King of wax apples develops colorful new varieties
King of wax apples develops colorful new varieties
2026-04-23
Wax apple king Wang Jui-hsiung founded the Black Diamond wax apple brand over 20 years ago. Since then, he’s continued developing dozens of new varieties, five of which are now produced for the market, including one that’s snow-white, another that’s twice the size of a normal wax apple, and another that’s emerald green and shaped like a bullet. They’re certainly wax apples like you’ve never seen before.
A farmer holds fruit as white as snow. Can you tell what it is?
Wang Jui-hsiung
Wax apple king
People generally think of wax apples as being more red. The White Carrie is also a mutated variety. It’s bright, flawless, glittering, and translucent.
These huge wax apples are another new variety, nearly twice the size of a standard wax apple.
Wang Jui-hsiung
Wax apple king
We kept improving previous wax apple varieties that were smaller until we got one this big. It has a higher water content and is very sweet.
Known as the wax apple king, Wang Jui-hsiung developed the Black Diamond wax apple over 20 years ago, which former presidents Lee Teng-hui and Chen Shui-bian both gave as gifts. Refusing to rest on his laurels, he continued to develop dozens of varieties, five of which are now for sale on the market. They’re bright and colorful, coming in white, green, red, and even purple. Surprisingly, a typhoon helped create these varieties.
Wang Jui-hsiung
Wax apple king
Eight years ago, Typhoon Megi hit Taiwan from the Hengchun Peninsula and swept away my entire orchard, which had different varieties in each area. It wiped them all out. Then when I started recultivating, lots of different varieties started growing at the same time. I realized that the result of combining all these different varieties together was truly stunning. It was vibrant and colorful.
Wang took over his father’s wax apple orchard in 1988. Cooperating with government policies, he became the first wax apple farmer in Taiwan to bag their fruit, which protects them from insects and birds without the need for pesticides.
- If you open what’s known as the skylight, there’s cellophane here so you can see the fruit is still growing. The fruit is only in its mid-stage.
Wang Jui-hsiung
Wax apple king
I’m always improving variety to create new business opportunities. For example, if someone sends them to three friends, at least two will call back and want to order some too.
By constantly refining wax apples, Wang found an uncontested space in the market and built his own uncontested wax apple empire.
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蓮霧大王20年研發數十種新品種 改良精進打造"蓮霧王國"
2026-04-23
有蓮霧大王稱號的「蓮霧雄」王瑞雄，二十多年前創立黑金剛蓮霧品牌之後，持續研發大約十多種的新品種，經過篩選淘汰後，剩下5個新品種蓮霧上市量產，有雪白的白嘉莉，比一般蓮霧大上一倍的巨無霸，還有翠綠色，外型像子彈的白子彈等，色彩繽紛，號稱全世界獨一無二。
有著羊脂白玉般的色澤，你看得出來這是什麼水果嗎？
[[蓮霧大王 王瑞雄]]
“蓮霧大家的印象處是會屬於比較偏紅色，白嘉莉由來它也是一種突變的品種，然後它皎潔無瑕，晶瑩剔透”
還有這個比起一般蓮霧大上一倍的巨無霸蓮霧，也是新品種。
[[蓮霧大王 王瑞雄]]
“以前的比較果型比較小的蓮霧，我們就會一直改良，然後改良到這麼大，它的水分又更多，然後甜度也高”
人稱蓮霧大王的「蓮霧雄」王瑞雄，二十多年前研發出黑金剛蓮霧，打響名號，前總統李登輝、陳水扁都曾買他的蓮霧當賀禮，可說是「總統級」蓮霧。但他並不以此為滿，持續研發出大約十多種的新品種，最後經過篩選淘汰，剩下5個新品種蓮霧上市量產，紅白綠紫放在一起十分繽紛，而這樣的組合，竟然是因為一場風災。
[[蓮霧大王 王瑞雄]]
“我在八年前那個梅姬颱風，然後從恆春登陸，橫掃我所有的果園的各種品種，每一區有不同的品種，把它全部都掃掉了，那我重新再復耕的時候，同一個時間生產出來就有所謂各種品種，我才知道，欸，原來各種品種，我把它組合起來它是很讓人驚艷的，是繽紛的”
王瑞雄從1988年接下父親的蓮霧田，捨棄傳統灑農藥除蟲的方式，配合政府政策，成為全台第一個在蓮霧套袋的果農，既可防止蟲鳥叮咬，也可以避免農藥污染果實。多年下來，套袋的設計也愈來愈精進。
“開天窗，所謂開天窗，這裡有一個玻璃紙，會看得到它現在還是在生長當中，那果實還是中果期而已”.
[[蓮霧大王 王瑞雄]]
“我一直改良品種，其實就是在創造新商機，譬如說某個人他寄了3個朋友，那3位朋友至少都有2個再打電話回來，他們也想要訂購”
把蓮霧當成精緻農業經營，王瑞雄成功創造藍海，打造屬於自己的蓮霧王國。
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