News
2024 April round up
Last month, most farms were busy preparing for the spring season. While now, some farms are still preparing, and some are already in harvest and processing mode...
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2024 March round up
Welcome to the March round-up newsletter. A monthly letter about everything that has happened inside and outside the tea nursery. Spring is coming Although mornings are still chilly with the occasional sprinkle of rain, sometimes snow, spring is coming! You can feel the bushes coming to life on the surface
Cultivar
Houshun 鳳春
The Hoshun cultivar suitable for Gyokuro was selected in 1977 from natural crosses of the Samidori cultivar in 1975 and registered in 2006. Breeding of the cultivar was done at ...
Cultivar
Akane あかね
Status: 🌱 Genealogy ♀: Ai21-Assam Nº21 ♂: NKa03 History The Akane cultivar is a crossing from 1935, with Ai21 as a flower component and NKa03 as the pollen component, crossed at the Kagoshima agricultural research station. Ai21 or Assam Nº21 is a series of plants introduced from Assam, used in crossbreeding other cultivars
Cultivar
Ujimidori うじみどり
It is an unregistered cultivar breed by Kyoto Prefectural Tea Research Centre. Ujimidori, cultivated in 1983 under the strain name Kyoken Nº307 京研307号, is a Uji native species selection
