Typhoon No.10 Strong wind measures against pears and grapes before harvest Tottori Shimane Aug. 14 16:04
In preparation for the approach of Typhoon No. 10, Yurihama Town, Tottori Prefecture, which has the highest production volume of pears in the 20th century, and Hamada City, Shimane Prefecture, are the best producers in Japan. Being chased.
Yurihama-cho, Tottori Prefecture is the nation's number one production area with approximately 1,700 tons of pear production annually, and is scheduled to begin shipping late this month.
The pear farmers in the town are busy with measures to prevent the fruits of the pears from falling before they are harvested. Among them, Yoichi Sugimoto's (39) orchard puts a branch with a string on the “pear shelf” that supports the branches. It was tied up and fixed so that it would not shake greatly with the wind.
Mr. Sugimoto said, “We are working while wishing that the pears we have raised will not fall off in a typhoon.”
Shimane Hamada City is also struck by wind countermeasures at tourist vineyards
In the tourist vineyards in Hamada City, Shimane Prefecture, we were working to prevent damage to the grapes before harvesting.
At Kinta Farm Belline, a tourist farm in Kinjo-cho, Hamada City, Pione and Shine Muscat are grown in an area of about 64 are.
Before harvesting from the end of this month, the farm has set up a net to prepare for damage such as gusts, but on the 14th, thin branches are attached to the pillars so that they are not covered by the wind, and wind and rain are used for agriculture. I usually closed the roof of an agricultural house that opened a part so that the grapes would not be damaged when entering the house.
Satoshi Amano of "Kinta Farm Verine" said, "If you get scratched or the fruit falls, the value will drop, so you're pretty worried. "