Dakeng's citrus is getting ripe. When you are walking on Dakeng's Productive Road and taking a broad view, you will see the fruitful citrus tree hanging a lot of ripe citruses. Dakeng is located on the northern Taichung City in which all the mountains are suitable for planting. The famous citrus area in central Taiwan is from Dakeng to Xingse and Shihgang of Taichung County. Its latitude is about 500 meters and the the temperature of the mountains from day and night is markedly different, so it seems to imply the citrus' special taste of sour and sweet. The sweet of the citrus in the mountains is from 10 to 11 degrees, which is considered to be the excellence among citruses. 

  Dakeng's citrus is well-known. Because the mountains of Dakeng face the sun, there are an abundance of sunshine and rainfall there. The citrus is big and juicy and taste great! When it comes to the harvesting season, many experienced people come to the fruit farms to buy the citruses . From mid November to the end of the year is the most beautiful season in Dakeng Scenic Area. Each citrus tree ties yellow juicy citrus. The size and the quality of each citrus is different, so the prize for one kilogram is from twenty to thirty dollars. Dakeng's farmers have been trying their best to plant citrus in recent decade. The marketing team's leader said that when he took over the leader's position a decade ago, the area for planting citrus was about 60 hectares. During these years, the area has been enlarged about 120 hectares and there are about 100 members. Now, Dakeng's fruit farmers run the business in a diverse way; They offer some citrus trees for visitors to enjoy picking. Each end of November is the ripe period, so welcome people to have a trip of picking citrus. 

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Kinds of citruses

Kumquat ：

Kumquat is orginated from the south of China. It is edible and can be a medicine. It harvests throughout the year, so it is also called the “ever-bearing citrus.” It is still producing the citrus after fruiting, so it is also called “Calamondin Orange.”

Tankan (citrus) :

It is small and flat with thin peel. It tastes sweet but a little sour.

Ponkan (citrus)：

It is big with loose thick peel.

pear：

It is small and round with thick peel. It tastes sweet without juicy.

Tangerine (Citrus Reticulate) ：

While it gets ripe, the peel becomes bright red just like a beauty’s embrassing face. Therefore, it is also called the “ Beauty Tangerine.”  

Futou (citrus)：

The shape is big, flat and round. It tastes a little sour and often the fruit to worship Buddha.

Ruyi (citrus)：

It comes from Japan and tastes sweet, so it is also called “ Imperial citrus.”

Murcott ：

The way of its growing is very special--its bottom faces up. Its bottom is flat with the thin peel. It tastes sweet and juicy like oranges.

Bergamot：

Its appearance looks unique—there are many fingers. Hence, it is called bergamot. It can’t eat readily. It is usually used for Chinese medicine. For example, it can be dried under the sun and then put it in the hot water with sugar. It has the treatment for the toothache. You can also add some salt in the slit of the teeth to relieve the hurt.

What an enormous Ponkan!

  The delicious Murcott

Tankans are tiny but tasted great 

Can't help myself, pick one!!