Product Summary (Registration No.62)

Registration No.62 山形セルリー

Registered name (Transcription) : 山形セルリー（Yamagata Celery） ,Yamagata Celery

Category of product

Class 2: Vegetables (Celery)

Producing area

Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture

Registered Group

Yamagata City Agricultural Cooperative

Characteristics

Yamagata Celery is soft, fresh and crisp, and it has few harshness and bitterness. The leafstalk is not too thick. As a result of the selection of quality celeries over the years, the characteristics of Yamagata Celery have been preserv.

Link with the local area

As water channels (the Yamagata Goseki) laid throughout Yamagata City and the abundance of water lifted from the subterranean river of the Zao mountains, the production area has rich water resource necessary for celery cultivation. Also, techniques for seed production, temperature control and fertilization application that are best suited to the cold climate of the production area have been established. The production area has become the largest celery production site in the Tohoku District.