A Newly Registered Tea Variety "Sayamakaori" for Green Tea
1972 Volume 1972 Issue 37 Pages 12-23
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1972 Volume 1972 Issue 37 Pages 12-23
"Sayamakaori" is a new variety for green tea. It was bred by the Breeding Laboratory designated by M.A. F., Saitama Prefectural Tea Experiment Station, and registered with M. A. F. as a superior variety in May, 1971.
"Sayamakaori" was selected from the natural crossing seeds of "Yabukita" (the superior green tea variety) introduced from Shizuoka-Prefecture.
The superior points of this variety are as follows ;
1. The vegetative propagation of this variety is very easy.
2. This variety grows vigorusly from young stage, and shows high yield and has especially strong cold-resistance. Therefore, it is adapted to the northern parts of green tea region in Japan like Saitama-Prefecture and Ibaragi-Prefecture.
3. This variety yields leaves of superior qualities for green tea, and therefore, the tea has fine quality, especially in aroma.
4. "Sayamakaori" is a medium variety, and the plucking time is a few days earlier than that of "Yabukita". Therefore, tea growers can control the labour of tea leaf plucking by using this variety.
