According to JA Zen-Noh Okayama, as of 2019, Pione grapes are cultivated in about 820 ha and Aurora black grapes are about 90 ha in Okayama prefecture. The Kumenan district of Kume County, the birthplace of Honen buddhist priest, the founder of the Jodo sect, is the largest cucumber production area in the prefecture, accounting for more than 50% of the prefecture’s cucumber production. A region-comic haiku’s pathway

クイーンニーナ

【種類】

Vitis L.

【生産地】

岡山県（JA全農おかやま）

【名前の由来】

It is named after “27” of “Akitsu No. 27 grape”, which is a child of “Aki Queen grape” and the old systematic name, and NINA, which means a girl in Spanish.

【主な特徴】

2022 June 10, JA Zen-Noh Okayama announced. The first fruit selection ceremony for the open-air peach “Hanayome peach” was held at the Tamashima-Kita Peach Center, and the members of the JA Sunny Country Okayama Tamashima-Kita Horticultural Association, market participants, and the head of the Okayama Prefecture Headquarters attended. On the day of the event, it seems that the first shipment was made not only in Tamashima-Kita, but also in Asabara and Kamogata. The “Hanayome peach” selected this time was the earliest variety of peaches produced in Okayama prefecture, and it seems that it was a cute little peach with a slightly crimson color. The texture is a little hard, and it seems to have a good balance of sweetness and acidity. This year, the weather is good and the growing condition is as good as it has been in the past few years, and it seems that peaches with a very high sugar content and good taste are being produced. In addition, it seems that the peach shipping relay will continue until mid-September, with “Hanayome Peach” as the top batter. Different peaches are shipped depending on the season, so it is desirable to compare them by eating. JA Zen-noh will hold the “Okayama Prefectural Ingredients Fair” from July 15th (Friday) to July 31st (Sunday) at the directly managed restaurant “Minoru Shokudo Mitsukoshi Ginza Store (Ginza, Chuo Ward, Tokyo)”. Okayama Prefecture is blessed with a mild climate and abundant nature that is said to be a “sunny country,” and is engaged in a wide variety of agriculture such as fruits, vegetables, flowers, and livestock. At this fair, the brand rice “Satoumi rice Kinumusume”, which is characterized by its plump texture, will be offered on all set meal menus, and the valuable brand Japanese beef “Okayama Tsuru cattle”, which is rarely found outside the prefecture, and representatives of summer vegetables. Special menu using “Momotaro Tomato” and asparagus “Okayama Tsuru cattle (a family of cows that have inherited a certain excellent ability in what is now called pedigree. Strong and large body, good fertility, nature It is thought that it is important to be warm and good at raising children, and Okayama’s “Tsuru cattle” family with these is spread to Shimane and Tottori prefectures, where more vines are made. It is said that they are offering a sirloin steak set meal. In addition, “Satoumi Rice” used at this fair (rice grown by putting rich minerals contained in the shells of oysters (shellfish) grown in the Seto Inland Sea into rice fields to make soil. Mountains and the sea are life. It is connected. Recently, it has become common knowledge that minerals from the mountains flow down the river into the sea to grow oysters. Return the oyster shells to the rice fields to grow rice vigorously. This rice initiative is to “use oyster shells to make soil to protect the rich satoyama and satoumi environment.”) Kinumusume and other ingredients produced in Okayama Prefecture are managed by JA Zen-noh. It seems that you can also purchase it at the direct mailing site “JA Town”. The peaches grown in the Asabara district of Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, are characterized by the fact that the branches are grown squishy without strict pruning. I’ve heard that the condition of sunlight falling on the ground is evidence of good trees. It seems that the producers used to prune well, but it seems that problems such as menstrual fall often occurred with “Shimizu Hakuto Peach”, a peach variety that represents Okayama Prefecture. Therefore, after various trials and errors in the cultivation method, it seems that the cultivation was smooth and good results were obtained when the trees were grown freely. The current cultivation method that maximizes the power of the tree by observing the condition and modifying it to the minimum is called the Okayama natural flow and is spreading among peach growers in other regions. The Okayama natural flow seems to have been improved to suit the area, based on the technology developed in the Ofuji district of Old Enzan City（Current Koshu City）, Yamanashi Prefecture. The pruning technique in the Ofuji area（Enzan-kamiaono: Ofuji Elementary School: Located in the eastern part of Enzan, Koshu City, it gently spreads over the alluvial fan of the Omo River and Monju River at the foot of the Daibosatsu Mountain Range (belonging to the Kanto Mountains), and the geology is sandy soil due to volcanic ash. It consists of Nakahagihara Ward, Kamiaono Ward, and Shimoaono No Ward, and two national highways 411 and prefectural highway 201 (Shioyama stop Obosatsu line) run parallel from northeast to southwest. It is a fruit town full of peaches and li flowers in spring, and is busy shipping peaches, li, grapes and roses from summer to autumn. There