GANGWHA COUNTY

Ganghwa Grapes

The Ganghwa grape of strong taste and profound fragrance has been grown in the ocean breezing and it is special feature of dense and solid tissue with a hard skin makes a durable fruits condition for transportation and storage.

With a high quality of grape suitable for long time storage, comparatively to the product of other region of camberly grape with 14ㆍBx sweetness the Ganghwa grape keeps high degree of sweetness of 17-18° Bx owing to the oceanic weather.

It is best of all in terms of high sweetness, refreshing taste and abundant fragrance.

Ganghwa Pears

Excellent Ganghwa pear of refreshing and juicy nature as good succulent, and rich fruit juicy with a moderate density of skin which gives pleasant crisp.

The ripening period of July and August shows the temperature difference of about 10°C to meet with best condition for the perfect maturity of Ganghwa pear.

Ganghwa Apple

The long sun shining duration and the big difference of temperature day and night in addition to the typical oceanic weather and free of pollution make Ganghwa apple an high degree of sweetness and easy storage.

Ganghwa Jangjun Persimmon

Jangjun Persimmon is Ganghwa’s specialty, being more famous as a seedless persimmon Normally, persimmon is known as a fruit that is not suitable to be cultivated in northern part of Korea. However, the same cannot be said for Ganghwa, as this island has a relatively warm temperature during winter, owing to its marine climate. In addition, the Ganghwa persimmon carries a sweet taste as it is grown in clean region without pollutant facilities such as factories. 「Sinjeungdonggukyeojiseungnampyeon」records the Ganghwa Persimmon as the specialty of Ganghwa.