Black Pearl Wax Apple Fair

The Black Pearl Wax Apple Fair is celebrated from December to next March every year in southern Taiwan's Pingtung County. The hyper salty soil in the region and the south wind that sweeping across the sea help the breeding of the famous Black Pearl, a kind of wax apple that is famous for its crimson appearance and sugary flavor.

The Black Pearl is the most popular product in Pingtung. To pick a perfect Black Pearl, one should pay attention to four things -- sweetness, juicy, brittle and exquisite. The more the wax apple ripens, the mellow it tastes. To see if a wax apple attains to maturity, just check the navel of the fruit. The navel with darker tinges is better.

In short, keep in mind that one should pick the most crimson wax apple, in full size, with thin skin and its navel split open. Then the absolute satisfaction will be yours.