Papa Sung Brings Apples to Taiwan Twenty years ago an apple was an expensive fruit at a Taiwan market. The exorbitant price was necessitated by the cost of importing apples, as Taiwan's semi-tropical climate was not conducive to the cultivation of temperate-zone fruits.
他早在橫貫公路通車前，就到草莽未開的犁山山區，帶領榮民弟兄胼手胝足地開墾，悉心栽種蘋果、梨子等果樹，使身處亞熱帶地區的本地民眾，也能吃到溫帶水果。