【製品名(商品名)】
ようていキタアカリ
【種類】
solanum tuberosum L.
【生産地】
北海道虻田郡黒松内, 蘭越町, 倶知安町, ニセコ町, 真狩村, 留寿都村, 喜茂別町, 京極町（JAようてい, ホクレン農業協同組合連合会）
【名前の由来】
The name expresses hope and brightness to protect the northern land (Hokkaido) from nematode damage.
【主な特徴】
In particular, Kitaakari potatoes contain 1.5 times more vitamin C than Baron Potatoes, and are rich in carotene, making them healthier. JA Youtei is widely known as Hokkaido’s representative agricultural kingdom, with its fertile land permeated with underground water from Mt. Yotei. Most of the agricultural crops in the entire Hokkaido are harvested, and it seems that it is said to be “a microcosm of Hokkaido agriculture.” It seems that healthy and nutritious vegetables can be grown thanks to the cool climate unique to the highlands, where there is a large difference in temperature, which makes it difficult for pathogenic bacteria to grow, and the farming method that takes advantage of the relatively long hours of sunshine. Among agricultural production, potatoes were designated as a vegetable production area in 1974 at the foot of Mt. Yotei. It has received high praise. Potatoes, which account for one-third of the sales business of 20.2 billion yen, boast a planted area of 3,500 ha and a collection volume of about 80,000 tons, and seem to be the mainstay of JA. In March 1997, the Yotei Agricultural Cooperative Edible Potato Production Organization Liaison Council (there were about 900 producers at the time) was established in March 1997 to unify the activities of the production cooperatives that had been taken over from the former JA after the merger with JA. In order to quickly establish the “Yotei brand”, we are actively developing our business with the aim of standardizing quality at a high level, unifying standards and promoting production. Kutchan is a kanji; Chinese characters for “倶知安”. Kutchan is named after the Ainu word “Kutchani”. Kusshani is the old name of the Kutosan River, a tributary of the Shiribetsu River. Kushani is “Ku Shan Yi” from the meaning of “a place that flows out of a place like a kudzu”. This Ku Shan Yi becomes Kusshani, and further changes to Kudosani to become the Kutoyama River. On the other hand, the same Kusshani became Kuchan and became a place name, which was announced in 1893. The “kanji” was assigned by Takeshi SHIRANI（He has served as the chief of the geography section of the department, the secretary of the Ministry of Education, the secretary of the Takushoku affairs, the secretary of the internal affairs, the chief of the internal affairs secretary / minister’s secretariat Hokkaido, the director of the shrine of the Ministry of Interior and the chief of the Hokkaido section of the general affairs bureau.）, the counselor of the Hokkaido Agency at that time. The town emblem is a design of the acronym “K” of the town with the image of a snowflake and the image of a bird flapping its wings. The overlapping of snowflakes represents “contact”, the image of a fluttering bird represents “leap and dynamism”, and the blue symbol color represents “development and hope for the future”. It symbolizes “Kutchan, the town of contact”. It was enacted on July 1, 1991 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the opening of the foundation. And this year marks the 130th anniversary. Town Flower: “yellow-flowered rhododendron” – It is an evergreen small shrub that grows naturally in the high mountains of Hokkaido and Tohoku, and has five yellow petals that can be cultivated from July to August. It was selected because it is a representative alpine plant of Mt. Yotei and the Niseko mountain range, and was considered as one of the projects commemorating the 100th anniversary of the opening of the foundation in 1991. Town Tree: Acer pictum Thunb. Subsp. Mono (Maxim.) H. Ohashi, 1993-It is a deciduous tree of the Aceraceae family, and in the fall, seven constricted leaves turn yellow. Selected because it is widely distributed around the town and was used as a material for skis in the early days of skiing. Widely used in parks and roadside trees. It was examined together with Machihana, and was announced and enacted on December 11, 1998. Image character: Jyagata-Kun-The design is for potatoes to ski, with potatoes wearing blue skis and green ski caps. The triangular ski cap is a Sho-chan hat, which was unveiled on August 3, 1991, in the image of Mt. Yotei. “Niseko Town, Abuta District” is 140 degrees 48 minutes east longitude and 42 degrees 52 minutes