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Kanki
type: Dessert
identification: Medium size, round tending to conic with a distinct crown around the the basin. The base colour is yellow over which is a dark red wash covering almost all of the apple and marked with slightly darker striping. Marked with medium size lenticels. Less tendency of the skin to crack than the Senshu parent. The calyx is closed and set in a shallow, wide basin which is surrounded by a defined crown. The stem is moderately stout and medium length, set in a somewhat shallow cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is pale yellow, moderately firm and medium fine-grained. Very juicy, sweet with minimal acidity. Tends to brown quickly when exposed to air.
origins: Developed in Japan by private breeder Seiichi Kudo from a cross of Senshu and pollen from Tsugaru carried out in 1981 at Izumida, Ooaza Ishikawa, Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture. The 100 seedlings from the cross produced fruit in 1988 and from these he selected the tree which demonstrated the best eating qualities and the least number of defects. He then grafted scions from the tree to other test trees to ensure its stability before its release in 2000.
cultivation: Vigorous, spreading, medium size tree. Spur bearer. Fruit needs to be thinned to prevent the tree from bearing biennially and to maintain fruit size.
vulnerabilities: Resistant to mildew
harvest: In the first half of the fifth period.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 15
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
harvest period: 5
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