are many fortunes. The school was opened at the present location as “Ofuji Jinjo Elementary School” on December 4, 1896, and the 100th anniversary ceremony was held in 1996. In 1992 and 1993, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology “Labor Production Learning Research Promotion School”, in 2008 and 2009, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology “Mortal Education Practical Research Project”, and in 2013, 2014, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Rek to improve the whole school! Received the designation of Business. Although it is a small school, based on the lessons of “sincerity,” “philanthropy,” and “courage,” the school, family, and community are united with the aim of “cultivating children who think, judge correctly, and act on their own.” It is said that they are continuing their unique educational activities that are rooted in the community and emphasize experience.）is known nationwide, and the “Ofuji meeting” that learns the technique seems to have branches in most of the prefectures that have peach producing areas. The national convention is held once every two years, and even recently, when there are many, it is about 200 to 300 people. There are many national agricultural organizations, but the Ofuji Association is an organization that is not related to the government or JA, and is started and operated by the farmers themselves, and very motivated volunteers are gathered. Making peaches is very difficult, so the enthusiasm of the farmers themselves is important. The Kurashiki Asabara Horticultural Association, which was established in 1952, seems to be a kind of unique organization that invests and operates land and facilities by itself. Even though the government and JA have merged over a wide area, the organization has a strong desire for local peach farmers, which has continued only in their own small districts, so it seems that each person is working hard to keep this shape in the future. Traces of people beginning to live around Kurashiki date back to the Paleolithic era, about 20,000 years ago, and many stone tools used by people at that time have been found at the Washuyama site in Kojima. It is said that this period was the end of the ice age, and the sea level became low due to the influence of global cooling, and the entire Setouchi area was a vast grassland. Due to the subsequent warming, when the sea level rose the most about 6,000 years ago, seawater penetrated deep into the present plains, and the narrow inland sea connected to the Seto Inland Sea near the northern half of the city area. Spread from east to west, and Kojima blocked the south. The inland sea became a sea area where abundant fish and shellfish breed, and it seems that it was an environment where people could live comfortably. From the Yayoi period to the Kofun period, rice cultivation flourished in the fertile plains, and salt production flourished in Kojima along the Seto Inland Sea. Together with iron production in mountainous areas, the Kibi clan was as powerful as Yamato. It is said that he had. There are many ruins such as large-scale village ruins and burial mounds that tell the story of the time in the city. In addition, Kibi no Makibi, who played an active part in the center of central politics during the Nara period, is from Mr. Shimotsumichi, who is influential among the Kibi no Makibi. The inland sea was shallow due to the offshore action of the Takahashi River, which has been flowing continuously since ancient times, but as Genji and Taira fought the Mizushima-Fujito battle (1183-1184) based on the islands, north of Kojima. Is said to have been able to pass through the inland sea until the Tensho era (1573-1592). After the fall of Takamatsu Castle in 1582, the Hideie Ukita, who advanced to the southern part of Bitchu, built the Ukita Embankment to prevent the ingress of seawater in Kojima Bay. In addition, a bank was built along the Higashi Takahashi River, which started the development of new rice fields in this region, and the islands around Kurashiki and Tamashima continued from Genna (1615-1624) to Kanbun (1661-1673). It seems. Due to the reform of Mr. Ikeda of the Matsuyama clan, Kurashiki village in Bitchu became an imperial fief under the direct control of the shogunate from 1642. In the southern part of Btsutyuu, the cultivation of commercial crops such as cotton and rapeseed became popular, and in 1746, a daikan camp was set up in Kurashiki village, which was the base of the shogunate rule. With the new construction of the cantonment, the town of Kurashiki became lively, and many landowners and wealthy merchants’ residences were lined up. Tamashima harbour of Btsutyuu prospered mainly by shipping cotton, and traded with western-route shipping in Kyushu and Hokuriku as well as in Setouchi countries. On the other hand, in Bizen Province of the Okayama domain, Takezaemon Nozaki opened a vast salt farm from around 1827 and was called “King Shioda”. Kokura, Sanada, and Unsai were woven in Kojima from the latter half of the Edo period, and became the pioneer of the textile industry in the current Kojima area. The Tamashima Spinning Mill was established in 1881 as a pioneer of modern industry, Shimomura Spinning Co., Ltd. in 1882, and then Koshiro Ohara and others opened a large-scale Kurabo Industries Ltd. in 1889. After that, Magosaburo Ohara（He has made various social contributions, including