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Fukunishiki
type: Dessert
synonyms: Fukin-Ishuki, Fukonishiki
identification: Medium size tending to small. Round to round conic. The base colour is greenish yellow which is washed red with some faint, broken striping on the sun-exposed faces. The calyx is medium size and open, set in a shallow and narrow basin. The stem is medium stout and rather short, barely reaching above the shoulders of the apple. Some russet extends out from the medium deep and funnel shaped cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, crisp. Juicy, sweet with a mild honeyed pear flavour.
uses: dessert
origins: A cross of Ralls' Genet X Stark Delicious was developed at Japan's Aomori Apple Experiment Station in 1933. Named and released in 1949.
cultivation: Vigorous. Needs a long ripening period to fully mature.
cold storage: Keeps up to three months in cold storage.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the first half of the fifth period
P.I. 199526
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 12
ploidism: Triploid. Produces no fertile pollen.
cold storage weeks: 12
harvest period: 5
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