One year old peach - Issaito

Japanese: 一才桃 - いっさいとう
One year old peach - Issaito

…Nine varieties were recorded in the Flower Bed Code (1681), and it seems that the cultivation of flowering peaches as ornamental trees became popular from this time on. Even today, there are many varieties such as the Genpei, which has double white flowers with red stripes, the early-flowering deep red Kanhi, the deep pink chrysanthemum-like double-flowered Kikumomo, and the white Kanpaku, as well as weeping varieties and the small, one-year-old Issaimo. Even in the flowering peaches that do produce fruit, they ripen late and are too small to be eaten. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Issai Momo" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…《花壇綱目》(1681)には9品種が記録されていて,このころより観賞用の花木としてのハナモモの育成が盛んになったらしい。現在でも八重咲きで白に赤の絞りがはいる源平,早咲きで濃赤色の寒緋(かんひ),濃桃色でキクに似た八重咲きの菊桃(きくもも),白色の寒白(かんぱく)などの花変りのほかに,しだれになったものや,小型で開花する一才物の一才桃など多くの品種が残されている。ハナモモは,果実のできるものでも熟期が遅く,小さくて食用には適さない。…

※「一才桃」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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