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Farmers in Kaohsiung recently held a competition to find the best guava. The fruits were judged strictly on their appearance, taste, and overall quality to find the champion among them. Let’s visit the winning orchard to find out how it was grown.

Samples of guava and jujube planted by top farmers are neatly lined up for judging. Experts rate them according to sweetness, taste, and other criteria. The Yanchao Farmers’ Association organized this quality competition for guava and jujube. Among the fierce competition, a few stood out.

Hsieh Wan-sheng
Farmer
This is the winner of the 2026 Yanchao Guava Competition. The exterior of the guava is beautiful, and its sugar content is at least 14 degrees Brix.

The champion farmer this year was Hsieh Wan-sheng. At over 70 years old, Hsieh keeps an orderly orchard with bagged guavas that keep away pests and protect their appearance.

Hsieh has been growing guava for about 20 years. Even before he retired, he maintained the orchard on his days off. Now that he can devote all his time to it, he puts his all into growing the fruit. He credits their superior taste to his use of organic fertilizer and sparing use of pesticide.

Hsieh Wan-sheng
Farmer
The geography and water quality here in Yanchao is good for guava. I also only use organic fertilizer, so it’s delicious. And I don’t spray pesticide.

Hsieh’s daughter
I came back to help him out by finding some new information online and sharing it with him so he can improve more.

Guava orchards cover about 1,153 hectares of Yanchao District with an annual output value of NT$1.15 billion—the most in all of Kaohsiung. Thanks to its unique volcanic geography rich in various trace elements, the guava grown here are exceptionally sweet.

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