Shinko

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in 1931 at Aomori Apple Experiment Station, Japan. Fruits have crisp, greenish white flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Ralls Janet x Jonathan

Size
medium 2

Type
Dessert 2

Shape
Flat globose 2

Height
51.00 mm 2

Width
57.00 mm 2

Ground Colour
Yellow 2

Over Colour (Amount)
high-very high 2

Over Colour
Orange 2

Crunch
crisp 2

Flesh Colour
Greenish 2

Accession No.
1953 - 006   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Shinko

Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late September 1


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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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