投稿の詳細: 種無しへの流れ　Toward seedless grape

先日の須高農協ぶどう部会
のぶどう生産振興大会。
1100人の生産者のうち200人以上
が参加するという大盛会であった。
危機感の裏返しというところか。

ナガノパープルやシャインマスカットの
生産技術の専門的話もあったせいも
あるだろう。

年が変わってから、聞こえて
来るのは『種無し』の大合唱だ。
今回は農協も市場関係者も農家の尻を盛んに
叩いていた。

JA須高に関していえば、
『巨峰の生産量日本一』と
『ナガノパープルの生産量日本一』という
看板があるが、巨峰（種あり）の地盤沈下が
著しく、単価では中野農協に逆転
されたらしい。全国でも単価は、須高が
上位を保ち中野は下位が指定席だった
というのに。その理由が種無しだ。

ほんの2年前までは『巨峰は種ありで
ないとうまくない。須高は種ありのみ
で行くんです。』と言っていたのに。

少々色が薄くても甘ければいい、消費者は
種無しから買ってゆくんです、ということだった。

巨峰は過去のものになったんでな～。
ということは、JA須高は過去の栄光に
しがみつくのはやめたということか。

There held a Grape growers' meeting at
JA Suko. More than 200 growers out of
1100 attended. So many people came to the
meeting partially because they were worrying
about the future of grape production. This year
the sale price was so low and the people
are so anxious about the grape price this year.

Other reasons were that the growing technique
were explained for the new breeds like Nagano
Purple and Shine Muscat.

The growers were almost chased by JA and the
market to produce seedles grapes. They urged us
to change to seedless grapes otherwise there would
be no hope for the growers, according to how they
talked.

Regarding JA Suko,
we are number one in Japan in terms of
1) the production of kyoho grapes (seeded), and
2) the pruduction of Nagano Purple.
However, the kyoho price has declined and
the unit sale price of kyoho in Suko area were
exceeded by that in JA Nakano. For long time,
JA Suko's fixed position was among the top group
while that of JA Nakano was in the lower group.
The reason of the change is seedles grape.

JA Suko only recommended seeded for kyoho grape
by saying that seeded was tasiter than seedles.
So they only recommend seeded kyoho. Now they changed
their recognition. They say, lighter color can be
compensated by the sweet taste. Seedles grapes sell much
faster than seeded kyoho.

It suggests that Kyoho has become the grape in past.
JA Suko seemed to have decided to throw awasy its
number one title in seeded kyoho but to develop
into a new era.