north latitude. Located in the western part of Central Hokkaido, almost in the center of the Shiribeshi jurisdiction. Surrounded by the mountains of Mt. Yotei (1,898 m), a national park in the east, and Niseko Annupuri (1,309 m), a national park in the north, it forms a hilly basin with many wavy slopes. The Shiribetsu River (the clearest river in Japan in 2004) flows in the center of the town, and small and medium-sized rivers such as the Konbu River, Nisekoanbetsu River, and Makkari River flow into it. It has an inland climate, with an average temperature of 6.3 degrees Celsius, and the deepest snowfall in winter can reach as high as 200 cm. It is within 120 minutes by private car from Sapporo City and Chitose Airport, and about 90 minutes by private car from Otaru City. Niseko means “a steep cliff” in the Ainu language. Also, “Nupuri” means “mountain” in the Ainu language, and the mountain “Niseko Annupuri” with a ski resort means “mountain with a steep cliff (and a river below it)” in the Ainu language. It seems to be. 1895 Entered Nishitomi, the first immigrant of Town. 1897 Separated from Abuta Village and entered the area of Makkari Village. Even as of 1901, the branch village became independent from the neighboring village, Makkari Village. Named “Katamura” from Makkari Village character Makkari Betsuta, and set up a government office in the current aza-motomachi. The town system was enforced in 1950, and the name was changed to Niseko Town in 1964. 2001 100 years since the opening of Niseko Town. This year marks the 120th anniversary of the milestone. Enforcement of “Niseko Town Town Development Basic Ordinance”. The town was separated from Makkari Village (Currently Rusutsu Village) in November 1901, and the Tocho Office was set up in the current Town district. The pioneer hoe was put down in the present Nishitomi area by the ancestors, and the town developed while confronting many difficulties under the harsh natural conditions. Overview of town history, prehistoric times : Paleolithic and Jomon period ruins are left in the town. The Paleolithic period was the final stage of the ice age, and the straits around Hokkaido were connected to the land, so it is speculated that people moved in search of food. In the Jomon period, the climate approached the current state, and the lifestyle changed from a dynamic life to a sedentary life. By this time, people are thought to have lived in the hills of the Shiribetsu River, and many ruins such as earthenware and arrowheads are left behind. Prehistoric times are revealed in the ruins. However, no records have been found from the Middle Ages (Kamakura, Muromachi period), when the Ainu society and culture were formed, to the latter half of the Edo period, and the actual situation remains unknown. Fascinate. More than 13,000 years ago, when tools were made mainly from stone and used on a daily basis to carry out daily life, pottery was used as a container and had a diverse cultural structure. It refers to the era from 1000 years ago to 2300 years ago. The town is located in the area called “Shiribeshi”, and the name was given by the pioneer ambassador in 1869, adopting the idea of Takeshiro Matsuura. Mr. Takeshiro investigated the basin of the Shiribetsu River twice at the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, and considered Mt. It is said that he called “Yotei”. In addition, it is said that the country name of this region was “Shiribeshi”. In the early Edo period, the river flow was strong upstream from the vicinity of Niseko Town, and it seems that there were no Ainu settlements because it was difficult to fish for salmon and trout. However, when I learned that this basin had abundant resources, I came to work during the fishing season. The Japanese clerk is Japan’s first Chokusenshu history book, completed in 720? It is said that when Abe no Hirafu-Ko, who was the national guard of the Hokuriku region, led the Navy to conquer Ezo, he set the rear Yotei as the administrative agency and appointed a county official according to the opinions of the two Ezo. Agricultural work during the pioneering period: In 1894, the land that had been the imperial forest was converted to a national forest. This makes it possible to cultivate. In 1895, a plot was set up, and a hoe for clearing was to be put in. Unlike other areas, the town is characterized by the fact that it has been cultivated by farms invested by capitalists in Honshu and group settlers, and among them, the