Plum trees are planted on mountain slopes at an altitude of 600-700 meters. Picking plums is hard work. In years past, plums intended for export as dried prunes were harvested by beating the tree branches with poles. The plums were then sifted from the leaves and withered branches that dropped with them to the ground.
依照時令，三、四月是梅子採收季節，梅樹種在海拔高度六、七百公尺的山坡地，採收辛苦，早年外銷的梅胚多以竹竿敲打的方式，讓果實、樹葉、枯枝一起落下後收集，再篩除雜質後出售。