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The apple's name is the former name of a large section of the Tōhoku region, Mutsu Province, which Aomori was created from during the Meiji Restoration. [1] [2] [3] 'Mutsu' is a triploid cultivar. [4] It is highly susceptible to the disease Blister Spot. [5] 'Mutsu' is a medium to large green apple with flesh varying in color from white to ...
The Hokuto apple (Japanese: 北斗) is a variety of apple that originated in Aomori, Japan. It was first introduced in 1983 as a cross between the Fuji and Mutsu varieties . [ 1 ] The Hokuto apple is known for its large size and has even been recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world's heaviest apple. [ 2 ]
Antonovka apples. Antonovka is a cultivar of vernacular selection, which began to spread from the region of Kursk in Russia during the 19th century. [4] While the fruit-bearing trees have not received a wide degree of recognition outside the former Soviet Union, many nurseries do use Antonovka rootstocks, since they impart a degree of winter-hardiness to the grafted varieties.
A 'York Imperial' apple. The 'York Imperial' is easily identified by its lop-sided shape. [5] [13] It is consistently one of the top-ten-selling apple varieties. [14]The fruit is medium to large, and varies from an oblate-oblique shape to an oval-oblong shape, and the skins are deep red with greenish-yellow streaks and specks, as well as occasional patches of yellow or green.
Anna was bred by Abba Stein at the Ein Shemer kibbutz in Israel, in order to achieve a Golden Delicious-like apple, that can be cultivated in nearly tropical areas.A regular apple needs between 500 – 1000 hours of chilling [2] (aka chill units [3]) in order to get in blossom, but Anna flourishes even with less than 300 hours, so it can be grown in warm climates. [1]
In around 1949, George Dummer, a fruit farm worker from Blacksmiths Corner, Langham, Essex, raised several apple seedlings from an open-pollinated 'Worcester Pearmain'. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He decided to transplant the best of the apples into his front garden, although the young tree was left unplanted and exposed to frost, wrapped only in sacking, for ...
Empire is a clonally propagated cultivar of apple derived from a seed grown in 1945 by Lester C. Anderson, a Cornell University fruit nutritionist who conducted open pollination research on his various orchards. [1]
[2] It has been said that the name derives from Edmond-Charles Genet , a Frenchman who gave cuttings to Jefferson, who then passed them on to Virginia nurseryman Caleb Ralls, but this claim, cited here from 1905, was not made until about 100 years after the apple became known and may not be accurate.