Tea Cultivars - more tea blog
My niece informs me the interns have another blog article about tea cultivars at:
https://obubutea.com/tea-cultivars/
"To preserve the desired qualities of the cultivar and prevent any genetic surprises, Japanese tea is usually propagated using cuttings, not seeds. This means that most tea fields are full of tea plant clones, with exactly the same DNA."
"The use of cultivars is a relatively new development in Japanese tea history, and didnt come into vogue until the 60s and 70s. Before then, seed propagation was much more common."
When I provided a sound system for a "Beer University" a while ago, they mentioned Hops' DNA and cultivars in a seminar.
I find these blogs interesting. I was rather ignorant of tea.
I hope I haven't posted too many of these. She will be returning to the west coast soon, so this may be the last.