Plum trees in Nantou are expected to come into full bloom around mid-January
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/01/07
By: Central News Agency
TAIPEI (CNA) — Plum trees in Nantou are expected to come into full bloom around mid-
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January as the weather turns cooler, a township chief in the landlocked county said Sunday.
About half of the plum trees in Ren’ai and Xinyi townships, the county’s two most popular areas for viewing plum blossoms, are flowering, local observers said.
“If a cold spell or cold air mass prevails, the blooming will peak by the middle of the month,” said Ren’ai Township Chief Chiang Tzu-hsin (江子信).
This year is expected to be one of the best for viewing plum blossoms in Taiwan, he said.
Meanwhile, in Xinyi Township, the plum trees are also about 50 percent in bloom, thanks to constant rainfall and cool temperatures, said Chang Sheng-cheng (張勝正), head of Dream Works of the Mei (plum), which is run by the Xinyi Township Farmers’ Association. [FULL STORY]