nationally famous farm is “Arishima Farm”. A farm reclaimed by Takeshi Arishima (Mr. Takeo’s father: Although he was a samurai of the Shimazu clan, he was promoted as a bureaucrat of the Meiji government and retired as the director of the government bond bureau of the Ministry of Finance. Served as an officer. When the State-owned Undeveloped Land Disposal Law was enforced in Hokkaido in 1897, he started a reclamation project on 350 ha of land in Kaributo Village, Hokkaido.) in 1899 after receiving a wage cut on undeveloped land. The farm was taken over by Takero in 1908, but in 1922 he declared the farm open for free and gave the farmland to the peasants free of charge. The peasants organized the “Kaributo Symbiotic Farmers’ Association（Business: Agricultural land sharing, rice cultivation, dairy farming, joint purchase / use of materials / machinery, joint direct sales to the market.）” and managed all of the farm facilities as a shared property. This will continue until the 1949 Act on Special Measures for the Creation of Homegrown Farms comes into force. This act had a great impact on the society at that time.Before the liberation, it was the office of Arishima Farm and the residence of Mr. Takeo Arishima, after the liberation it was the office of Kaributo Kyosei Agricultural Co., Ltd., and after the dissolution, it was the first “Arishima Memorial Hall”, but it was destroyed by fire in 1957. The Arishima Thanksgiving Hall was built in 1963 with the cooperation of former union members and local residents. Around 1897, Kaributo Village (now Niseko Town) was considered to be an undeveloped land in Makkari Village, so all the duties including family register affairs had to go to Makkari Village. Around 1901, the movement of residents who wanted a branch village became active, and the first residents’ convention was held on September 17. On October 16th of the same year, a notification of the branch village was issued from Hokkaido, and the branch village will be approved in a short time. Regarding the revision of the town name, there was a movement in 1936, but as a result, it ended in misfire, and in 1966, the second katakana town “Niseko Town” was born by the second movement. Located in the southern part of Mt. Yotei, which is known as Ezo Fuji, it is a pure farming village that has developed with agriculture as its core industry. The main crops are potatoes, radishes, carrots, etc. Among them, edible lily roots It boasts the largest shipment volume in Japan. It is also well known as the birthplace of enka singer Takashi Hosokawa, and the Makkari River Park, which runs through the village, has a singing “Takashi Hosokawa Memorial Statue” and is said to be a popular tourist spot. The name of the village is derived from the Ainu language “Makkaripet”: a conversion from the river surrounding Mt. Yotei. Rusutsu Village was founded in 1872 when Higashi Honganji opened a new road to Usu district and moved to Sannohe. After passing through branch villages, the current Rusutsu Village was born in 1924. With an area of 119.84 km2, National Highway No. 230 runs from Sapporo to Toyako Onsen in the center of the village. Mt. Yotei rises to the north of the village, and is adjacent to Kimobetsu Town in the northeast, Makkari Village in the northwest, Toyako Town (Former: Toya Village) in the Iburi Subprefecture in the south, and Date City (Former: Otaki Village). At the foot of Mt. Yotei, the village of Rusutsu, a plateau of green and white snow, is an endless village of happiness, thanks to the hard work of its ancestors and the blessings of abundant nature, who endured the harsh wind and snow and broke the foundation of their hometown. Established a charter in hopes of its development. Rusutsu: Mr. Takeshiro Matsuura, a Japanese man who passed through the village more than 140 years ago. The footsteps are described in the “Backward Yotei Diary” (diary on February 2, 1952). “Go to Horonutsuf (Shino) Nutsukehetsu (Genya Kitakawa to Akota territory Hen) Yutoenka (Hara) Rusochi (Miscellaneous trees), It reaches Sorioi (at the foot of Yudake) . ” (“Takishiro Ezo Diary Collection No. 2” Japanese Classic Complete Works Publishing Association) Rusutsu in the text is said to be the origin of the name of Rusutsu today. One of the first people to settle in the village, Kazaemon Abe, moved to the village with Kuninari Date in April 1871 as a clan of the Sendai domain, and in 1872 he handled the station in Kimobetsu. He is said to be