Linked Bamboo Fruit Sugarcane

Linked Bamboo Fruit Sugarcane

　　Linked Bamboo Fruit Sugarcane is produced in Lianzhu, Shagan Subdistrict Office, and is a famous specialty of Kaiping. The Lianzhu area lies adjacent to the Tan River and boasts fertile soil. Over a hundred years ago, local villagers cultivated a variety of sugarcane that was slender in shape, had thick internodes, and a light yellow rind, known as La Sugarcane. Later, because this sugarcane had an exceptionally sweet, fruit-like taste and was cool in nature without causing internal heat, it became commonly known as “fruit sugarcane.” Fruit sugarcane is generally planted from February to March and harvested in December. Nowadays, nearly every household in the Lianzhu area has sugarcane fields, with each family planting 1–2 acres of fruit sugarcane. Nearly half of the fruit sugarcane found in markets across the Wuyi region comes from Lianzhu.