the establishment of Japan’s first private Western Art Museum, the Ohara Museum of Art.）reformed his workplace as President of Kurabo Industries, and left a great mark on the improvement of local culture and welfare. The Sanyo Railway was opened in 1891, the major renovation of the Takahashi River, which took 14 years, was completed in the Taisho era, and the Hakubi Line was opened in 1925, which became the foundation for Kurashiki’s development. In 1941, when the Pacific War broke out, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries began construction of an aircraft factory in the abandoned Takahashi River at the request of the Navy, and from that time on, this area became known as Mizushima. The reclamation project of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, which started in 1946 after the war, is the basis for the formation of the current Mizushima coastal industrial zone. With the attraction of factories from the 1955’s, the Mizushima coastal area was in the limelight as a heavy chemical industrial area, and the former three cities of Kurashiki, Kojima, and Tamashima merged on February 1, 1967 for regional development, and here is the current Kurashiki city. Is newly born. In 1971 and 1972, Shomura and Chayamachi were merged one after another, and in August 2005, Funao Town and Mabi Town were merged, and both in name and reality, they continue to develop as a base city in the Higashi Seto area. The city is located in the southern part of Okayama prefecture and is the second most populous city after Okayama city. Facing the mild climate of the Seto Inland Sea, the weather and temperature are stable throughout the year. It is blessed with nature such as the sea, mountains, and rivers, but it also has urban functions such as a large shopping center, medical environment, and parks, and it seems that the convenience of living is also substantial. There are many places that are pleasing to the eye, such as the Kurashiki fine view Historical Quarter, which is famous for sightseeing spots, and Washuzan, which overlooks the Seto Inland Sea and the Seto Bridge over it. On the other hand, it is not only a tourist city but also one of the leading industrial cities in western Japan. In addition to the textile industry such as jeans and school clothes, agriculture and fishing are also active. There are multiple highway interchanges and JR stations, and it is easy to reach not only Tokyo and Osaka, but also Shikoku, Kyushu, and the Sanin region, and it is famous as a city that has been visited in terms of industry and transportation. As for the agricultural industry in the fields, special products such as white peach, muscat, and sweet pea are cultivated in the orchards in the hills, and they are the driving force of regional agriculture. In addition, burdock, lotus root, ginger, etc. are cultivated in the agricultural land in the urbanized area adjacent to the Mizushima coastal industrial area, and vegetables such as japanese white radish, Kintoki carot, and spinach are also cultivated, which is a must-have food production area. I can’t. Asabara District: It is said that in the Heian period, dozens of large and small temples formed a sacred place and prospered as a sacred place for Buddhism in the Chugoku region. In the surrounding mountain forest, a plant layer consisting mainly of Japanese red pine and mixed with evergreen broad-leaved trees such as Quercus glauca, Longstalk holly, and Eurya japonica seems to form a valuable natural environment left in the suburbs of the city. Anyoji Temple : The ancient temple of the Shingon sect, the mountain number is Mt. Asabara. Also known as a flower temple, it is also a place of peace for nature lovers, such as the birthplace of the Kurashiki Bird Watching Association. Dozens of cathedrals were returned to the ashes due to the war of Kenbu in the Southern and Northern Dynasties (Vietnam), but only Bishamon-do remained. The wooden Bishamonten statue and the wooden Kisshoten statue that remained at this time are designated as national important cultural properties. In addition, it seems that about 40 Bishamonten from the Heian and Kamakura periods are enshrined, such as Amida Nyorai. The tiled sutras (213 pieces) excavated from the sutra mound on the back mountain and the earthen treasure tower are also designated as national important cultural properties. “Shine Muscat grape” : A large, good-tasting diploid grape grown by crossing “Grape Akitsu No. 21 grape” (“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 grape. 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 grape. The trees are strong and the yield seems to be higher than that of Kyoho grape. 