the first person to settle in village on record. Large farm management: In 1888, Bunzo Hashiguchi entered Rusutsu Village and moved to the United States at the age of 22 to study agriculture. He aimed to manage a large American farm and dreamed of a model farm by importing all the machinery from San Francisco. Abandoned the business due to labor shortage and inconvenient transportation, and in 1892 Yasuaki Kato took over the farm with Mr. Bunzo’s dream. Mr. Bunzo and Yasuaki Kato could not realize the concept of large farm management, but they left a big mark on Rusutsu agriculture and were the first to put a hoe in the village. In 1891, the predecessor of National Highway No. 230 started construction on the road from “Abuta” to Sapporo via Toya, Rusutsu, Nakayama Pass, and Jozankei, and was completed in 1895. This road played a major role in agricultural development at the foot of Mt. Yotei. The JA Yotei jurisdiction is located in the central and southern part of the Shiribeshi branch office jurisdiction in southwestern Hokkaido. In this position, there is the Conide-type independent peak “Mt. Yotei”, which is the symbol of this JA, and the countryside spreads around it, and you can see “Mt. Yotei”, one of the 100 famous mountains in Japan, from each area. The climate is generally warm and sunny from spring to summer, but in winter it is affected by the northwest monsoon, and there is a lot of snowfall, with heavy snowfall extending from mid-November to mid-April, especially in the foothills of Yotei. , It is one of the most heavy snowfall areas in Hokkaido. In local agriculture, a wide range of production such as rice farming, upland farming, vegetables, and livestock farming is carried out, and various management forms suitable for climate, soil, and climate conditions are formed. The Yotei Agricultural Cooperative is located in the southwestern part of the foot of Mt. Yotei in the Shiribeshi jurisdiction and consists of 9 towns and villages. It was established in March 1997 as a merged agricultural cooperative of 8JA. The head office is located in Kutchan Town, and there is “Mt. Yotei” in the center of the area, and the agricultural land spreads around it. Among agricultural productions, Jingle bells were designated as a vegetable production area as the “Mt. Yotei” area in 1974, and as a result of vigorous production promotion since then, they are now the main production area for edible horse bells in Hokkaido. It has been highly evaluated. Jingle bell, which accounts for one-third of the sales business, boasts a planted area of 3,500 ha and a collection volume of about 80,000 tons, and is a major pillar of JA. After the merger of JA, the “Yotei Agricultural Cooperative Edible Horse Bell Production Organization Liaison Council” (about 900 producers) was established in March 1997 to unify the production union activities inherited from the former agricultural cooperative. Toward the early establishment of the “Yotei brand”, we have been actively engaged in business with the aim of achieving high quality leveling, standardization and production promotion. Cultivation workshops, quality standards, acceptance handling standards, consumer area market research, etc. meet more than 20 times a year and consist of tireless efforts. Raw edible horse bells at the foot of Mt. Yotei are famous all over the country for their good taste, and even after the merger of JA, we focused on early shipment before the August bon, and long-term leveling by early shipment, the largest raw edible horse bell in Hokkaido. We have built a planned shipping system of 80,000 tons. It is sought after as a “Reliable Production Area” from mass retailers such as Keihanshin and Kanto. The producer proved that the crops were cultivated and harvested safely by observing the standards stated in the cultivation calendar such as daily control and fertilization by the efforts of all the members of the production history book, and in JA, before shipping. It is said that it is working to create a production area that is trusted by consumers by voluntarily conducting residual inspections of pesticides. In addition, a compost intensive treatment facility and a compost house have been developed to effectively utilize organic resources in the area and to build a function to circulate them. For that purpose, we will analyze the soil and compost components of the fields that require compost input, promote the systematization of compost input based on the soil diagnosis