20th century pear harvest begins Tottori Yurihama Town August 26th 0:32
Full-scale harvesting work began in Yurihama Town, the largest twentieth century pear producer in Tottori Prefecture, before the shipment of this season started on the 26th.
In Yurihama and Hokuei towns in Tottori prefecture, 256 farmers cultivate 20th century pears of open field in about 75 hectares of fields.
Harvesting was also done on the Takeshi Takeuchi's field in the Hanami district of Yurihama-cho on the 25th, and the farmers carefully picked the pear fruits in bags and put them in their baskets one by one. .. Mr. Takeuchi has been making pears for half a century and has been trying to brand the 20th century pears, but this year he died of an illness after finishing the mating work in April, so he left the remaining field near Sasaki. It means that Mr. Kunio took over and raised it. Mr. Sasaki said, "I was able to harvest it safely and I can finally report it to Mr. Takeuchi. If there is a farmer in the corona who is doing their best, I want them to feel and eat as much as possible." It was.
According to JA Tottori Chuo, the temperature was low in late April and the rainy season was late, so I was worried about the impact on growth, but after the rainy season the weather was blessed and it was finished sweeter than last year. about it. This season, we expect to ship about 1500 tons, mainly in the Kanto and Kansai regions.