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Introduction to the Characteristics of the Gancha 2 Tea Tree Variety

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Crop type: Tea tree. Variety name: Gancha 2. Breeding institution: Tea Research Institute of the Zhanggongshan Reclamation Farm, Wuyuan County, Jiangxi Province. Variety source: Fuding Dabaicha x Wuyuan population variety (natural hybridization). Provincial approval status: Approved in 1993 by the Jiangxi Provincial Crop Variety Approval Committee. Characteristics: Small tree type, medium-leaf class, early-sprouting variety. The tree posture is semi-spreading with moderate branching, and the leaves are borne in an upward-slanting arrangement. The leaves are elliptical, light green in color; the buds and leaves are light green with abundant fine hairs; the weight of 100 buds with three leaves per bud is 7

Crop type: Tea tree

Variety name: Gancha 2

Breeding institution: Tea Research Institute of the Zhanggongshan Reclamation Farm, Wuyuan County, Jiangxi Province

Variety source: Fuding Dabaicha x Wuyuan population variety (natural hybridization)

Provincial approval status: Approved in 1993 by the Jiangxi Provincial Crop Variety Approval Committee

Characteristics: Small tree type, medium-leaf class, early-sprouting variety. The tree posture is semi-spreading with moderate branching, and the leaves are borne in an upward-slanting arrangement. The leaves are elliptical, light green in color; the buds and leaves are light green with abundant fine hairs; the weight of 100 buds with three leaves per bud is 71.7 grams. The quality of the green tea made from it is similar to that of Fuding Dabaicha. It has relatively strong cold resistance.

Yield performance: At the breeder's 8-mu experimental tea garden, the yield of dry tea was 154.6 kg per mu in 1987 and 230.2 kg per mu in 1990. During the national regional trial from 1997 to 2001, compared with the control variety Fuding Dabaicha, it was 25.73% lower at the Hangzhou site and 84.63% higher at the Changsha site.

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