The budget for 2022 in Nakano City, Nagano Prefecture is the largest ever, with the general account increasing by 14.5% from the previous year to 25,839 million yen. The special account is up 6.1%. The Northern Shinshu Forestry Association (Hekida, Nakano City) is cutting out the Onbashira at the request of Iwamizu Shrine (Iwafune Ward) in Nakano City on Saturday, March 12. I cut out the forest at Iwasui Shrine, and it seems that the union has undertaken thinning and pruning, but this is the first time that the pillars have been cut out since it became an adult tree. Two staff members living in the Iwafune Ward of the union worked on it, and due to the heavy snow this year, there was some snow left on the forest road and it was decided to pull it out with heavy machinery, but it seems that it was safely delivered to the shrine. As a regional forest management entity, the union will continue to grow and protect regional forests with the power of cooperation, contribute to the prevention of global warming through forest environment conservation and forestry development, as well as water source conservation, national land safety, and healthy forest environment. Our mission is to support a healthy, secure, and affluent living life while providing the people with high-quality wood. Union members and officers and employees are aware of this mission and act based on the basic definitions, values, and principles of the cooperative movement (independence / independence, participation, democratic management, fairness, solidarity, etc.). And it seems that they will work with fellow co-operatives in the region, the whole country, and the world to realize peace and a more democratic and just society. In addition, Nakano City’s annual spring event “Nakano Hina Market” began on March 31, 2022 with a two-day schedule. The local toy “Nakano clay figurine (Tsuchi-bina (ceramic hina dolls))”, which is handed down in the city, is on sale at the Shinshu Nakano Chamber of Commerce (chuo). Nara’s “Nakano Doll” is a regular market (Kusai-ichi) where Eikichi Nara (the first generation) brought in Kyoto’s “Fushimi Doll” and started selling his own clay dolls. However, it seems that it is said to be the beginning of “Nakano Doll”. Mainly lucky charms and customs are made. “Tategahana Doll” made by Mr. Nishihara was started in the Meiji era under the guidance of a tiler in the Mikawa region of Aichi prefecture, and mainly produces dolls with Kabuki as the theme. Nagano Prefecture’s agriculture boasts a high first-class rice ratio with the highest yield of rice in Japan due to the advanced technology and diligence of farmers, and the core garden crops are lettuce, apples, etc. A variety of high-quality items are produced in a well-balanced manner, including items with the highest market share in Japan such as “grapes”, carnations, and Enoki mushroom. The Nagano Prefectural Agricultural Experiment Station is said to be conducting experimental research to solve problems in agriculture and fisheries, centered on six experimental sites（Agricultural Experiment Station（Ogawara, Suzaka）, Fruit Tree Experiment Station（Ogawara, Suzaka）, Vegetable Flower Experiment Station（Soga, Shiojiri）, Livestock Experiment Station（Kataoka, Shiojiri）, Nanshin Agricultural Experiment Station（Shimoichida, Takamori, Shimoina）, Fishery Experiment Station（Akashinanakagawate, Azumino）.）in the prefecture. The new “Nakano City”, which was created by the merger of Nakano City and Toyota Village on April 1, 2005, is located in the northeastern part of Nagano Prefecture. Two iconic mountains, Mt. Kosha (1351.5 m) to the northeast and Mt. Madarao (1381.8 m) to the northwest, are located across the Chikuma River, which runs through the center of the city. Villages are formed on the river terraces created by the Chikuma River and the alluvial fan formed by the Yomase River, and the urban area extends over the Nakano alluvial fan. Mt. Kosha is a beautiful mountain that rises independently, and is known as “Takayashiro”, and has been the object of worship since ancient times. At the foot of the river, the Yomase River forms a “Jusan cliff（It is a natural monument with the name of a historic site that has been designated by the national government as the “13 cliffs of Chogenbo breeding ground” (designated on November 14, 1953). It is a cliff formed by the Yomase River, which is a tributary of the Chikuma River, eroding the alluvial fan where the volcanic rocks of Mt. Kosha were carried and deposited by rivers and landslides. It seems that the Yomase River used to flow on the southwest side of Nakano City, but it is said that the flow moved to the north side due to the flood in 1406, and it became a position close to the present. The vertical cliff surface is maintained because the cliff surface was repeatedly eroded by the Yomase River. I heard that the cliff extends from northwest to southeast for about 1,500 m and maintains a height of 30 m or more in the central part. Rookery has been recorded in Spain, Germany, Japan, Norway, Russia, etc., but I heard that Japan has the most records. Rookery takes place in cliffs and holes in buildings, but the number of nests varies from two to 28. In Japan, cliff rookery has been discovered in Nagano and Yamanashi prefectures since around 1950. However, it seems that the number of pairs has decreased in these rookeries, and there are many rookeries that have disappeared. Among them, the breeding ground was designated as a national natural monument in 1953, and is famous as a rookery on a rare cliff in the world, which continues to breed even now.）” and flows north, pouring into the Chikuma River. To the south of the Nakano alluvial fan is the lowland off Entoku, which is further connected to Zenkojidaira in the southwest. In addition, Mt. Madarao consists of five ridges that look like spread palms, with four valleys and many swamps between them, and the terrain is rugged and complex. It joins the Madarao River and pours into the Chikuma River. To the east, Joshinetsu Kogen National Park Shiga Kogen is desired, and to the west, it is said that it is blessed with a scenic view of Hokushin Gogaku（Nasu Godake-Mt. Chausu, Mt. Asahi, Mt. Sanbonyaridake, Mt. Minamigassan, Mt. Kurooya. Echizen Godake-Mt. Haku, Mt. Hino, Mt. Monju, Mt. Ochi, Mt. Yoshinogadake. “Hokushin Gogaku-Mt. Iizuna, Mt. Togaku, Mt. Kurohime, Mt. Myoko, Mt. Madarao.” Mt. Aso-Mt. Neko, Mt. Takaoka, Mt. Nakadake, Mt. Eboshi, Mt. Kishima.）