1. Suzhou Dongshan’s local special seasonal fruits include bayberry, pipa, orange, peach, ginkgo, green plum, chestnut and pomegranate.
2. Suzhou Dongshan oranges are famous in Jiangsu and usually mature around October. At the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, the orange groves are all over the mountains and plains in the ancient town of Dongshan outside Suzhou. From a distance, there are dots of red among the green bushes, and from close up, there are numerous fruit trees bending down. Therefore, it became the location for the filming of the TV series "Oranges Are Red". Overlooking the scenery of Taihu Lake in the distance, you can enjoy the pleasant fragrance of oranges nearby.
3. Plum cultivation in Dongshan, Suzhou has a history of more than 500 years. Main varieties: Old records include Tuhuasuan, Guancheng plum, Shimei, etc. Times have changed, and today Changqi and Fengqi are no longer as prosperous as they used to be. However, the 100-acre plum grove developed in the 1980s from Longtoushan to Ganshanling in Jinwan is the most prosperous.