Liu Huasheng was picking up the last batch of dragon fruits from the production base

Tasty Taiwan crystal red type dragon fruit

It was learned that dragon fruit was originated from Central and North America, and then introduced to Southeast Asia and some provinces of south China. It is really a hard test to plant this kind of tropical fruit in Hunan province where is located subtropical zone. But when reporters arrived at the dragon fruits production base of Wohuang village, Yongxing county in the midwinter, the seedlings of dragon fruits yielded with harvest fruits. As introduced by Liu Huasheng-the principal of the base that he introduced three species of dragon fruits as rose red, crystal red and crystal white from Taiwan, all of them were with good harvest and the fruits have been issued to market. Just some fruits were left in the base when reporters arrived there. It was learned that those three species of dragon fruit are sweeter than others with better taste and higher price. Liu planned to popularize the plantation of dragon fruits in some poverty stricken areas of Yongxing county in 2016 with the help of relative departments and help local people to earn more money.