fertilizer application design, and promote sustainable circulation as a production base for edible horse bells. We are promoting type farming. The harvest of the early-maturing variety “Toya potato” has reached its final stage, and the harvest of the advanced cultivation “Baron potato”, which began in early August, has reached its peak, and 5,000 to 15,000 cases per day are shipped to prefectures. “Kita-Akari potato: Naka-Okute” was selected from the Hokkaido Agricultural Experiment Station in 1975 by crossbreeding the mother “Irish Cobbler potato” and the golden nematode-resistant “Tunika potato” as the father (Hokkaido No. 63 potato). , Norin No. 29 potatoes, island No. 524 potatoes). (Rusutsu Village is the birthplace of “Benimaru Potatoes” (midnight, late life: cultivation characteristics, Cyst nematode resistance: The first resistant variety in Japan together with “Ezoacari Potatoes”), a starch raw material that was recognized in 1938 as an excellent variety In 1929, at the Hokkaido National Agricultural Research Center (Kotoni, Nishi Ward, Sapporo City), “lembke frühe rosen Potatoes” was the mother and “Pepo Potatoes” was the father. the leaves at the time of germination is purple. In Rusutsu Village, the name “309 (Sanmarukyu)” spread from word to word, and it is said that in 1936, the entire village was dominated by “309 potatoes”, driving out the native varieties. However, in the spring of 1937, it was proposed as an excellent variety at the Prototype Factory Managers’ Meeting, but the taste was inferior to ‘Baron Potato’ and ‘Ezo Nishiki Potato.’ The skin was red and not suitable for eating. It seems that the yam was easily rejected because it was inferior to ‘Kamiya yam’, yielded less than ‘Pepo potato’, and was vulnerable to virus disease. Then, in 1938, he re-proposed it as a limited variety for use in the foothills of Mt. Yotei for use in starch. The stem length is slightly longer than “Konafubuki Potatoes” (In 1971 she crossed with “Toyoshiro Potatoes” as mother and “WB66201-10 Potatoes” as father.) and the number of stems is large.) Compared with Baron potatoes and “May Queen potatoes”, the stems and wings are straight, the leaves have many hairy mushrooms, the number of flowers is small, the pollen content is large, and the secondary skin color is red.（”Yellow potato cyst nematode: Globodera rostochiensis, Wollenweber, 1923)) has resistance”, etc. Compared to “Ezoakari potato”, the leaf color at the time of sprouting is tinged with purple. , Reddish-purple flower color, red secondary color of potato skin, and starchy, powdery flesh. It was registered in 1987 under the name “Kitaakari Potato”. The breed was registered in 1988. It’s rich in vitamins and potassium, so that it is called “Earth apples”. Besides Hokkaido, it seems to be cultivated all over the country, mainly in the Tohoku, Kanto, Hokuriku and Tokai regions. It seems that there are examples sold under names such as “Golden Baron Potato”, “Very Important Potato”, and “Kurijaga Potato”.
In Kutchan Town, Abuta District, it blooms with lovely reddish-purple flowers that are darker than Baron’s potatoes. The planted area in the town seems to be about 10%. Kitaakari potatoes are popular as a popular variety with a rich flavor. It tastes just like Baron potatoes and has a good aroma, so some people say that it is more delicious than Baron potatoes. That’s probably because the starch value is 15-17% higher than that of baron potatoes.
The soft, deep mouthfeel is highlighted by the pale yellow color and soft sweetness of the Tunica potatoes. Kitaakari potatoes, which have the good points of each, have a fluffy feeling and seem to be excellent cultivation that maximizes the original flavor. In addition, it is famous as an energy-saving potato that can be boiled in a short time. It seems that the heat treatment time is about 2/3 compared to the baron potato. Don’t forget the Kitaakari potatoes from Niseko Town and Rusutsu Village, located at the foot of Mt. Yotei, also known as Mt. Ezo Fuji!
The ideal storage location for general potatoes is a cool, dark place with low humidity set at around 10°C. Specifically, one-unit of land measurement refrigerators for commercial use and cargo containers with air-conditioning installed seem to be used as potato storage for farmers. I’ve heard that general household refrigerators are not very good because there is a limit to the amount that can be stored, and moisture tends to accumulate inside the refrigerator.