Product Summary (Registration No.51)

Registration No.51 ひばり野オクラ

Registered name (Transcription) : ひばり野オクラ（Hibarino Okra）
Reference information : Hibarino Okra

Category of product

Class 2: Vegetables (Okra)

Production Area

Ugo Town in Ogachi County, Akita Prefecture

Registered Group

JA Ugo Niinari Horticultural Cooperative

Characteristics

Hibarino Okra is characterized by the largeness and the tenderness. It can be used for various dishes. Its stable quality is highly evaluated in the market that it is traded at about 30%-50% higher price than okras produced in other production area.

Link with the Production Area

The production area receives greater amount of sunshine even compared to other areas in Akita Prefecture. In addition to the use of greenhouse, okra is therefore cultivated at suitable temperature. Moreover, producers has practiced to examine each other's fields to produce high quality okra.