange looking fruit, and farmers finished harvesting the fruit on Sunday. As a result, it is unlikely that people will see much more of this odd fruit for the rest of this year.