Gyeonggi Agricultural Research Institute's Developed 'Deep Purple' Rose Becomes a Tourist Product in Sinan-gun

On the 22nd, the Gyeonggi-do Agricultural Technology Institute signed a win-win cooperation agreement with Sinan County and decided to support the tourism product of the rose cultivar 'Deep Purple' developed in-house.

A rose variety developed by Gyeonggi Province will be utilized as a tourism product in Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do.

On the 23rd, the Gyeonggi-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services announced that on the 22nd, it signed a win-win cooperation agreement with Sinan-gun to provide the rose ‘Deep Purple,’ which it independently cultivated, for use as a tourism product on Purple Island, a tourist destination in Sinan-gun.

According to this agreement, the Gyeonggi-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services will provide parent stock of the ‘Deep Purple’ rose and support cultivation techniques, while Sinan-gun will utilize the Deep Purple rose as a tourism product on Purple Island.

This agreement follows the win-win cooperation pact between Jeollanam-do and Gyeonggi Province signed in October last year.

Gyeonggi Province proposed this to Sinan-gun, expecting that using the ‘Deep Purple’ rose, for which the province holds the variety rights, as part of color tourism marketing on Purple Island would bring positive effects to both institutions, leading to the agreement.

To determine whether the Deep Purple variety is suitable for the island climate of Sinan-gun, the Agricultural Research and Extension Services planted rose cuttings in an open-air garden on Purple Island in Sinan-gun last October to study winter survival. If the research results after winter indicate suitability in spring next year, a rose garden will be established in Sinan-gun immediately.

Kim Seok-cheol, head of the Gyeonggi-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services, said, "Through this business agreement, we hope that the Gyeonggi Province-developed ‘Deep Purple’ rose will take root on Sinan-gun’s Purple Island and be commercialized as a tourism product, serving as a catalyst to enhance recognition among domestic and international tourists and consumers."

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