"Almost all the temperate-zone fruits on Taiwan were imported from overseas back then," recalls Sung Ch'ing-yun, director of Fushou Shan Farms. "Apples took one or two months to ship here from Japan and they cost NT $ 5 each, when you could buy a big bunch of bananas for just NT $ 1."
「當時台灣的溫帶水果幾乎全仰賴國外進口，一顆旅行一個月的日本蘋果要賣新台幣五塊錢，而那時一塊錢都可以買到一大簍香蕉了」，宋慶雲回憶說。