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 ^b

Type
Dessert ^b

Shape
Oblong ^b

Height
56.00 mm ^b

Width
67.00 mm ^b

Ribbing
medium ^b

Ground Colour
Yellow ^b

Over Colour
Red ^b

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped ^b

Firmness
firm ^b

Coarseness
fine ^b

Flesh Colour
Greenish ^b

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 ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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