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Himekami
type: Dessert
identification: Medium tending to large. Oblong-conic. The base colour is yellowish green over wich is a deep red wash covering almost all of the surface, although it tends to be lighter on the shaded surfaces where there are flushes and stripes. Moderately abundant light-coloured lenticels. The stem is long and slender, set in a deep and narrow cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, juicy and sweet, slightly tart.
origins: A cross of Fuji with pollen from Jonathan developed at the Morioka Experiment Station of the National Institute of Fruit Tree Science in Morioka (Japan). Released in 1985.
cultivation: Vigorous, upright. precocious.
cold storage: Keeps two months in cold storage.
vulnerabilities: Prone to water core.
harvest: Ready for harvest starting in the first half of the fourth period.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 12
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 8
harvest period: 4
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