Synonyms: Sekaiichi, World's Number One

Summary: Bred in Japan by crossing Delicious and Golden Delicious, the Sekai Ichi can grow extremely large.

Identification: Large to very large and round conic. Greenish yellow base colour, almost entirely washed bright red and densely striped darker red.

Characteristics: The flesh is pale yellow. Firm and crisp. Juicy and very sweet. Mild flavour.

Origins: Developed at the Prefectural Experiment Station, Aomori (Japan) in 1930 by crossing Red Delicious with Golden Delicious . Introduced in 1974.

Cultivation: Very vigorous and upright spreading. Slow to start fruiting. Tends to produce best every other year.

Ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.

Mutations: Red Sekai Ichi is a full red mutation from Japan.

Notes: Very similar to the Delicious in flavour.

Cold storage: Keeps up to four months in cold storage

Harvest: In the middle of the fifth period. Fruit tends to drop at maturitiy.

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