霜降Frost's Descent
鄂茶一号鄂茶一號
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Hubei green-tea cultivar bred from Fuding Dabaicha and Meizhan.

Botanical
Camellia sinensis
Kind
clonal cultivar

Notes#

Breeding. The Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences used Fuding Dabaicha as the seed parent and Meizhan as the pollen parent. The profile records national approval in 2002 and registration GPD 茶树(2019)420015.

Use. A medium-season, medium-leaf shrub suitable for green tea, including baked green tea; it complements earlier-sprouting cultivars.

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