JEWPHU FARM

JEWPHU FARM

Jeuphu farm was established in 1986 by late Dasho Keiji Nishioka. The farm is located at an altitude of 2500 m asl, about 3 KM away from HQ office towards Chelela pass, Haa Dzongkhag. The total area of the farm is 21.82 acre and currently it is managed and looked after by a Farm Manager and farm labourers.

Mandate:

• Focal farm for production of temperate fruit plants: apple, peach, plum, walnut, pear, apricot, cherry, almond and chestnut (grafted and seedling) of improved and released varieties.
• Responsible for maintenance of scion wood and rootstock mother plant of the above temperate fruit plants.
• Production of strawberry runners (Camarosa)
• Production of vegetable seeds (Cabbage)

Fruit Plant	Varieties
Apple	Royal Delicious, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Sekai-chi, , Fuji
Pear	Hosui, Ko sui, Chujo ro,William pear
Peach	Nonomiwase
Apricot	Shaka, para
Plum	Santa Rosa, Oishiwase
Cherry	Seneka
Almond	Kagzi
Chestnut	Jewphu 1
Strawberry	Camasora