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 greenhouse, seedless treatment (hormone treatment) on the lower 3.5 cm results in a triple bunch of grapes 10 cm long. From Agricultural Research Organization; NARO: The trees are strong, and the germination and flowering periods in the growing area (coastal area of Hiroshima Prefecture) are slightly later than those of “Kyoho Grape” and “Pione Grape”. The harvest season is from late August to early September, and it can be harvested about a week later than “Kyoho Grape”. The pericarp is bright red and has a good appearance. Two gibberellin treatments are said to produce large seedless grapes with an average grain weight of 17 g. The sugar content is about 21% and the acid content is about 0.4 g / 100 ml, which is higher and lower acid than Kyoho grape and Pione grape. In addition, the meat quality is similar to that of European grapes, it is disintegrating, hard (easy to chew), has a good Foxy aroma, and has an extremely good taste. It seems that the fruit may crack slightly depending on the year and the place of production. In addition, I heard that the labor required for flower spike shaping and grain picking in seedless cultivation is about the same as that of Kyoho Grape and Pione Grape. It is said that it can be cultivated in the “Kyoho Grape” cultivation area from the southern part of the Tohoku region to the Kyushu region. European grapes are native to Europe and West Asia, and while they are of excellent quality, they are difficult to cultivate in the open field in Japan, where there is a lot of rain, because fruit cracks occur due to rainfall and disease resistance is weak. In Japan, some varieties such as “Muscat of Alexandria Group grape” are produced by cultivation methods that block rainfall, such as glass room and house cultivation. In contrast, American grapes are grapes that have been crossed and cultivated based on grapes native to the eastern United States. It has strong cold resistance and disease resistance and can be cultivated in Japan, but its quality is inferior to that of European grapes. Campbell Early, “Niagara Grape”, etc. correspond to this. Kyoho Grape, Pione, and “Queen Nina Grape” are recognized as a product of European and American grapes. Raw edible European grapes are easy to chew (disintegrate) and have a hard flesh, which seems to be preferable for raw edible. On the other hand, American grapes have a hard-to-chew (lumpy) meat quality, which seems to be inferior to European grapes. Many of the varieties made in Japan are a product of these, so many varieties have an intermediate meat quality between the two, but “Queen Nina Grape” has a meat quality close to that of European grapes. Ear shaping and grain picking are laborious and laborious tasks for grape growers. Kyoho grape and Pione grape do less work than other varieties, and “Queen Nina Grape” seems to require about the same amount of labor as these varieties. From the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries variety registration website: Application number 23912 Application date 2009/07/15 Application publication date 2009/09/24 Registration number 20733 Registration date 2011/03/18 Duration of breeder’s rights 30 years Extinction date of breeder’s rights Variety Name and address of registrant National Research and Development Corporation Agriculture and Food Industry Technology Research Organization (Kannondai, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture): Name of the person who bred the registered varieties Mr. Yamada, Mr. Sato, Mr. Mitani, Mr. Iwanami, Mr. Yamane , Mr. Hirakawa, Mr. Shiraishi, Mr. Ueno, Mr. Kono, Ms. Yoshioka, Ms. Nakajima, Mr. Sato, Ms. Mase, Mr. Nakano, Mr. Nakano, Restrictions on exports Yes No designated countries. Slightly late in the bud stage, bisexual flower, slightly large adult leaf size, 5 adult leaf splinters, bilateral linear shape of adult leaf serrations, early maturation, fruit cluster size Slightly large, the grain density of the fruit cluster is coarse, the length of the spike is quite long, the color of the spike is green, the size of the fruit is maximum, the shape of the fruit is 1 obovate, and the color of the pericarp is Red, slightly more fruit powder, medium thickness of skin, slightly difficult to separate between skin and flesh, disintegrating meat quality, fairly high sweetness of fruit juice, more or less fruit juice, fruit scent is Foxy, The color of the ripening is dark brown, and there are many flower shakes. (Use RHS for the color chart) The application variety “Queen Nina Grape” has a medium density of fluff at the tip of the young shoot and the hardness of the flesh is harder than that of the control variety “Aki Queen Grape”. Distinction is recognized by such. Compared with the control variety “Fuji Minori Grape”, it is said that the distinction is recognized by the color of the pericarp being red. The Institute of Fruit Tree Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization [Mr. Fukumoto, then Director] cultivates a new large grape variety “Queen Nina Grape” with a red skin color and excellent taste. It can be harvested a little later than Kyoho grape and Pione grape, the size of the fruit is about 17 g, and the skin tends to be beautiful red. It has a higher sugar content and lower acid content than Kyoho grape and Pione grape, and it is easy to chew and has a hard meat quality, and it seems to have an extremely good taste. Seedless cultivation is possible by gibberellin treatment. In grape production, seedless cultivation of large grapes such as Kyoho grape and Pione grape is increasing, but there is a demand for large grape varieties that are different in appearance such as peel color from these varieties and have excellent taste. It is said that the cultivation of “Queen Nina Grape” is expected to further increase the demand for large grapes. According to JA Okayama, the average market unit price in 2021 was relatively strong for peaches and “grapes” due to demand for gifts, while summer vegetables were about 10% lower than the previous year due to the drop in demand for eating out due to the Covid-19 pandemic.