Kaga-hassaku

Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, p.371; Satō, 1975, Chūbu no Tsubaki, p.10, colour photo; Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.II, 1978, pl.329; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.32, colour photo, p.206, description: Small, white, cup-shaped single of 5 petals, 5-6 cm across with a fat, central cylinder of stamens, light, brownish yellow anthers, cream filaments. Blooms early to mid-season. Leaves mid-green, elliptic to long-ovate, apex long-acuminate, margins coarsely serrate, thick, venation promi­nent. See p.49, Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka. “Kaga” is an old name for the Ishikawa Prefecture and ‘Hassaku’ is the first day of the 8th lunar month and, in this case, indi­cates early flowering. In the Edo era this variety was developed by “Kaga” retainers and prized for “Chabana” (Tea Ceremony). In the Chūbu district there a variety with same name of ‘Has­saku’ but it is a different camellia. In recent years the name was changed to Kaga-hassaku but in Kanazawa it is called ‘Hassaku-tsubaki’. Synonym: ‘Kaga-shirohassaku’.

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