Fukutami

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in 1933 at Aomori Apple Experiment Station, Japan. It was named in 1948. Fruits have firm, fine flesh with a fairly sweet and subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Jonathan x Ralls Janet

Size
medium ²

Type
Dessert ²

Shape
Oblong ²

Height
56.00 mm ²

Width
67.00 mm ²

Ribbing
medium ²

Ground Colour
Yellow ²

Over Colour
Red ²

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped ²

Firmness
firm ²

Coarseness
fine ²

Flesh Colour
Greenish ²

Accession No.
1953 - 008   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Fukutami

Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October ¹

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References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register