１９９８年８月２１日，日本农林水产省公布了该年度育成的的水稻等一批作物新品种。水稻雪点（登记号水稻农林３５４，系统名北海２７８，育成单位北海道农业试验场）。耐冷性极强，大粒，适合酿酒。雪珠（登记号水稻农林３５６，系统名奥羽３４４，育成单位东北农业试验场） On August 21, 1998, Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries released a batch of new crop varieties such as paddy that were bred this year. Rice snow point (registration number of rice agroforestry 354, the system name North Sea 278, bred unit Hokkaido agricultural test site). Extremely cold tolerance, large grain, suitable for wine. Snow beads (registration number of rice agriculture and forestry 356, the system name Oku 344, bred unit northeast agricultural test ground)