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


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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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