But wax apples have increased in value during the past 30 years, thanks to advances in the way that they are grown. For example, the "bag-wrap" method was originally a way of protecting budding fruit from birds, but once it was introduced to Linpien, in around 1994, farmers found it enabled them to grow more lustrous, shiny-looking wax apples, with less pesticide on the skin.
三十年間，因著栽培技術改良，變成經濟價值高的水果。例如，為了防止鳥類啄食果肉的「套袋農法」，大約自民國八十三年開始於林邊，可以讓蓮霧色澤更漂亮、表皮光滑細緻、農藥不易附著等，好處多多，以後就逐漸推廣開來。