The citrus budwood was imported into the United States in 1998 by a California citrus grower, Brad Stark Jr. In South Korea and Azerbaijan dekopon is called hallabong (한라봉) named after Hallasan, the mountain located in Jeju Island, where it is primarily grown. In the high season for kinsei, each fruit costs around US$0.50 at the Brazilian street market and supermarkets. Kinsei is easily harvested from May to September. The work was done by Unkichi Taniwaki, a farmer of Japanese origin. Brazilian farmers have succeeded in adapting the variety to tropical to temperate climate in the highlands of São Paulo state. In Brazil, dekopon is marketed under the brand name of Kinsei which derived from the Japanese word for Venus. 2006 Area under cultivation of Citrus in Japan (hectares) No. Only products with sugar level above 13° Bx and citric acid below 1.0% can be sold with the name dekopon. After harvesting, dekopon are usually left for a period of 20–40 days so that the levels of citric acid in the fruit decrease, while the sugar levels increase to make a more appealing taste to market. In the case of garden farming, they are harvested from March to April. The fruits are usually grown in large greenhouses to keep them at a constant temperature, and are harvested from December to February (winter in Japan).
#Sumo tangerine registration
'Dekopon' does not have an agricultural variety registration number ( Nōrin Bangō) because of its bump, which at the time of its development was considered to be unsightly, and failure to reduce acidity in the fruit.
After an agreement whereby anyone could use the name "dekopon" by paying a fee and meeting certain quality standards, the name was used for the fruit no matter where it came from in Japan.
The ones grown in Hiroshima prefecture were marketed as hiropon. For instance, himepon was the market name for the fruits originating from Ehime prefecture. There were many market names for dekopon during the time the name was a trademark of the product from Kumamoto. The name is most likely a portmanteau between the word deko (凸, デコ meaning convex) as a reference to its bump, and the pon in ponkan ( ポンカン one of the fruits that it is derived from) to create "dekopon" (デコポン).
0 kommentar(er)
