After graduation, Chen began working for the Fengshan Tropical Horticultural Experimental Station. In the beginning he concentrated on vegetable breeding, but after the war he began working with watermelons.
畢業後，陳文郁進入鳳山熱帶園藝試驗所服務，初始他以蔬菜育種為主，終戰後開始接觸西瓜。