Product Summary (Registration No.35)

Registration No.35 新里ねぎ

Registered name (Transcription) : 新里ねぎ（Nissato Negi）,NISSATO GREEN ONION

Category of product

Class 2: Vegetables (Green Onion)

Production Area

Nissato Town in Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture

Registered Group

NISSATO GREEN ONION Production Cooperative

Characteristics

NISSATO GREEN ONION is a heirloom vegetable. It is characterized by its arch in the white stalk portion. It has a soft texture and sweetness, and is often traded at a high price.

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The soil (Clay-like black coarse soil with small pebbles) and the climate (a good amount of sunlight and cold temperature in winter) promote the growth and increase the sweetness of NISSATO GREEN ONION. The area has cultivated NISSATO GREEN ONION for more than 100 years without changing the cultivar and the production method.