. “Shine Muscat”: A large, good-tasting diploid grape grown by crossing “Grape Akitsu No. 21” (“Stuben Grape” × “Muscat of Alexandria Grape”) with “White South”. The skin color is yellowish green, the flesh is disintegrating and hard, and the scent is Muscat scent. It is a new variety that was registered in 2006 as a new variety, which was born in the Fruit Tree Tea Industry Research Division of the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization. It’s been only 15 years since it first appeared on the market. Since 2014, the cultivation area has become the fourth largest among grape varieties, and its popularity is rapidly expanding nationwide. It is a beautiful yellow-green large grape that can be produced without seeds. It has a sweet and muscat scent, and its high quality is attracting attention, as it has a thin skin and an excellent texture that can be eaten together with the skin and crumbles in the mouth. In addition, it has excellent characteristics that farmers can cultivate with peace of mind, such as easy cultivation and good storage of harvested grapes. It is a yellowish green that matures at about the same time as Kyoho Grapes. It is weak against Elsinoe ampelina, but has a certain resistance to downy mildew (Peronosporaceae: It is a water-type biotrophic phytopathogen containing 21 genera including more than 600 species. Parasitic on host plants as intercellular mycelium using Haustoria to invade host cells.) and strong resistance to downy mildew. Cold resistance is evaluated as Kyoho Grapes. The trees are strong and the yield seems to be higher than that of Kyoho Grapes. The grain weight varies depending on the cultivation method, but it seems that it can be cultivated to about 13 g. It is easy to chew (disintegrate), has a hard meat quality, and has a high sugar content of 18% or more. The acid content is as low as 0.3-0.4 g / 100 ml, and the aroma is Muscat aroma. In seedless cultivation, it is a little difficult to peel, but the skin is not thick and there is no astringency, so you can eat the whole skin. Like Kyoho Grape, it generally does not split. It is harder to shed than Kyoho Grape and tends to last longer. It seems that it can be produced as seedless grapes by spraying 200 ppm of streptomycin before flowering and dipping in inflorescence (fruit bunch) of 25 ppm of gibberellin at full bloom and 10 to 15 days after full bloom. Use about 4 cm at the tip of the spike. I heard that it is effective to add fulmet solution at the time of the first gibberellin treatment to stabilize the grain formation. In an unheated house, seedless treatment (hormone treatment) on the lower 3.5 cm results in a triple bunch of grapes 10 cm long.
Since the latter half of the 1990s, the unit price of Kyoho Grapes, which has a species called “nuclear”, has fallen. The biggest change was the change in consumer tastes. With the increasing popularity of easy-to-eat, seedless grapes, it seems that the sale of the cored Kyoho grapes, which was the main production area of Nakano City, has begun to fade. It seems that the trend was to shift to fruits that are easy to eat without the hassle of peeling like strawberries and without getting your clothes or hands dirty. While diligent application, the grape industry has achieved a splendid recovery by realizing a tremendous recovery by changing varieties in anticipation of market needs.
The history of full-scale cultivation of Shinshu grapes seems to have been slightly cultivated in the mountains of Matsumoto City since the Edo period. Saplings were distributed from the country in 1874, and full-scale viticulture in Nagano Prefecture began. Itagaki Taisuke and others founded the Patriotic Public Party. In January, Itagaki Taisuke and others issue a white paper on the establishment of a member of the private election. In February, Shinpei Eto causes the Saga Rebellion. In April, Itagaki Taisuke and others build Risshisha in Tosa. In May, he sent troops to Taiwan and played the role of a conquest stand. In June, an agricultural soldiers system will be established to develop Hokkaido. In 1890, the area expanded, including the planting of brewing grapes “Concord Grapes（Native to the United States at Vitis labrusca）” in Kikyogahara (Shiojiri City). Honey Seedless Grape is a triploid Western hybrid selected by crossing “Concord Seedless” with “Kyoho Grapes” in 1968 at the Akitsu Branch of the Horticultural Experiment Station. The name was registered in 1991, and the variety was registered in 1993. The trees are strong and the shoots are growing vigorously. The fruit cluster is a divergent cylindrical shape, and in the natural state, an average of 2 g of drupe is coarsely adhered. Immediately after flower fall, a single 100 ppm gibberellin dip treatment gives 250 g of fruit bunches and 4 g of short oval fruit grains. The peel is yellowish green, the fruit powder is medium, and the separation between the peel and the flesh is moderate. The flesh properties are hard, between disintegrating and lumpy. The juice is abundant, the sugar content of the juice is about 18%, the sweetness is strong, and the acidity is low. It has a weak fox odor and a good taste.
Since it is important, I will reiterate that at the Fruit Tree Experiment Station Akitsu Branch (Mitsu, Akitsu Town, Higashi-Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture), in 1988, “Grape Akitsu No. 21 (“Stuben” × “Muscat of Alexandria Grape”) and “Hakunan Grape” It is a diploid variety that has been crossed and bred. It was named and registered in 2003. The ripening period is yellow-green grapes at about the same time as “Kyoho Grape”. The grain weight is about 10 g, and C21H39N7O12 (the first anti-tuberculosis antibiotic extracted from the actinomycete Streptomyces griseus by Selman Abrahambr Waksman et al. In the United States in 1943. It is possible to produce tuberculosis with a grain weight of about 12 g by spraying (which is a burden) and treating with gibererin twice. The flesh is disintegrating, hard and has the flesh quality of European grapes. It has a muscat scent. Generally, no fruit cracking occurs. The sugar content is high and the acid content is low, so the taste is excellent.