date:Jun 17, 2013
growing methods and this years crop situation. Mr. Miller concluded the visit with a tour of the prefectures Horticultural Experiment Station where research on the breeding of fruits, such as cherries, grapes, and apples, is carried out. Yamagata Prefecture is Japans major cherry production area, accounting for about 76 percent of the nations total cherry output (see GAIN Report JA2020). Japanese cherry production last year was 17,800 MT; Japans imports of U.S. cherries topped 10,414 MT valued a