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Welcome to the world's most extensive apples (pommes) database.
Information on over 7,000 apples is available here, all carefully researched and provided in a way that is easy to navigate.
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.
Harvest period: 5
Type(s): Dessert
Pollination group: D
Pollination day: 12
ARS GRIN entry: Accession ID
characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, coarse textured, crisp but soft. Juicy, sweet, sprightly with hints of strawberry flavours.