Ku recounts that during the banana harvest, each orchard had to report the size of its crop to the Japanese colonial authorities, who then assigned quotas determining how many bananas each orchard was allowed to export. As soon as the quotas were assigned, each family would mobilize for the harvest, and everyone would get involved in boxing up the fruit so it could be loaded onto ships.
古德福還記得，每逢香蕉產季，各家圃場都要將產量向青果社申報，一旦配額敲定，各圃場一接到核准通知，立刻全家動員去蕉園採收、包裝，準備上船。