Michinoku
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated in Japan. Fruits have crisp, juicy, sweet flesh with good flavour.
- Availability
- Material in the National Fruit Collection not currently available.
- Parentage:
- Kitakami x Tsugaru
Accession No.
1984 - 114
- Accession name
- Michinoku
- Flowering time ›››
- 26th April10% flowering
30th AprilFull (80%) flowering 8th May90% petal fall
- Picking time
- Mid September 1
- Size
- medium 1
- Shape
- Globose 1
- Height
- 52.41 mm 1
- Width
- 62.88 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak 1
- Crown
- weak 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish green 1
- Over Colour
- Pink 1
- Over Colour Amount
- very high 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- solid flush 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Coarseness
- coarse 1
- Juiciness
- juicy-very juicy 1
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 1


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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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