Keigo Nakamura
Thank you for your usual cooperation.
I visited to Holland in 14th to 20th June and checked the field, newest breeding line and precious experience soccer world cup.
The report is as follows.
１．Cold Holland
Temperature was fairly lower than usual year in Holland, it’s opposite to feeling of Holland people went through the preliminarily league of soccer world cup 1st.
| April Planting |
An average temperature is over normal year but late frost happened 17th, 18th and 23rd, affected on part of planting. | May First growth |
Until May 20th ,the temperature was around 3 to 5℃ under than usual, and end of month stayed lower or average. The monthly average was 2.2℃ lower. That is very cold. | June First growth～bud come appear |
In the same week we hold Lily festa it was warm in Holland, one day was over 25℃. When I visited, highest temperature in some day was around 20℃ that is chilly, but even the other day was under 15℃ whole day. I saw the people who wore a jumper at the airport. |
・The opinion is divided about rainfall. Some grower didn’t irrigate at all after planting (there are some rain), some grower irrigated carefully many times already.
・Planting time was separated widely. The weather in March was good and planting was done well in the end of March, but due to the frost, last part of planting became in April 24th and 25th.
・General growth is later for 1 to 2 weeks. Until the first week of June, it’s concerned that stem length is short, but it’s become worm at Lily Festa time, and stem grown about 15cm in a week, so field condition at the visit was average for the time of year.
▼I found many frost damage on leaf in Lily field. In April (the begining of May too), the frost was strong, and damage happened on leaves especially South production area even irrigation and frost proof sheet was applied.
Only the wound has placed to the leaf, so growth is good, and I don’t think there is a big influence. Although Botrytis was generated after damage of frost, it’s managed properly and stopped.
○Tulip is expected shortage of enlargement and because of the late growth, it is said that G stage can’t reach to Christmas purpose. It’s commonly said that when tulip is not good also lily is not good.
The bulb market overall keep rising in reflection of worldwide demand recover, adjustment of bulb production, and anxiety for fewer enlargement.
２．The front line of breeding
1st-2nd week of June is good time to see in normal year, but because this year’s temperature was low, I could see plenty of variety during the visit.○Sense of each breeding company
Recently the breeding skill is improving and can aim the optimum character like big or small flower, compactness, leaf form and flower shape etc. The important thing we felt was, their ultimate goal and target of each breeding person.
・Van Zanten Company is based on the easiness of forcing, and working steadily to catch up with other companies in OT line, they are thinking next red varieties comes after Cobra longevity.
・Mark Lily Company(integrated with Vletter Company) is attractive that they remove defect from variety, and getting character like branch is not so long, petal without fur, variety doesn’t have leaf burn. Valance is good in overall, so Vletter company did good purchase. I think taking the opinion of Mr. Arie who is the ex breeding person of Mark Lily Company contributes development to Vletter Company greatly.
・World Breeding Company has well arranged leaf shape and there are type which is compact formation and buds get color evenly.
It is one of the companies which our company strengthen the relation now.
・The Mak breeding Company has big possibility. Their development scale looks match for the Vletter Company, also benefit of the merged BT line is large.There are many big flowers on even good buds counts, and we hope their pursuit for beauty in the future.
In addition, we expect success in interspecific hybrid except OT. It was also good to talk with Mr. Arie about the consumer side of Japanese market.
・Origin of De Jong Lily company is development of Asiatic hybrid, also has good LA at the same time.President Marcel visited to our lily festa, and positive discussion was done about promotion in Japan for future.In the breeding house, the purplish red as ever (grape color) in LA is impressive, I will be glad when they notice the possibility.
・Vletter Company the world’s leading breeding company truly has surprising number of breeding material.They has selected varieties focused on the growth in the summer so far, such as Italy and Niigata. But in order to succeed, we hope they get out of fixed idea and select variety new epoch reguest. It’s talked like they got a good T line by purchase of Mark Lily, but I personally think Vletter Company become not closed to breeding material, and get the chance to be open is more important. In such flow, Nakamura-Noen may be useful. Mr. Rian shown some interest in my explanation.
○As we are lily forcing side, we require that breeding company make wide renge variety proposal with own personality, which is not one goal. We might have to adjust the agenda of Lily festa next year though, we hope many breeders come and join the mixture of opinions from forcer, florist, auction, flower arranger and consumer, will be so great.
”Lily Unlimited ”(by Onings bv).
3．Soccer world cup in Holland
Monday (first match of preliminaries), I visited the field with Mr. Evert and Mr. John of P.F.Onings Company. I was very sorry for them not being able to watch games at work. In lunch time, we went to nearby restaurant, then there is large screen.
Because the match of Holland was just the early afternoon, we could watch the game Holland vs Denmark, during lunch.
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The nearby schoolchild watched the game as a class, and taking a photographes of the victorious pause before the game start. I was impressed.
I watched the game of Holland vs Japan at Mr. Kees’s house of Steenvoorden Company.
Japan lost a point in one shot by Shneider who was cautious player. It became quiet for an instant by the scene where it seemed PK at the end of the game and also a shot (missing) of Okazaki.
However, Japan is still possible to advance to tournament, by win or drow against Denmark, will be sure.
I will move to Chile from Holland.Via Madrid.
